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Nice boat. Good luck with your sale. If you want to down size and don't want to give up the amenities you have been used to in a fishing boat then check this out. http://arimaboats.com/sea-ranger-ht-21/ . Even the 19' HT is a treat to fish out of.

This can help pass the time in the winter........

This is obviously someone wanting to get a rise out of a few of you . For a first post he/she is a trouble maker

OK you guys. Lets be nice. You all know that this kind of stuff is like.....some people just like it.

Thank you. I stand corrected and your point is well taken.

Wrong info??? We are making up all these stories? Not. ...from post #27 "Preliminary results of recent electrofishing surveys in the Inlet indicate the numbers of juvenile lampreys produced in 2007 and 2011 were likely not large enough to require a lampricide treatment. Electrofishing surveys in Cayuga Inlet will continue in an effort to monitor the distribution and growth of juvenile lampreys produced in 2007 and 2011 and others that may follow." ...who needs electrofishing when you have this method: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a8FbHPVvwY#t=1 (as posted by Ray on 9/15/2013) How many more pics will it take to see what we are -itching about.

The last lampricide treatment (4 or 5 years ago) was missed because of high water (so we are told), and that is what caused this massive lamprey eel infestation. Years of growing one of the finger lakes best fisheries was destroyed in less than two years ( my opinion ). Remember each adult lamprey will kill 40 or more lbs of fish. That’s a lot of fish. Those beautiful 12 to 15 lb tournament winning lake trout that we used to catch are few and far between if at all now. Our trout and salmon fishing has also suffered. Look at the tournament leader boards for the last couple years and you’ll see the decline of quality fish. The last couple tournaments in 2013 were won by fish that would normally be bumped off the board in years past. A lake trout can live up to 20 years and Cayuga Lake can support that longevity. Eel traps is one way to curb the eel population. I’m sure that DEC would get enough volunteers to help man the traps. Look at all the pen rearing projects on Ontario. Maybe even sell the eels to help fund the program. The traps would get the adults before they spawn. Not after the ammocoets are in the creeks and maybe killed with lampricide every 4 years if the water conditions are right and if DEC has the manpower and if New York will spend the money. Every dead adult will take hundreds of future eels out of the life cycle and remember each eel returning to the lake as an adult will take out 40+ lbs of fish. All the stocking programs we have are useless if all we are doing is feeding the lamprey eels because our lampricide program is on a hope and a prayer. OK,.. I got that rant off my chest,..... but I don’t feel any better.

This is from NYS DEC web site. Even though the study is in Lake Champlain you can ditto it for Cayuga. "Studies on the Great Lakes show a 40 to 60 percent mortality rate for fish attacked by sea lamprey. Other studies found that a single sea lamprey can kill 40 or more pounds of fish during its adult life." this is from http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/6998.html There have been many fish on Cayuga caught in the last year and a half with more than one eel attachment. Actually we where catching dead fish and the fish just didn't know it yet. I wish I had pictures to show you of the eels attached to the lower unit of my main engine and the back of my transom while trolling. I sure RustyRat and many others can attest to that.

I think you have to follow the grant $$ in some of this research Pap. The longer they can draw out a research program the more money they get. Ya think? ....and yes fathobbit, Cayuga lake is in a major collapse from the lampreys,....we have been getting major attachments on our boats and downrigger balls as well as on the fish since mid 2012.

Not sure which is better. My ability to spell or to fish. From the looks of my log book it's neck & neck

Hope golbies are their favorite snack

Good reading. Thanks. A picture to go along with your book report.

We are having good catches of lamprey eels lately on Cayuga. The only tackle you need is a set of downriggers and weights. Dragging a real fish isn't necessary but may increase your numbers. They will hit 12 lb. sharks also, black or silver. Best action is 60' to 100' down over 100' to 200' bottom.

The B.A.S.S. boys better hurry while the pickings are still good. I hate to be pessimistic but between the golby's and the eels the Cayuga fishery is getting hammered. Fished again Saturday and the catch rate for lamprey eels is starting to rival my salmonid catch. I had 8 eel attachments on my rigger balls weights The quality of the fishing on Cayuga has definitely decreased. I'm catching fewer & fewer older fish. The 12" to 20" fish are becoming the norm and the tournaments are being won by fish that would have never been on the board two years ago. These attachments started last year and are becoming more common.... To compare the size of the lamprey, the cannon ball weight in the pictures is a 12 lb'er. ...OK, cleaned it up a little so Gill-T won't be tempted.