Traveling Circus

Heard a story from Olcott about water rushing out of 18 mile during a T-storm, years ago...... and then 2 years ago while coming into Sandy to avoid a T-storm, there was an unusual amount of current in the creek rushing towards the lake..... hard to explain, but I'm sure it was somehow related to that storm.

Back when meat became 1st became popular, I ran it, and it produced well for me........ back then, I ran in mostly in the fall to staging kings behind 11" flashers. Since then, I've transitioned to Rockets. I've had some super days with it, and some not so super. But in general, once I learned how to tune it and how to run it, it produces as well as "real meat".... run behind spinneys, dodgers, flashers, and clean at all times of the year. I rarely fish real meat anymore........ It's not the answer you were hoping for, but it is my experience.

You don't get away from the mercury by trimming away the belly and lateral lines. The other contaminants yes..... the mercury, no.

I had one of my dogs dig up some rotten fish out of the garden last fall/winter.............. WHHHHOOOOOO did that dog STINK! I was gonna kill him, but couldn't stand the smell to get close enough to do it..... I don't know what would possess a dog to try to eat something like that...... must be a hound thing.

Who were the top 10? is there a "results" post someplace?

Perhaps I mistyped...... it's not about proving who is liable, it's about preventing the next eco disaster. I think ships (foreign) are supposed to deballast their home port fresh water and reballast with salt water prior to North America fresh water entry, to prevent spreading invaders. Back in the 80's when fleas and ZM's started showing up, you think we'd have started inspecting ships in the SLR Waterway to ensure they had reballasted with salt. And prohibitively fine the ship out of any ship found with fresh water ballast. That was 30 years ago. What has this industry done to minimize the risk of contamination since the introduction of the spiny water flea? This is way over simplification, but Inspection and testing of ships ballast water should be(should have been) prioritized, and violators should be fined such that it reinforces compliance........

So the question I have yet to see answered is..... Why isn't the shipping industry held responsible for contaminating our Lakes with hundreds of invaders over the years.......???? Fleas, Gobies, Zebra Mussels, etc..... Back in the day when ZM's were introduced, I thought there would be legislation and penalties aimed at the shipping industry to prevent further invasives...... does it exist? The invaders just keep on coming.......

We fished out of Wilson yesterday, and there was a boat with a single fisherman in it, sitting right in front in 50 fow jigging......

Fished the area in front of the creek in 10 FOW from 6:30 until 8:00 PM without a hit...... decent color and temp around the creek, but no fish. At least it quit raining by then, and turned into a nice evening.