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WTG Chris. Nice fish. Welcome to the "nutzoid" club. (soloists) Tom B. (LongLine)

Hans - AD clips? Tom B. (LongLine)

ds - welcome to the site. Caught my first big salmon off a jetty. Piers would be a good place to start. Summerville side more so than Chalotte side on the Genny. Obviously spinning is your game so I suggest some Lil Cleos, which are well known among the "spoon-chuckers." Try them in the glow & big. Light line & stealth always helps. Also do your fishing early, real early. Like plan on having at least 50 casts in before the sun comes up. Also heavy rains are known to start some fish coming in early in the shore season. Good Luck & let us know how you make out. Tom B. (LongLine) p.s. don't forget a long handle net for pier fishing.

They randomly chose areas to survey. Limit's 50 on them Ray "Anglure Sirvaye" Tom B. (LongLine)

WTG Xing. I know the feeling about missing fishing with Dad. Mine showed me how to put a worm on a hook. Tom B. (LongLine)

I am under the impression that everything stocked is clipped. The trailer did go to Canadian hatcheries for a few days & clipped their fish. However I don't think the Canadian Atlantics were adipose clipped, but am not sure. Stan - That's why NYS bought this trailer with automatic clipping aparatus. To many man hours to clip a couple million fish. Very impressive rig. It individually photographs & rejects any unclipped fish which then get manual clipping. The problem with research projects is that whenever one question is answered then 3 or 4 more questions pop up. The trailer clippings purpose is to help determine the degree of Nat Repo. IE how much of it is happening. DEC knows that it's happening on the SR & Credit Rivs, but doesn't know what percentage the naturals make up in the returns to the SR every year. This should be a fairly quick way for them to find out. (but it'll have to be watched for a few years as it could be up one yr & down the next) I'm hoping it's happening on other rivers & creeks but there is no proof. The tagging is basically to find out about Laker returns to the Niagara River area. As to closing any area, I don't see how this project, by itself could possibly yield that result. I agree with a dislike for the snaggers, draggers & other morons on the spawning beds but for now we have to depend upon C.O.s and sportsmen with phones that report violators. Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome Matt. Nice rig. Tom B. (LongLine)

Dre - 1, 5, 8, 68 & 72 are fairly popular off I-Bay. Tom B. (LongLine)

There has been some evidence of nat repro for about 7 years now. Both at the S.River and to a lesser extent at the Credit River in Canada. Other rivers & streams are "in theory" too warm or lack flow. The Canadians have said they thought up to 40% were naturals for some years. They've identified something like 6 different gene pools for the fish they've studied. Naturals at the SR have had their ups & downs just like the stocked fish survival rates. It's very difficult to tell a Natural vs a stocked fish. Requires study of the fishes "inerds". That said. The purpose of the automatic clipping/tagging trailer is to allow the DEC to get a good handle on Nat Repro for all the species. As said all stockers for the last year & 1/2 have been clipped. If you catch a fish less than 18"long and it has an Adipose fin (The fin on it's back near the tail) then it's a natural. Unfortunately, the AD clip/clipless will not tell us where the fish was naturally produced. Salmon over 12" long are very capable of swiming the length of Big-O with no problem. I've caught 4 unclipped shakers this year so I have a somewhat positive outlook for the waters of Big-O this year. Tom B. (LongLine)

Mark - That DEC lady is Jenna Lantry. One of the most knowledgable fisheries people on Big-O, especially with Lakers & the stocking program. Tom B. (LongLine)

Make sure your probe can ride horizontal in the water. Sounds ike you have plenty of weight but if you put too much tape on the connection, especially if it's all wrapped really tight, you can get the following to happen. If tilt is too much, you'll get a max reading. Tom B. (LongLine)

What size weight are you using? Is your release above or below the probe? Tom B. (LongLine)

Some guys change to singles, some don't. I change most of mine to the singles. However be forewarned, action will change & you may have to tune them to get it back. If you don't tune them, they'll wobble good at slower speeds but spin out at the normal speeds. Tom B. (LongLine)

I'd guess Chinook35 nailed it. FWIW Screwie Louie's in Fairhaven is an authorized repair shop. Tom B. (LongLine)

Happy BD, B-F Tom B. (LongLine)

Birdie, Birdie in the sky.... Dropped some white wash in my eye.. I'm a big boy, I didn't cry... I'm just glad that Musky don't fly. Anom. (Glad I fish the central area)

Use a square shank screwdriver. Push like no tomorrow, put a small wrench on the shank and turn. This way your concentrating more on keeping driver blade engaged than turning the driver. Don't know how big your motor is. Pump oil in thru bottom hole till it comes out the top, then pump in a little more. Don't forget to check the gasket/washer on that screw. Sounds like someone overtightened it, to overcome a bad gasket. Tom B. (LongLine)

How heavy is your cable? 150 Lb? The heavy stuff ie 210 Lb is ridiculous for blowback. What kind of weight are you using? Ball, fish, shark, pancake? How much vertical space do you have between weights? Tom B. (LongLine)

WTG Tom. Tom B. (LongLine)

Shade - Copy/paste the excel file into msPaint. (should be listed under accessories on your computer - actually I use photshop but paint works ok) Crop & save as a j-peg. Upload to photobucket, copy into reply. Tom B. (LongLine)

Hey Musky, Get back here...No one said you could have any time off. Hope you're felling better soon. Tom B. (LongLine)

That really sux. Unfortunately there's no cure for stupid. Glad no one was hurt. Tom B. (LongLine)

I don't see it either. Some of there rules specifically say they apply to Spring & summer, but ceremony for spring stated as Abbes in Sodus. I'd give registration places a call starting with Abbes. BTW nice fish. Tom B. (LongLine)

If a marine surveyor said ok, I'd go for it. Tom B. (LongLine)

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