Doubtful. Fewer and fewer 4 year olds. I will see if I can find the slide from the state of the lake meeting showing the shift in age that made the hatchery.
I’m selling a slightly used Daiwa Seagate LW50H. This reel was used for a 250 copper. Great reel for a 200 -250 copper or a 10 color leadcore. $80.00 local pick up in Hilton NY or shipped to the lower 48 for $85.00.
I am selling a slightly used Penn 320 GT2. The reel was used as a 5 color leadcore reel and never saw a lot of use. $40.00 pick up in Hilton NY or shipped to the lower 48 for $50.00.
The current bait biomass is way up compared to 2014-2019. King size is down compared to that same time period. The low teen kings you are catching are more than likely 2 year olds.
There were some good kings caught before the derby. I saw a 26 and a 25 on Facebook. The Saint Catherines Fish and Game club derby has a 25 and change leading. We boated a 20.8 yesterday out of Sandy. The Baitfish biomass being low excuse being the reason for the smaller kings is complete BS. Seeing that the bait biomass is up, king size should be up and that is not the case at all. I would love to see the chart from the hatchery showing the percentage of age of each year class that made it to the hatchery last fall. I would be willing to bet, a ton of two year olds spawned last year.
We put a laker in the board today but we were not targeting them! 95’ down over 210’. Insane king bite. We had a coho commit suicide too! I threw it over the port funnel and it swam under the boat right into the prop on the kicker cutting it in half….