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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...

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  2. 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/ 

     

  3. 43 minutes ago, lachsforelle said:

    has NY ever done much to control the population of its suburban deer? 

     

    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. 

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  4. On 7/30/2023 at 6:33 PM, troutman10 said:

    I believe keuka has had some walleye catches lately as well. Sounds like someone probably making their way around the fingers doing some stocking

    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. 

     

  5. 15 hours ago, Crestliner said:

    yummy best tastin fish you'll ever cacth out of that lake

     

    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.... 

     

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  6. 36 minutes ago, bulletbob said:

    dec  is ""fighting"" the walleyes  in Skaneateles?.. I hope the Walleyes win.

    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

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  7. 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.

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  8. On 7/17/2023 at 8:02 AM, Pappy said:

    Just wondering if anybody looking at this info has seen or found the lake trout stocking info for Seneca Lake lately?

    i have checked everything I could find online and I can’t find lake trout info

    I found where they stocked the browns but not lake trout

     

    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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  9. 2 hours ago, cinnamon fish said:

    How old would you guys guess the 15.15 rainbow was?

     

    I remember a discussion with Ned Holmes and Bill Abrams (sp) of Region 8 NYS DEC in the early '70s. I expressed my concrern with the decision to stock BT in Canandaigua Lake... would they enter Naples Creek,  and perhaps alter/have a significant negative impact on RT recruitment. They assured  me it would be monitored very closely as they would never risk any damage to a "free"  $1,000,000 RT hatchery ('70s $$$s).  As part of that discussion they advised that the majority of bows only "run" the creek one time during their life span, with a significant number remaining in the lake, never entering the creek. The stress of the run and spawn does limit the life span.  I think Frogger's estimate of ~10-11 yrs is reasonable and the size may be an indication of a single or perhaps no spawn run into Naples creek.

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  10. 25 minutes ago, cinnamon fish said:

    I wonder if the fish I caught could be the largest rainbow from any finger lake?

     

    I recall a ~19 lb rainbow caught in Seneca Lake in the late 1950's, early '60s. It won the Louis A Whele Genesee Beer fishing contest for the year, and is the largest bow that I know of from a Finger Lake (I've since misplaced /lost the documentation), and can't recall the exact year. That contest ran yearly for nearly 50 years, including both warm and cold water fish catagories.  The Naples Creek 10+ Club still lists the 15 lb 5 oz  as the largest from the creek, with a 14 lb 15 oz bow second, but certainly a larger bow is possible.

     

     

     

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  11. 3 hours ago, cinnamon fish said:

     I feel so overwhelmed and thankful that I found this fish of a lifetime.  I just love the mysteries of what lurks in these amazing waters!

    It certainly is a very special fish and a great story/details of the catch. To the best of my memory and information I have, it's the 2nd largest Canandaigua bow ever and the largest taken from the lake... the record Canandaigua bow dates to 1962, taken from Naples creek (see article below). I believe it to be the largest/record bow taken from the lake. The previous largest bow from the lake (again to my info/memory) was caught in 1973, weighing 14 lbs 4 oz. Congratualations on a great achievement!!!

     

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