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Hope your pier gear includes a safety line. 7-10 out of the SW on Fri switching to 9-12 out of the NE on Saturday. Yikes! (wave height not wind speed) Tom B. (LongLine)

USGS stocking 70K Atlantics from Tunison on east end. http://oswegocountybusiness.com/index.php?a=3612 hmmm... interesting Tom B. (LongLine)

Man I'm glad that's over for now. Tom B. (LongLine)

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Cornelis - Honk your horn next time. Tom B. (LongLine)

Fishing Report LongLine Launched at 5. Calm & some stars, some clouds. Only 1 boat ahead of me & he went up river. Maybe 8 people on the Summerville pier. 67F in the river. Went out to 35 fow, took a left & setup. 64 on top. Zigzagged out to 60 then back in & worked the 45-55 range to Russell & back. 60F on the bottom. Lots of bait there with quite a few big guys porpoising & playing on the surface. Looked back after the sun came up & there were 23 boats jockeying for position around the river. Anyways got this chunker ½ way to Russell, on the bottom with an NK Wonderbread; 2 ¾ mph, 40 ft lead. Also had a bite-off & one complete "nobody home" miss. About 9:00 the boats started moving out & the screen went blank. Off at 10:30 About 25 trailers in the lot. Water has gone down quite a bit but still very launch-able. City has put more cleats on the docks. Luck to all Tom B. (LongLine)

Happy Birthday Mark For anyone not following the “Jerk’s†exploits: He's one of the original LOU members - PC. (pre-crash) He’s a local boy out of I-Bay known for pics & videos of his party catching fish. However the team got the itch to explore other hot spots this year. Who can forget his team's 1st try at the tribs: Or when Ray told him about Seneca & fishing the park: Of course he had to try Musky’s home turf, early before the high water hit: But come late summer his crew realized fishing’s always better at home: Happy Birthday Mark. Tom B. (LongLine)

Happy Birthday Hank. Here’s a picture Ray took of the gang at your last party… For anyone that doesn’t know Hank, here he is in his younger day: And even going further back: But don’t worry Hank, there are perks to getting older: 1. Kidnappers are not very interested in you. 2. In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first. 3. No one expects you to run into a burning building. 4. People call at 9 PM and ask, “Did I wake you?†5. People no longer view you as a hypochondriac. 6. There is nothing left to learn the hard way. 7. Things you buy now won’t wear out. 8. You can eat dinner at 4 P.M. 9. You can live without fun loving but not without glasses. 10. You enjoy hearing about other people’s operations. 11. You get into heated arguments about pension plans. 12. You have a party and the neighbors don’t even realize it. 13. You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge. 14. You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room. 15. You sing along with elevator music. 16. Your eyes won’t get much worse. 17. Your investment in health insurance is finally beginning to pay off. 18. Your joints are more accurate meteorologists than the national weather service. 19. Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can’t remember them either. 20. Your supply of brain cells is finally down to manageable size. 21. You can’t remember who sent you this list.} ... Just playing…Happy Birthday Tom B. (LongLine)

Nice fish Tom B. (LongLine)

Britty - Best guess is that they're weights in the 1 - 2 # range. Tom B. (LongLine)

This last weekend was tough for just about everyone. Look at what the water did. All along the southern shore it was warm, then we had that big "blow' and near shore got real cold. That brought the fish way in close. Then it got real warm again, bait went to the bottom & those fish that weren't ready to head upstream went back out deep. Keep at it. Next weekend they may be right back within reach. Tom B. (LongLine)

One ball "in the dirt." Sudden starts & stops. Short leads for sudden turns. Pop lines loose from rigg'rs. (Heck of a lot of bait at that depth) Tom B. (LongLine)

Fishing Report LongLine Out early again on Saturday. ESE wind. A few guys on both piers. Had to weave thru a few boats to get out. Worked in front to the outside of the crowd for a while. Not as many as last weekend. No activity on screen. Then headed off Russell & worked the 115-140 range. Quite a bit of activity but all right on the bottom. Temp down 100 in low/mid 60’s. A few of the bigger boats buzzed past & kept going north – out of sight. Word on the squalkbox was that the fish were way out deep. Guess the temp swing drove them back out. Anyways, only 1 laker, about 6 Lbs off the bottom, as line was snapped loose from rigger over 125 FOW. Nk Wonderbread. Off at 10:30. Little ragboats all over the place. Quite a few trailers in the lot. DEC SUV & trailer also there. Didn’t see their boat though – maybe they went upriver. Ran the gas out of the carbs. Maybe one more outing this year. Luck to all. Tom B. (LongLine)

oops....My bad. Tom B. (LongLine)

One of the good guys? Was that before or after it ate all the plankton? Tom B. (LongLine)

Glad to see they got it working again. Thanx for posting. Tom B. (LongLine)

Thanx for posting. That was amazing. Tom B. (LongLine)

Snag - "Staging" means the salmon are still in the lake, hanging around the mouths of rivers/streams just bide-ing time to make the run up to their spawning grounds. They'll often come in close, change their minds because something's just not right & go back out. Tom B. (LongLine)

Location of cribs can be seen here http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/14804.shtml Nice fish tho. Tom B. (LongLine)

Hey Mark - When landing them solo, do as I say, not as I did..... one shoe on, one shoe off, spilled coffee, flasher box tipped over, paddle handle caught in net.... Talk about a cluster ... Tom B. (LongLine)

Those are nice Cohos. DEC will be collecting eggs pretty soon. Hope they're able to hire more permanent positions. Tom B. (LongLine)

180 - Nope not me. Solo yes, but I have an 18 ft BlueFin (Full deck). I saw maybe 5 others out there doing the solo thing. Was a nice day for it. Skipper - I had a feeling sleeping in on Saturday would be a good choice. Dead Sea = clean screen = fish on the surface. Next weekend might be better. Tom B. (LongLine)