Tall Tails

LOL Bob... So we had volunteers. It got really difficult dealing with the Marina, so we had folks that live on the river volunteer to host the pens at there personal docks. This group was all set to raise the steelhead when it came up at the State of Lake that there is no public fishing access to the little salmon river for the steelhead. After a bit of back and forth and I will leave it at that Steve Hurst DEC Director of Fisheries pulled the steelhead from the group. We tried to ask for Kings and got told NO... And let me throw this in one more time because I am tired of talking about it... THERE IS NO PEN REARING FOR BROWN TROUT!!! We could hold them for 24 hours to allow them acclimate and that would be the extent of it. We were then approached about the Atlantic Salmon and that makes no sense at all from any angle while we are in the middle of King Salmon cuts... That is very much the short version if you would like more detail please feel free to PM me.

Not a rumor. ELOSTA was approached by the DEC to start Pen Raising Atlantics to try and increase survival. Long story short we rejected the proposal based on a number of factors but the main one being the Atlantic is not a Viable Economic species to be stocked in the lake. Especially at a time where the DEC is cutting stocking on Pacific Salmon based on alewife data that may or may not be correct. Why would we encourage increased stocking survival of another species?? My question is if the DEC likes to throw a Michigan scenario in our face at all these meetings why have they not proposed cutting any other species stocking? It is widely known that Steelhead and Lake Trout consume massive amounts of Alewives. It might be time to spread the wealth of the cuts....

Never asked the room is accurate however the closed door meeting that took place at the hatchery where lake fisherman were banned from entering the room was probably a good place to start. Oh and the money TU threw at the DEC I am sure helped as well. I used to throw Steelhead back even if I was fun fishing. Not anymore they are going to get the bat between the eyes just like the legal sized useless Atlantic... Keep the negative letters going to the public response folks. The DEC lawyers in Albany don't like negativity at all. The next thing these trib guys will want is the Brown trout lake limit reduced.... Mark my words..

I have literally sat in the middle of a cut field with the ghost blind with nothing around and had jr hunters kill deer during the youth season. Tucked in anywhere they are deadly. They are a great tool in the arsenal. In fact the wife will be behind it this weekend in a apple orchard. Just don't leave it out overnight as the dew will cover the mirror and it wont work.

We use Coverts on our lease. No complaints they have been solid. You better be prepared however.... At work when your shooter walks by will happen Or in our case my wife was ten minutes from putting the turkey on the table at Thanksgiving! And it was the buck she was chasing.. LOL It was only the second daylight picture we got of him all year....

They certainly have made room for the Atlantic program at the hatchery by moving and cutting....

Its not often that you have nothing to add!

The Lack of skippers is the cuts showing up. No one should act surprised by this. The only thing that saves us is a great year class of naturals. We need to start talking about protecting vital spawning habit in our creeks and rivers.

Great I will be around between trips Fri thru Sun.

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