Yankee Troller

When the local businesses in Pulaski, and surrounding areas, stand up and back a WORLD CLASS resource rather than lining their pockets with $$$$ we might see a change in this unethical fishing. Until then nothing will change. Businesses and Anglers NEED to drown the DEC with concerns over this unethical behavior for them to do anything about it in my opinion. The officers salaries would be paid with the fines they would collect. On a river with that much fishable water there should be an officer for each mile throughout the Salmon season. This would force people to fish more ethically, and deter some from even coming up. The businesses selling the gear these people are using is another problem. You don't need the monster hooks and shark rods with twine spooled on the reel.

Not really usefull for trolling applications. It's much better at locating structure.

I may be interested when my current boats break.

Agree!

This isn't my fishery, or Bob Songin's fishery. It's OUR fishery and it needs OUR help. Whether it's a DEC meeting or a pen project it's always the same old faces. Well, if it's directed towards me I apologize if you took offense. I attend to 2/3 State of the Lake meetings each year and attend every DEC meeting on the fishery held locally so I can educate myself. It's the same people over and over at these meetings. Yet, on here we can get 20+ pages of rants on the DEC. I'd also like to point out that I am not a full time captain nor one who needs to fish for a living. My brother owns a landscape business and I have a good full time gig in wonderful corporate America. We do it for the love of fishing, showing people a great time while creating smiles, watching kids reel in the biggest fish of their life, and I could go on and on about why we do this. I guess I'm just tired of hearing everyone's comments on here, some that are ridiculous, and they cant make one DEC meeting or help at one of the many pen projects. No need to show them anything as they lurk on here quite heavily from what I've found out.

Was not in the bay. In the lake.

What an embarrassing turn out! Anyone fishing Sodus to Oak Orchard should be ashamed if they put 1 post in any of the threads on this board talking about the cuts, and then not showing up to get informed of the situation. Everyone has things to do, but if you care about something you make time.

Saturday - Winds weren't nice. Delayed the charter a few hours. Made it out to 100'. Put the Hammerhead cowbells down and headed North to find the motherload. We found them in 180-220' of water, and they were coming as fast as we could get them down. Played with them for a little while until we had a sick crew member. Silver/Blue and Silver/Glow cowbells were all we put down with peanuts and A-TOM-MIK flies. Sunday - We tried combat trolling, but the weeds out front annoyed me. We fished Salmon in the mid water 30-60' and not a sniff. Picked up ran to Irondequoit and fished 50' of water down to Hedges and back. Poked 12 or 13 Brown Trout. Nothing huge. They ate DW Martell SS's, and Stingers in Ludington, Frost Bite, and a UV Black Tuxedo.

Oct 1 on Lake Ontario

Happy Birthday bud!

It's been slow at the Oak. Some fish around, but not many. Water temps are still very warm. You can go offshore and play with 2yr olds and steel. Sunday 27N-28N was OK. Still warm water out there too. had to get to 75' to get 60 degrees.

Great point!

I'm OK with all of this, and applaud the DEC on trying to maintain a healthy ecosystem. Now if they would only up the LT limit for a couple of years, and get rid of the season on them. With what we know about LT diets when they are pounding the Alewife we should want to pound them to help get that bait level back up to what it needs to be!

How late into October?