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salmoseine

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  1. " It's a great way to start the spring fishing season. I'm guessing with the weather we've been having, you've all been out a few times already! " Question: who keeps turning the webcam at Seager Marine AWAY from the normal lake view this time of year. Very frustrating to have a useful view of lake conditions be changed to a meaningless image. Seems to be done with intent...
  2. “ Residents should not be concerned about sewage discharge into Genesee “.... into the Genesee AND the canal. Uh, OK ?!? https://www.whec.com/top-news/monroe-county-residents-should-not-be-concerned-about-sewage-discharge-into-genesee/
  3. " Another alert was sent around 8:45 a.m. Saturday, stating the sewage discharge continued to flow. Since it had been flowing for 12.5 hours, that’s an estimated 750,000 gallons of sewage discharged dumped into the Genesee River. " Supposed updates coming... seems like a great disparity in sewage dump estimates/reports https://www.whec.com/top-news/rain-heavy-snow-melt-leads-to-estimated-750000-gallons-of-sewage-discharge-dumped-into-genesee-river/
  4. I'm not a hunter, but I know that "contolled hunts" have been conducted in the Town of Irondequoit, very urban area adjoining the City of Rochester. Controlled => designated area(s), specific days, times, bow only. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/rochester/news/2023/10/24/bow-hunt-helps-control-irondequoit-s-deer-population#:~:text=Since 1996%2C Irondequoit has run,There are strict guidelines.
  5. Saturday, Sept. 23, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. : https://www.dec.ny.gov/press/128450.html
  6. https://www.rochesterfirst.com/new-york-state/officials-begin-lowering-lake-ontario-st-lawrence-river/
  7. I believe you are quite mistaken... the DEC Region 8 forage assessment (year 2019) for Hemlock Lake indicated that alewives were by far the most abundant forage available: https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_pdf/tb8hemlocklake18.pdf
  8. Just saw a FB post by a member of the FLTA (Finger Lakes Troller Assoc) that he caught an 8lb10oz walleye in Keuka a couple weeks back. As Sk8man outlined, for gobies to be present in Canandaigua it would require their "introduction" to the lake similar to the "introduction" of alewives to Conesus Lake. And we all know how that affected the fishery. It's always aggravating to know there are fishing "sportsmen" who believe they are wiser than the DEC fisheries management professionals.
  9. In the most recent DEC assessment of Canandaigua Lake forage that I've seen (2019), alewives made up 93% of the catch. To the best of my knowledge, gobies are currently not present in Canandaigua. https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_pdf/tb8canandaigualk18f.pdf
  10. Walleyes that have a significant alewife component to their diet have a much different flavor profile than walleyes feeding on a more traditional diet of yellow perch, etc....
  11. So you would prefer the rainbow fishery in Skaneateles be destroyed in favor of illegally introduced walleyes... I seem to recall many comments by you on LOU regarding how the Finger Lakes have changed for the worse, fish/fishing that used to be available in numbers no longer present. So, I guess you feel it would be fine if Skaneateles joined that status. https://www.syracuse.com/outdoors/2021/04/its-been-four-years-and-dec-still-does-not-have-a-plan-to-get-walleye-out-of-skaneateles-lake.html
  12. Very interesting! There was a population of walleyes in Canandaigua Lake from at least the 1940s (remember my uncle talking of catching "yellow bellies") through the early 1970s. Many Louis A Wehle/Genessee Beer fishing contest winners came from Canandaigua (brother inlaw caught a 13.5 lbs monthly winner). The DEC attributed the decline of the population to: 1- Loss of spawning habitat in the lake and the West River 2- Polution, West River 3- The introduction of alwives to the lake in the 1950s (feed on walleye fry). Walleyes were most often incidental catches while trout fishing. I caught my last Canandaigua walleye in 1971, 9.5 lbs... suspended mid-lake off Menteth Pt, early August. Walleyes would suspend over deep water mid-July through August feeding on alwives, much the same as smallmouth bass do in Canandaigua/other Finger Lakes. Up to this catch, the last walleye I remember hearing caught was June 1973 (weighed in at Clarke's). Sk8man may be on to something... perhaps a wallye(s) illegally introduced to the lake. The DEC is currently "fighting" a reproducing population of wallyes illegally introduced to Skaneateles Lake perhaps 10 yrs ago (based on year classes found by gill netting surveys). Walleye are known to prey heavily on young trout when available.
  13. Below is a screen shot of the Seneca Lake stocking data for 2022: LT, BT and LLS. Catherine Creek is also included (RT). Data source: https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_pdf/actualstocking.pdf Actual DEC stocking data (all NYS waters) for years 2011 - 2022 can be found at: https://data.ny.gov/Recreation/Fish-Stocking-Lists-Actual-Beginning-2011/e52k-ymww
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