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About time we have a walleye report from Lake Ontario.  It has the largest walleyes in the Great Lakes system but salmon and  trout receive the most publicity. And bass fishing, the largest fishing fan contingent in the USA receives even less.

And Erie is flowed into from Michigan/Huron And Lake Superior waters. 

Tourneys being dominated by large boats crewed around the clock have changed my outlook on them as a "contest".

All four of our Great Lakes system are at record levels this year. They eventually drain and flow through Lake Ontario. Rainfall records are falling this year. Plan on living with it this year. Put in floating docks or wear hip boots now. Things will get worse, its just Mother Nature now, Albany can not help you.Just help yohttps://www.mlive.com/weather/2020/05/staggering-amount-of-water-added-to-lake-michigan-and-lake-huron-in-past-2-weeks.htmlur self.

It is illegal on both sides now to cross over the border line now for recreation fishing and boating. Contests are returning Canadian entries to the applicants.On the lower Niagara River be aware especially heading up to Devil's Hole , the Peace Bridge area and the West River around Grand Island shoreline. Your Ontario Fishing license will not get you off any charges unless you launch from Canada but the border is now closed at the Bridges.

Brown trout are available all year. During the warm summer water temperatures find where the thermocline meets the bottom and fish there. Browns are not pelagic suspended fish but bottom oriented. Someone is going to bring in a 36 inch Brown Trout one of these days and those King Salmon specialists will start to change their ways. Remember they do not die after spawning but continue to grow to real old age. In European waters they travel to the sea for forage and return to fresh water streams to reproduce. Bring a Brown Trout close to your boat and the battle starts there.

Tuna fishermen on the coasts troll at times up to six MPH. Salmon are shaped similar to tuna. Someday someone will try higher speeds for salmon.

A good option is to rubber band a sinker to your main line and lead core is not needed.

Cabelas/Bass Pro in Cheektowaga off the I90 is open with a lot of selections, maybe too much. Do not take your wife as clothing is their biggest seller.

East type winds blow warm surface waters to the west. Colder bottom water upwells and the fish metabolism and feeding stops. During warm summer west winds the warm water stacks up on the east end and the fish flee to cooler waters.Offshore winds on the south shore cause cold water up wellings in the summer and the thermocline should be sought as that the fish will congregate. The thermocline is where warm and cold waters mix.

The line test is set by the braid wrapping the lead. The lead can break but the braid is still there.

Gale warnings today for the upper lakes, not good for the weekend.

The alleged friends are not your friends, they are the enablers. Like the guy who invites you for a drink after work, NOT Your friend.

Beware of the ignorant people who refuse to take direction. If you fail to straighten them out, you are part of the problem

Cost sharing is easier with two or three guys sharing the entry fee. Cell phones in an an side pocket to keep the lithium battery warm. Cold air kills the battery so a  marine radio is a good idea. A cigarette lighter hooked to your battery can keep the cell phone charged. Team fishing contests create a lot of interest that is fair also.

I have success clipping the lead core to my side planers. You have the option of how many colors you let out of the board. The lead core line to the board works out OK.

The good deal for youth smoozing is keeping them from the enablers that introduce them from the bad stuff. Keep your children close, the enablers farther.

Lake Erie really takes off after Memorial Day while then Lake Ontario starts calling for more offshore fishing. Lake Erie fishing after July first starts off Sturgeon Point. High water temperatures move the fish west of Silver Creek.

The Sluice pipes in the Black Rock Canal below the Peace Bridge are 3/4 full now increasing the Niagara River Flow. Normally they are designed to be empty.

With people ignoring the guidelines, expect every business being shut down or at least be hassled by law enforcement.


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 With all the high water in the Great Lakes Basin, floating debris from trees, boat docks and stairs will cause you to be extra cautious out there traveling at high speed.

Our RV Park opened now with self contained bath and shower facilities. No visitors, no camp fires, no congregating sites opened, only maintenance work, no tents, no public bathrooms and operating permits revoked for separation violations.

Even on a sport fishing boat, the 6 foot separation can be enforced. Common home residents are another case.

That could be sockeye salmon, not stocked in Lake Ontario.

The DEC had a program on the upper Niagara River Islands here  the cormorants nesting there were killing the trees. They used 22 shorts to take them down from trees. Also they vegetable oiled the eggs in the nests..