Gill-T

Niagara county Kings during the day. Hitch boat and drive 45 minutes to Erie and fish the walleye nite bite. Sounds pretty good doesnt it?

When I was on Vince's boat last year, I was trying to see which way to untwist some tangled wire lines thru my $15 cheap sunglasses and couldn't see crap. Nick could see the lines clear enough with his Costa's to know which way to unwind the twists. Made a believer out of me.

Life is good. No complaints. I will have the pulse of the night trolling reef bite if interested. I will give a shout when it is happening.

Michael when are you going to pop your cherry on Erie walleyes?

I find "great stewards of the land" curious in conjunction with gill netting.

Going green Lady O is firing up. That green plume is productivity not runoff- we have not had rain in a week. https://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/modis/modis.php?region=o&page=1&template=sub&image=a1.17108.1812.LakeOntario.143.250m.jpg

Replace fuel lines. Agree with PAP.

Great class of fish!

Thank you for posting. As stated in my other thread, the time to voice your opinion is NOW.

As Les said....it might be as simple as the fish are fed. The TV I am watching right now is 8' from a refrigerator full of food. I am not at the frig because I had dinner an hour ago and I am not hungry. The water is still cool and fish are cold-blooded so fish can afford to eat and be lethargic.

Frustrating when that happens. With lakers sometimes all it takes is shortening up your leads to 5-10' or go the opposite extreme and put them back 75'. Been there. Lady Ontario.......she teaches. The challenge is what brings me back.

Until the mid 80's coyotes were just a myth over much on New York. Once people stopped trapping (and poisoning), they exploded. Killing anything at the top of the food chain WILL have an effect as the top of the food web pyramid has the smallest numbers. Look at the Michigan 333 tournaments year over year. As king numbers dwindled, anglers targeted Lake Trout. If you compare the Lake Trout size being measured lately you will notice the sizes are decreasing. A dent is being made IMO.

No kids or women younger than 50 years old + one meal a month for everyone else is enough of a warning for me not to eat large Lake Trout. Page 68-70 in the NYS fishing guide. Much better options out there.........esp. on taste!!!!

I believe the OMNR in Canada conducted a survey and found that 90% of the Lake Trout caught in Lake Ontario are released to fight another day. It is not hard to figure out how stocking a fish that can live to 15 years old and is now confirmed reproducing (at a low rate), could become overpopulated. It depends on the definition of "overpopulated", however, overpopulated in most our vernacular means as a percentage of gamefish available. Given their toxin bioaccumulation over time, one would hope the DEC and OMNR would aim to keep the public safe and offer more of the silver and less of the green.

Funny about your plan to take Lakers every time out. I have a similar plan, but luckily I have a Korean neighbor that loves fish. I have a buddy who takes them to Chinese restaurant he frequents and exchanges Lakers for take-out. Compared to the toxic fish coming out of the ocean around the orient, lakers are clean by comparison.

I asked my DEC buddy about wanton waste laws on books. Apparently NY is a state that does NOT have such laws. My apologies.

Despite the fishing handbook stating in bold lettering DO NOT EAT LAKE TROUT of size on Lake Ontario, I would not broadcast that you broadcast your Lakers (wanton waste laws). We got a polish grand slam today with browns, a coho, a smallmouth, and a seagull. Tough bite today. I think that big rain event last week flushed all the poop out of the storm sewers in one big push making the stained water oxygen poor..... the bite is off right now.

Battle for the Great Lakes on PBS at 8 pm tonight Looks like tonight's show explains USGS fight against invasive species.

You can catch them right now along the the same reefs you catch walleyes on. Put out a mix of short leadcores with spoons and you will catch some. They are gorgeous looking fish

Same here Adam. Eleven rod spread and couldn't get the lakers to bite.

QDM Good vs Bad I am hearing rumors that the DEC is considering antler restrictions in the future. It would appear that the QDM groups are carrying a louder voice. The business of growing big deer is great in theory but is having some undesirable effects. Infiltration of anti-hunters into QDM groups has muddled the picture further. As more and more people leave the farm for the cities, the anti-hunting voices grow......and as they grow, politicians wanting to get elected hear them. Rumors of anti-hunters posing as pro-QDM hunter-groups walking around outdoor shows and collecting signatures of unsuspecting outdoorsmen. These "sales people" will show outdoorsmen pictures of big bucks and say "do you want to shoot deer like these?"........then you should be for antler restrictions....sign here. It would seem that the anti's are for reduction in the killing of deer in any form they can make happen.....and going to QDM (despite the premise of reducing doe numbers to better buck to doe ratios) will reduce deer take. Look at Illinois. They allow for 6 days of gun season! Yes, they allow for generous bow seasons and a muzzle season but again......these long primitive arms seasons at the expense of a short gun season means less deer taken. This makes the anti's happy. So much of Illinois hunting land has been scooped up by trophy-lease companies, access to hunting ground has become impossible. The business of hunting is booming. Good for farmers and outfitters.......bad for the average Joe. I was a staunch QDM guy. Our deer camp in Arkport was one of the first to institute QDM in New York in the 80's. At first QDM was as advertised......let young bucks walk and you have opportunities for trophies. Shoot more does and there is more food for deer over winter. Good for the herd. These tenants of QDM are true. After eight years or so of QDM we had 140" eight pointers being taken. Along with success comes demand as more groups become interested in QDM land. Demand will drive the almighty dollar. In the end my cousins had offers they could not refuse and sold off weeks on their properties thereby dissolving our family deer camp group. It happened to our group 20 years ago. It is happening now in the heartland. Two nights ago I watched a PBS show on deer and Lyme Disease. There was a town in Massachusetts (which does not allow hunting) that is tranquilizing deer and paying veterinarians to give hysterectomies to does! How un-godly and unnatural!! I am sure most of the anti's in these suburban towns enjoy eating steak. The hypocrisy of anti's........ I am firmly against state-mandated antler restrictions.......I have come full circle. I see antler restrictions for what they really are.......a restriction. The last thing we need are more of our hunting freedoms taken away. Time to wake up New York. If you are against antler restrictions it is time to let your voice heard. Yelling at a DEC meeting does nothing.......you actually have to write or email your government officials. Please do not sign any petitions if you don't know what it is and who is behind the petition!

List of items to bring for beach warfare would include: Yuzuri Cristal minnow Yuzuri Pin's minnow Yuzuri 3D twitch bait Yuzuri 3D pencil Small casting net for bait Medium action spinning gear for lure casting long distances Medium/heavy bait cast gear for live bait **didn't catch anything on casting spoons or jigs.