Gill-T

what part of the water column were the biters coming from? My buddy caught one 120’ down and the 100’ down on riggers. I thought maybe he was fishing below the fish by targeting the deep marks.

Wow, good deal. My buddy was out past 100’ and struggled to catch 2 fish and didn’t mark much.

Fresh scrapes found on my way out today. Looks like things are starting to percolate

Lake Inferior

No. None in southern tier that I have seen. No apples either

Reports I have heard are not good. Sounds like the Ohio fish have exited stage left. Now just have to fill my buck tag so I can chase them in Ohio.

Your memes always make me smile!

Huh? Do tell! Note winning king weights….

Great buck!

Great sit this evening. Deer moving. Bucks not chasing yet. Bucks more concerned about laying down scent than paying any mind to does.

A dead fish in a cooler or on a rope is still a dead fish. Stocking numbers factor both into the equation. Total numbers is not what the spirit of this thread was about. How do we stop the slide into smaller fish that spawn at 2 years? Perhaps a slot for kings on the Salmon River? We want the two year olds yanked out. Catch and release anything over 30” ??

I would point to possible variability in feeding times. Auto feeder vs volunteers. Good bug life vs none in the trib.

Great management tool to have a bean counter https://www.riverwatcherdaily.is/Migration

Maybe electromagnetic genetic alteration would help? Great light show tonight. Cheers!

Yep 👍 I can read.

?? Taking out only the biggest fish would make for smaller fish size. Artificial selection at the hand of man.

Just a snapshot in a three month-long run but look at all of the 12-14 lbers. Perhaps the answer is not the bigs get ripped out (no fishing on the Ganny during most of the run) but maybe only the smalls can jump into the raceway at the Corbett Dam?

For anyone having issues with the registration process for the Walleye Slam, they have appeared to have fixed the issue.

Jm, the Salmon already has a catch and release section. Fish do fine.

Those are small skinny water trips up there on your North Shore. The Salmon River can handle catch and release.

Nothing wrong with catch and release the entire river until November 1st. The problem with violators is they are getting off because too many judges don’t care. There was a recent deer poaching incident on federally restricted railroad property near Buffalo. The guy was caught in the act, hunting over bait and validated with the guys own trail cam pictures. The slam dunk case went to judge Buscaglia who made it go away with no real penalties. I would hope a judge near Pulaski would understand the importance but most judges will not stand up for the environment because the environment doesn’t vote. Lots of wrist slapping to keep jails clear.

FishUSA has a sale going on with all their walleye category stickbaits.

https://kawarthanow.com/2024/08/30/ontario-government-approves-new-fishing-rules-to-protect-salmon-on-the-ganaraska-river-in-port-hope/

Not sure this will produce for us in three years. Water temps are really warm this year. I think you need water in the 50’s to have eggs eye-up once fertilized but with evolution, who knows. Jurassic Park.