hermit

Good going, I tried there maybe 5 days ago and neither I nor anyone else caught a thing. Nice morning to be out!

Well, in the pics in the article they have reddish fins.

Not as red as they could be, but fish coloration can vary greatly. The brown goldfish I've caught didn't have the red tinge the fish in the pics do.

Also, the shape is telling- in that first pic you can see the smooth curve from the head to back and belly on the brown fish, and the goldfish has the characteristic hump I mentioned on both the top and bottom.

Still think it's inconclusive without better pics but they occupy the same niche and can cause the same problems so it doesn't matter much.

This year I just bought 2 Diawa Sealine 27LC reels. I haven't seen anyone review these. Does anyone have any experience with them?

Thanks and Boat Safe,

Egoody

I have a couple of 27s and 47s, they're great for the price. Only reason I have 47s for the Finger Lakes are the extra room for leadcore if I want. I have them spooled with 30# and 50# braid and put them away when the fleas show up. Only drawback is the gear ratio, think it's only about 24" per turn on both of them.

No idea about the ice, sorry. Haven't seen it at all this winter.

I'm only 10 minutes from Cayuta and I gave up on it years ago. I've tried ice fishing and spring fishing with little luck. I wasn't as good an angler back then so maybe it was part me, but eh it's small and weedy and gets a lot of snowmobile traffic in the winter. A lot more fun places to fish in my opinion.

For those interested I stopped by Treman today.  At the end of the docks there was 20", 28" and 28" of water going north to south.   Water level was ~18" below the bumper level and ~30" below the dock.   No debris on the launch ramps.

At the end of two docks were deadheads, one fairly large ~12" diameter and the other a 4" branch but who knows what it's attached to.  They're blocking a couple of the launch spots.  Just realized I should have checked the depth in the middle of the docks too but I wasn't that smart.

From the link sparkyice posted it's come up 6" since Wednesday and probably will a little more.   So that's the scoop, it's kind of sketchy with those logs in there but might be doable depending on the boat.   

I've been catching goldfish for years in Cayuga, up to 2-3 bs.  Those non-gold fish pictured in the article look like rudd though.  Wild breeding goldfish can lose the bright colors but I'm pretty sure those are rudd.  Easiest way to tell is the hump the goldfish have between the head and their back, the rudd have a smooth curve.  Not that it really matters, they occupy the same niche and are not good for native fish.  I think the rudd can breed with shiners.

Edit:  looking at the pictures again it's hard to tell.  Not good enough pics of the heads.  Could be brown goldfish but at least around here the rudd are far more numerous.

My next question is "what is normal " Is 380.5 too low to get out of Treemen?

That I don't know... when do you want to know by?  I can check it out tomorrow.

There was a lot of debris, including whole trees, in the inlet from the last rainstorm. Might be flushed out with this rain, it's high and moving now.

Rollie look here, the red line is the current level:

http://www.canals.ny.gov/waterlevels/netdata/cayuga-levels.pdf

It's updated once a week if I remember right.  Looks like it was updated yesterday.

I'm amazed so many of you have luck with the greens for lakers. Never caught anything on them. Always only have luck with something pink or purple. Pink mostly. Go figure.

Lakers can see a chartreuse-green color better than any other color.  Give it another shot sometime!

I make leaders with a snap swivel on one end and just a small snap on the other, and use pieces of a pool noodle to store them.  I use electric wire staples to keep them on the noodle.  Very similar to what Legacy posted but a lot cheaper.  

I don't think the small snap affects the lures too much, still catch lots of fish.  Though I suppose it depends, I'm fishing the Fingers and can get away with smaller snaps than Ontario.

Sounds like a great day!  Nice fish!

Reminds me of an old George Booth cartoon...  two guys standing in a farmyard one in a suit with a mic, the captions say "congratulations on winning the lottery!  What are you going to do with it?"  

The farmer's reply is "I dunno, keep farming until it's all gone I guess."

I've never had a problem with them but the most complicated thing I've had them do are trailer bearings and lower unit flushes.   Oh and fix the gear shifting.  Seemed fine but I wasn't asking a lot.

That's good!

Bad news if true, hope I'm wrong.  We really don't want those around at all. 

Maybe they came with the koi, do you know when those were stocked?  Are there any other ponds nearby?  They can crawl between waterways.

Snakeheads can breathe air so that's definitely a clue.  He should contact the DEC for sure.  And freeze a couple if he's still got some.

Edit:  northern snakehead

The tail made me think of it and then I found that website.  There's another pic on page 4 that looks just like it too.  They aren't too widespread in NY yet.  I'd send the pic to the DEC to be safe.  Anything bigger?

Worst case it's a baby snakehead but I don't know enough to say for sure.  Definitely has some characteristics.  See pics here http://www.fishwild.vt.edu/snakeheads/nesting_gallery2.html

I've seen plenty of gobies in 6"-6' of water.  Easiest way to tell the difference is the belly fins (pelvic fins)- if there are two separate, it's a sculpin, if it's one fused together sort of in a cup shape it's a goby.  Got any belly pics?

Good article!   I think the horizontal air resistance would have more of an effect since the arrow is moving so fast in that direction.  If it's 450 fps at the muzzle it will surely drop a little over those 50 yards, making the time slightly longer than 1/3 second, and allowing it to drop further.   No idea how much of an effect it would be, probably not much though.   

Wonder how they'll be treated in terms of hunting.  Probably be a few years before it's even addressed.  

I just got a Hero4 Silver GoPro for Xmas and will be taking it to Yellowstone in late June to try out and I'm not sure whether the volcanic activity out there is any more dangerous than trusting my downrigger wire  for underwater shots....maybe when it isn't so new   Tyee I think you may be more of a risk taker at this point than me 

Les just a word of warning, and I don't know how GoPros do in these conditions but I ruined a good digital camera by getting close to volcanic activity several years ago- the gasses they give off are can be very corrosive to electronics.  My guess is the GP would fare better but perhaps when filming near volcanic activity use the underwater case to keep those gasses out.   Or at least it's something to look into.  Also enjoy the trip!

I wonder what the drop is at 50yds.  That arrow looked like it was on a line.

The equation for a constantly accelerating object (such as falling under gravity, and in these short distances we can ignore air resistance) is d = 1/2at², where d = distance, a = acceleration, and t= time.   

At 450fps the arrow will travel 50 yards in 1/3 of a second, so that's t.  a = 32 fps/s, the force of gravity.  

So, solving for d:  

d = 1/2 * 32 * (1/3)² 

d= 16*0.11

d= 1.78 feet

If fired perfectly horizontally the arrow will fall 1.78 feet at 50 yards.

Pretty damn cool device!

Edit for rounding error.

Hermit where are you hunting in 7r?

North western corner west of Ithaca.  Not hunting though, just observing.  I had 12 in the yard at first light.  We have a LOT of deer around here.

Decent action in 7R from the sound of it, about average I'd say.