Tall Tails

There will be an official announcement coming out very soon.  We are working thru extra logistics as you might imagine.

Medium Action Shimano Talora.  8 or 8.5.  

It is a slippery slope allowing politicians to be involved in game management decisions.....  It doesn't really matter which side of the isle you are on with the Holiday hunt. 

RMEF tried real hard to bring elk back about ten years ago.  Started a fenced program in two spots in the state.  Surprise Surprise DEC killed it off said NO.  (I guess they didn't throw trout unlimited money at them)  As far as wolves go it is a master plan to end Hunting and eventually firearm ownership by introducing wolves.  BIG NON STARTER WITH ME...  Wolves have killed more huntable elk populations out west then you can shake a stick at... Ask Idaho..  

There is a serious killer in that bunch!!  

Russell, Vince, and I have been working hard on this one.  You wont want to miss it!  

On 12/11/2021 at 4:47 PM, schreckstoff said:

Yeah good point regarding flaring tempers, those letters can raise my bp sometimes too.

 

I haven’t paid too much attention recently to the DCL (deep chlorophyll layer) but have to assume it’s still like u say, an important zone of productivity.  As nutrients and subsequently algae continues to decline there is less biomass at every trophic level especially fish and the predator-prey interactions intensify . You might like this paper : 

 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0380133021001635

takehome, as I saw it was, that based on diatom record, LO is more or less back to a pelagic algal community that mimics pre-European colonization . 
 

VP- I hoped  I could coax an idea or 2 out of you. The length of summer idea makes total sense. while the lake is definitely getting warmer, the time period of stratification is also a lot more variable/longer, we wrote  a paper hypothesizing that phenomenon would also help lamprey in Superior (or any Lake) get bigger.over time. .

Goby are fascinating, your term prolific might even be an understatement. I agree Corms, YP. SMBs and others fish focus on them…but wouldn’t  that keep their densities low and work against overpopulation effects? Lord knows those fish eating feathered “beauties” don’t seem to be any less abundant these days. The upwelling is an idea we tossed around as well and makes sense, bunch of Goby forced into high density deep zones in late winter/spring, stress them out cause they ate all the mussels in the sizes they can crush, then temp changes push them over some tipping point. Speaking of Something Spectacular, One of the now retired scientists used to suggest crazy high sturgeon stocking to control Goby…I increasingly think that idea has legs, hell maybe we can someday even open a fishery for them! My sturgeon studying colleagues might faint if they read this but I lik restoration cause we can, fish for and eat those species again. 
 

Merry Christmas to you, the family and everyone. I might be taking you up on that offer if we don’t get some snow and cold weather. Managing one’s property with lots of late season food seems like a dumb idea when it’s this warm. 
 

-bw

Any chance your still working on the impact of the CISCO/Whitefish reintroduction and its impact on the food pyramid for recovering Alewife's population?  I still believe the reintroduction of the species has had a negative impact on alewife production and survivability.  

I couldnt be happier with my Tactacam Reveals.  Running 10 of them and they are fantastic.  

The word "Sustainable" means cash grab... trust me when I tell you this.  I work for a company who is very much capitalizing on this non sense... I hate to even say this but I agree with Rolmops our future is Micro Nuclear Fusion.  They also have a big push to end the rural way of life.. they want us living in suburbia where they have more control.  

My wife connected on one of our shooters during her Rut cation on Nov 5.  Shot him at 18 yards with her Vertical bow.  He started visiting one of our kill plots to tend a scrape.  After 2 days he daylighted a visit in the am (Thank you Tactacam Cell Cam for the info) and she slipped in there in the afternoon.  She saw him that afternoon but couldn't get a shot.  Next day she sat the kill plot all day, he didn't show up but he was on an every other day pattern to this scrape.  On the third day she sat the plot, she put an arrow thru him at 10am as he came in to check the scrape.  He went a 120  yards and tipped over.  I couldnt be more proud of her.  She puts a ton of time in. 

As a trade off for the extra 30 minutes on each end of the day this is a no brainer.  Hunting for mature animals this 30 minutes is critical.  Orange is no biggie anyway I always wore it when walking during a gun season.  

7 hours ago, Yankee Troller said:

 

 Currently, the East end rivers and streams are loaded, so we can't use the stocking cuts as an excuse either. I'm at a loss for why it was tougher for some areas of the lake. 

I have not talked to one 15 to 20 yr experienced guide who has said the rivers were loaded.  Pretty good Coho run but certainly not Kings.  There are a few internet hero fish cutters over stating there business but I think that is where it ends....  Oswego never got a run.  

16 hours ago, Roys Boys said:

He probably gets treated like a king at the local ducks unlimited dinners writing all those donation checks..

Even better...if you see his clients in the videos you have the President of the Wild Sheep Foundation onboard... certainly has federal friends in high places.... just saying... 

On 9/21/2021 at 12:45 PM, Reel Chaos said:

Is your coworker in shady shores or fair point? 

Shady Shores  but he told me the numbers.  They don't make any sense for the local economy.

1 hour ago, Reel Chaos said:

I’ve been in Fair Haven my whole life at Shady Shores Campground started going with my grandparents and it’s where I learned to fish.  As I got older I got my own camp.  This year the owner sold the campground to a corporation and they doubled the cost and basically gave a months notice to decide.  They also changed rules and such.  So I took that as a sign to move on and found a new campground near the oak.  

A Coworker of mine bought a camper in there a year ago... Terrible what they did to all of you.  I dont see the market they expect... And the marina cost for a slip now... GOOD FREAKING LUCK!!! Outrageous.

Other good baits to try this time of year that are proven.  Green glow #4 J plug with a black ladder back in clouds and waning light.  Silver Bloody nose J #4 in the sun.  Make the bloody nose a little bigger with red nail polish.  Or if all you can find is a silver j plug you can make the red nose.  30 to 40 back off the rigger or on a copper is a good start.

Great Story with you and your Dad!  That is what it is all about.

2 hours ago, cjc said:

The pig pen all yellow both sides or yellow one side and tape the other side lost package

mtn dew tape one side and the scale tape on the other.

9 hours ago, Gill-T said:

the green dot flasher and hammer fly combo is working again?  That old go-to has been gathering cobwebs. Glad it’s back!  The black edge/glow slick SD with an A-Tom-mik hypnotist combo has been working as has meat rigs fished off smaller 8” protrolls. 

Again??  It does not stop.  KISS... Also I am trying to help him with east end combos.  Stop throwing your Niagara water color combos in this conversation... Yes it is different!!

14 hours ago, cjc said:

There are 4 types of pig pen flashers what one color wise

Yes there is 4 variations but only one says pig pen on the package.  It doesnt say pig pen UV...

Oswego and the Bay fishing have been heavy on Flasher Flys.  Hammers behind White Green dots.  41s behind white green dots and green trees.  In the sun Pig Pen with the Big Fin behind it.  These combos have been the go to's the last couple weeks.

All those big Canadian Kings!  You catch them before they leave.  I guess there wont be any "west end" whining about no stagers this year.  Heaven forbid they get 3 weeks of "tough" fishing.  LOL! 

If Eavi21 doesnt take them I will.

Thanks.

The largest Offshore wind farm in the world is coming off of Virginia...

It is more about the time of the year and the unstable weather patterns of late.