Traveling Circus

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.

WTH? Just for grins, the Rochester bouy data for roughly the last 3 weeks.... the wind at noon on every day..... The last week has been 100% with an East component. The last 3 weeks has been roughly 80%. I can't imagine this is gonna help our fishing off Rochester.......

You'll see people fishing for perch off the East pier out of Wilson. I've never done it, but based on the numbers of fishermen, they do take some fish there.......

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I've had good luck with Garmins echo series fish finders..... but it looks like they've got a new series out.....

We've caught plenty of walleye on spoons off the riggers in Erie, under the right conditions...... Long leads doesn't hurt any.

Having grown up within 2 blocks of the bay, Gangreen hit it on the head.........There used to be (probably still is) some excellent fishing in the bay, but water temps pretty much dictate what kind of fish are available.

From GoErie.com "The big news this week is a likely new state record perch. On Wednesday, a 1515/16-inch perch that weighed 2 pounds, 14 ounces was pulled from Presque Isle Bay. We are still waiting for confirmation." Not as big as the NY record of 3 lb 8 oz (a Lake Erie fish) but a very nice fish. Looking forward to our 1st trip of the season...... when it stops snowin' and blowin'.