BlueEye

Had a chance to get some fishing with the family in and bring back some of my old childhood memories of dock fishing in Alex Bay.  It was a lot of fun back then in the 80's/90's and just as much fun today with my own daughters. 

And for those parents out there that don't want to deal with trying to get worms on hooks..... try this:

Good luck on the water this year everyone! 

Chad

Nice boat Dan - good luck with the sale

Wow - great fish Roughrider - congrats on the new PB!  What a giant! 

Welcome to the site RR - glad to have ya

Live camera on LOU from Sandy Creek area (just scroll down a bit):

https://www.lakeontariounited.com/fishing-hunting/page/lakeontario_map/

Awesome man!  Great fish 

Pretty cool event for anyone looking for a quick Musky fix early this year 

EVENT LINK:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/472435124139103/

MTC symposium presser (1).pdf

Good luck with the sale Mike

Wow man - nice fish!  Congrats

Here is my Fittante mount - took a little longer than LAX but came out great IMO.  I've included some pictures of the shipping crate it came in as well.

My LAX mount is out at the cottage now and I don't have a picture of it with me. 

A couple mounts done by LAX for Bob Walters of Water Wolf Charters that I also liked:

LAX mount at Cape Vincent DEC station

All wood walleye mount done by Hans the Carver (who does muskies as well) but was very impressed by this one:

Nice fish Nathaniel - congrats.   Here are some options for replicas I'd recommend for consideration:

Hans the Carver - http://hansthecarver.com/carvings/

Fittante Replicas - http://www.fittantereplicas.com/

LAX Replicas - https://www.laxreproductions.com/

Paul Czarnecki from LOU runs Tri-State Taxidermy - http://www.tristatetaxidermy.com/

If you are looking for a good Canadian option check out:

Advanced Taxidermy - https://www.advancedtaxidermy.com/fish/fish-gallery/

All of them do phenomenal work in my opinion.

Nice boat Ralph - good luck with sale.  Might want to add price / contact info. 

Nice day guys!  Congrats.  Looks like it was a deeper water trolling bite that day as I don't know of any casters that got any.  Sorry I wasn't able to attend as I was celebrating my 10-year anniversary.  It was a hard choice but if I wanted to make it another 10 years I had to pick wisely

4 muskies is great day - congrats again.

Chad

Monster fish Jeremy & John - congrats guys! 

Very cool

Wow that is crazy!  I've been out in a couple of those but always amazing to see - great pictures!

Nice fish Kevin - congrats.  Looks like you got the program down on the river

Boat is awesome!  Congrats man

On 6/27/2020 at 1:32 PM, muskiedreams said:

I do have one question for those of us who have been participating in the hard copy diaries. Should this be used instead of the hard copy?

It is your preference in which submission option works best for you.  All we would ask is to not duplicate entries (i.e., if you do hard copy, don't do electronic of same record and vise versa).

Hi LOU members,

I had a chance over the last couple months to sit down and talk a lot with Steve LaPan (Section Head, Great Lakes Fisheries) and Dr. Farrell (SUNY ESF) with the goal of creating an electronic option for participating in the research on the St. Lawrence River muskellunge population at their Thousand Islands Biological Station (TIBS).  This research is funded by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and is guided by an international muskellunge management plan.  The voluntary Angler Diary Program is an important tool used by ESF scientists to help evaluate the status of the St. Lawrence River muskellunge population and sportfishery.  Many members here on LOU already participate in this via the hard copy diary mailed out each year.  This year we are pleased to announce they have accepted an electronic submission option in addition to the hard copy.  More info about the program and the Angler Diary Submission Form can be found here:

https://nymusky.com/dec-tibs-muskellunge-angler-diary-program/

I'd encourage anyone who fishes the river to participate even if you catch nothing!  All entries are submitted directly to the ESF scientists in support of their on-going efforts track trends in our sport fishery and aid the DEC in their management of the St. Lawrence River muskellunge fishery.

Thanks for the consideration and good luck on the water this year!

Chad

Giant man!  Congrats 

Nice Matt!  Giant pike

Haha thanks everyone   had a great day!

Awesome fish man - congrats! 

Awesome fish Matt!