Grady95

Smaller fish like this sometimes don't pull the line free from the release. My guess is that you were probably pulling these fish around behind the balls for some time. Been there, done that. Good question about jigging. I have not done it, and now that you mention it, I don' really know why! I would imagine your target with that technique would be lakers. If so, it might be worth a try..

Skaneateles Lake is now VHS positive. This little fishbowl gets relatively little use as compared to the bigger, more easily accessed lakes. This is some pretty bad news. It seems almost statistically impossible that this is not in some of the others. I am based out of Seneca Lake. I can't help but look at floaters differently now, even though there has not been an announcement of the presence of VHS. There are always dead fish everywhere we go. There have been as long as any of us who fish a lot can remember. Are we supposed to start picking these up and submitting them somewhere or can we assume that this is being done? I know the kids from Hobart monitor this lake for various trends. Wonder if anyone really knows whether we can get sick from eating these fish???