Traveling Circus

This thread has gone from a heartfelt appreciative "thank you" and a description of a great experience for a fisherman and his children, to a "lake guys" vs. "trib guys" instigation........... nice.

Why did we go to 1 steelhead in the tribs then? Just asking............. I don't really think the proposed change will have much impact on fish or fishermen...... charter parties or private.... so meh, I'm OK with the change. In my opinion, what the DEC and us(lake or trib fishemen) should focus on is properly releasing fish. It's been decades since I've gone out on the lake to punch a ticket of salmon and trout. For me, and many private fishermen I know, this game is all about sportfishing for fun. I've spent up to 30 minutes with offshore steelhead over the gunnel, trying to revive them, and in the summer surface temps it doesn't work. The methods that should work will take time and pre-planning. I'd love to see some information (DEC or other) and mortality rates on how to release deep water fish in warm surface waters.

It's pretty tough to floss a fish with a gob of skein fished under a float in an estuary type setting. To imply that it takes "expert flossers" to catch kings in the creek is incorrect.

95% of the salmon I catch on skein are hooked around the perimeter of the upper mouth. Very few actually swallow the skein. To me, it seems as though their intention is not to eat it but to nip it, or to test it..... or as previously mentioned to destroy it.

Sounds like a great place to perch fish!

Pies and jam.............

Stopped today.... the gates were open, and the permanent docks were well under water. The odor is terrible, but the mosquitoes will drive you away before it gets to the point of nausea.

My elderberry sources have been overgrown or torn out over the years, and I would be interested in learning new sources, or bartering Lake Erie walleye fillets for berries...... any interest? Rochester area............

You're correct. I grew up in Erie, and launched at Walnut and Lampe for years without paying a dime to do so. Been 25 years since then, so maybe things have changed.