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Gill-T

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  1. The decline of bass numbers coincided with decline in emerald shiners post zebra/Quagga Mussels IMO. There used to be all kinds of suspended Smallmouth when shiners were everywhere. Now they are plastered to the bottom as gobie eating specialists. Thankfully, smallmouth can live along time to counter the nest raiding effects of gobies.
  2. I am assuming this was a live score tracker event or was it after June opener?
  3. You might have drifted by a rock. I can keep a small piece of worm 1.5’ off Lake Erie bottom (crawling with gobies), and not get touched
  4. They breed multiple times per year. Extremely prolific. If you are seeing them in one place, they are probably everywhere. I will say that they don’t leave the cover of the bottom so if you get your bait up a little, you shouldn’t have trouble with them.
  5. They have the UV glow moonjelly tape. As the old lady in the Tabasco sauce commercial says “I put that sh1t on everything”.
  6. Perhaps the answer is to only close the season from mid/ May through June 30th.
  7. If that is a Fingerlakes fish….a giant male rainbow!
  8. That is one reason I don’t use cameras. It is better not knowing lol.
  9. Gill-T

    Lake Erie bite

    Water temps has me thinking I might have one more trip in me. Anyone else heading to Ohio anytime soon?
  10. Does anyone have Harvey’s contact info? Thanks.
  11. Hard to say what the overall effect on ecosystem would be but for alewives and kings, moderate temps over winter is a benefit. For every 4 degrees of elevation in water temp, the productivity of a system goes up by a level of 16x. The Tule strain of salmon off Washington ( not to be confused with the tools in Washington DC), evolved in ocean temps that does not vary much from the 47-55 degree range. The interesting thing to watch is how this large class of three old kings being active and chowing down all offseason on the nicely rebounded alewife year classes and perhaps buck the trend of smaller body sizes. IMO this is a good year to change out your mono and check your drags.
  12. First NitroFire shot ended with a dead tree. Second shot 5 minutes later was a little better.
  13. If the fish I am catching in the Niagara are any indicator to what is to come, the fish look really healthy, bigger, good color, and no lamprey marks.
  14. I am waiting on the cold front coming.
  15. Yes, this is the “foot in the door” moment.
  16. I wonder how the NYS Big Buck Club, Boone and Crockett Club, the LOC Derby, the ProAm committee feel about this new legislation. It’s coming people. Lots of “anti” forces going unchecked. Pay attention and get involved.
  17. Considering the price of gas trolling around looking for fish and hoping for a bite, the cost of the event will pay for itself. If you are on the fence, review the winners and top 5 finishing teams of any tournament on Lake Ontario and you will find the names of these gentlemen. Do it!
  18. The weather was a gift from above.
  19. They were fun as hell this morning in the gorge. Congrats Brian. Long live the laker !
  20. Interested but not if I have to blow through $50 in gas to pick them up. Where are you located?
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