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Started late this morning. winds not as bad as they forcasted. Set up and had a steady pick of lakers. this past weeks winds put some cool water on the surface. warmest temp south was 62.5 and as I trolled north hit a couple of pockets of 61 degree surface water. Found a couple bows today, one good one that I took a pic with and then released, again......one week too early:) You know the water is chilled when the trout stay alive in the live wells in June! Was solo and wanted a pic with her, so I gave the bow a short ride to the photographer. ended a 4 hour trip with 6 lakers and 2 rainbows. good day on the water.

pretty sure it was fatty tumors, i didnt keep it. i let it go, looked healthy, the only other thing i have seen back from my fisheries days in school were egg tubes on females that would produce eggs that wouldn't release at spawn, and the absorbtion rate back into their body couldnt keep up with eggs being produced. Saw it in a rainbow once that looked like it was going to explode, when we cut it open to examine it, there was a huge mass of eggs in it. regardless of what my theory is here, it was strange. the fish had great color and hit hard, acted like a healthy fish other than that.

Took out my neighbor, set up on a good Laker bite. His early rising was rewarded by a good fish over 12. Told him he caught that 2 weeks to early!!!! We also got a freaky Laker in the mix, lot of weight in fatty tumors, looked like it swallowed a downriver ball. All in all good morning as long as you were out of the cottonwood debris.

Awesome day, awesome Pics, great time spent with your father........and a couple a cold yingys to boot. That report made my day man!

Always great to see them, sent ya a PM. That looks like a happy buddy holding that baby. Trout are cool yes......but how can anyone not love a fish like that?........see everybody.....they can be caught during the day!! Long live Owasco Walleye. I hope someone gets one over 14 this year so they can get the recognition they deserve in that lake. take care man, sent ya my # in the PM, its been great lately!

see alex, even the trout guys start to love those awesome beasts, now you know why i love em! Good luck

luv that dirty white boy!!!!!!! Nice report.

Yeah, those weeds were a nightmare up there last week, finally got into water were they weren't and got a bunch of lakers that covered the column from top to bottom. Don't give up on the 40 ft or the cores, they'll give you nice suprises when they fire! Problem is you probably had a bunch of lookers that saw instant weeds on the rigger ball or spoons. Dont give up on her.

what a memory! love the pic with the 2 holding those bows like a big piece of wood, that is what its all about!

Way to go man, its all about that memory you create and im sure matt and his daughter will never forget that!

Alex, I told you how to trim those fillets this weekend. i bet you'll think otherwise after you cook them. Congrats agian on your catch. Zyoung- Otsego was in major trouble before the walleye program started, thats one of the reasons why they initiated it so people would have something to fish for as anglers were complaining about the lack of salmon and browns......... with that lake even pre- walleye, its been a forage issue, even the lakers for the most part are starved hammer handles. Owasco still has nice browns and Bows, every tournament, people catch nice ones.in fact that 9+ pound bow was awesome! the way you catch has changed, leadcore and copper are now key. the water is much clearer than the days of the high brown catch rates. not saying that they are in high numbers. Alewife are key predators as much as they are prey, they desimate many yoy fish as the Tunison study prooved. As for the walleye, love em......and almost every one that gets caught gets kept....even by trout guys, cant say that for lakers!~ The state, with their comments years ago started this battle between bow/brown and walleye. All I ask is do your research before you form your opinion, there are a few studies and thesis papers out their that provide great information....until then, I'll be that night guy nobody wants to be having a blast catching walleye. Kevin

well i have fished that creek for the last 25 years with written permission until this year. If i was the park owner, i would've done the same thing as we all would, buy it up and shut it down like he did. He was smart, paid alot of money to buy the gateway in and shut it down. Had alot of great memories there, wish I could share it with my sons, but as a land owner I know about taxes and liability insurance. As for the run there, no shortage of Bows, last 4 years were unbelievable! All you guys so hooked on the C&R thing should go to Pine Valley now, bet you would really get bent at that carnage! At least I figured out your perch without help.

Well on a positive note, I didnt see or hear about this on the internet. I got in my car and drove 2 hrs and figured it out, why.....because the words Perch and Seneca make people silent when asked, especially you locals. I'll admit I walked on that ice and questioned my sanity when excusing myself between fisherman as I walked out, but you know what...., I got em, and I loved it. and myself and my 74 year old father spent 5 wonderful days on that ice laughing, cursing, and enjoying the memories we created. Till the end we sat on that small section of ice watching more than we caught while boats and pier fisherman didn't have much luck. I could have never had this oportunity by asking anyone here "hows the fishing there". in fact i watched guys blatently lie to other fisherman that were coming on that ice that the fishing was terrible......yes its a circus.....yes its a small space.......yes as you all, i'm discusted over people leaving garbage........but its a public park and everyone has the right to enjoy that resource, and the fish within it. For the first time in my life I caught seneca lake perch........... and loved it!

true that my friend. been busy chasing kids but we will hammer the spring! see ya soon, kevin

Great job!!!! wait till the bait starts stacking up in that area in another month, it will get crazy for all species.

You wrote: Good to see stopping the walleye stocking is getting our trout to have a chance to grow! Just maybe it was the state reducing the amount of lake trout that allowed your trout a chance to grow. I can assure you all those eyes are on alewife not trout diets, and although they competed, no way have they ever competed like the thousands of lakers that vacum every smelt and alewife that go by it. you wonder why there is so many 3-6 pound lakers? By Fact, that is a key reason to your lack of other trout species. Read this : Interaction between adult lake trout abundance and recruitment of stocked salmonines in Cayuga and Seneca Lakes By Dan Bishop who is one of the top fishery guys now in Cortland. Dan is a great guy, but he shared in this thesis that to many lake trout stocked in lakes were the blame for lack of abundance or recruitment as its called of other trout species, which would include Browns, Rainbows, etc. This set a precident that was all but ignored after heavy stocking of laketrout in Owasco lake..........rainbow and brown declined due to forage decline, but something had to be blamed........and the walleye that were being stocked took it on the chin. congrats on your win, great to see a nice rainbow pick. They are an awesome fish But please get more facts than a state based opinion before you blame the fish that I love and fish for in that lake. How about we all agree it was a little mis-management, and not just the walleye, ok Kevin Truman

club used to stock until 2007. state shut them down and even with multiple letters of support with many sigs, the state said no deal. the guy who was head of the stocking with owasco lake anglers assoc. keeps trying to convince the state, but the state has its mind set on the continuation of lake trout stocking and the potential of rainbow and brown stocking over walleye. for those of you who got the survey in the mail, which was randomized to lake residents and diary operators( who are mostly all trout folk anyway) saw that laketrout were automatic, BUT you had to choose between brown/rainbow, OR Walleye but not all. Not even room for comment. Never have I seen such a one sided survey in my life! But hey, I love all fish and will make due, Im a night guy, and know how to catch em. these eyes will last for a few more years, and cant wait until someone hammers a monster in the 12-14 pound range. It may be just the attention we need to get some eye support back here. As I always say, Walleye might not of helped the issue in terms of another predator introduced to the system years ago, but they were NOT the sole cause of the rainbow and brown decline in this lake. my 2 cents as always kevin

bout time you throw those free loaders to the curb brother, nice fish, wish we could of hooked up to fish Friday! keep putting the hammer down.