You said it Yankee, The state cut back stocking back in the lakt 80's early 90's and the fishing sucked for a few years. One or two years of less stocking seems to hurt for twice as many years.
I was in to enter the sodus pro am june 30th and they said because of the holiday this friday they were extending the deadline until next wed. I would still double check if you plan on waiting until the last day.