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They are in Ontario. They have been found in Toronto harbor. The new news is the fertility issue.

Ugh!! http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/grass-carp-great-lakes-1.3954946 Going to need a "smart" fish finder that can select for species.

Early wave and wind forecast looks favorable for Saturday. Light winds out of SW changing to East. Anyone fishing out of Olcott needing a boat-bud PM me please....I got the itch bad!

Raw sewage does dump into the lake......everytime antiquated storm sewers overflow. Ohio is trying to limit phosphorus levels further with legislation passed in 2015. They had green water coming ashore on Erie with boil-water restrictions recently. Phosphorus levels have been stable in Lake Ontario since early 90's. Problem is exotics. You can have all the phosphorus you want but if the water gets filtered it won't grow baitfish.

I will pledge to eat more Mighty Taco to help things downstream.

Signs If you know what to look for, the signs are there. On a trip down to southern tier this weekend I could not help but notice all the raptors along rte 400/16. This is a typical migration seen about mid-February. This morning I heard a Robin sound off. Starlings are fighting squirrels for tree holes as they have moved north looking for nesting sites in my yard already. The signs are pointing to an early spring.

We do not have "fish counters" on our streams so there is no way to know the totality of the runs on the south shore. Canadians have a pseudo-scientific method/formula on some North shore streams with dams and fish ladders that include using an electronic-eye fish counter + direct observation to come up with a "number". I have recommended to Steve Lapan to get some "bean counter" machines to see if we can come up with a figure as to how many fish are making it back home. This is critical information to the communities that rely economically on fish-runs as it may shed light to how few fish are actually returning. Burt Dam comes to mind. If we are losing our direct stocked and pen-reared fish in Niagara County to predation via cormorants or larger predator fish, the run total would be a great indicator and help dictate stocking numbers. I gather from conversations with DEC leadership that they are very hesitant to move any more fish away from the Salmon River stocking site. The DEC leadership have said they don't want to risk not getting enough eggs from returning fish to continue stocking the lake and therefore keep the Salmon River stocked with the majority of plants ( even in a stream with lots of natural reproduction). There may be political pressure from all the fish-based businesses surrounding the Salmon River to keep the Salmon River flush with fish.

Any given year you will hear 35-48% wild kings per year class. Most of the natural reproduction is on the North Canadian shore as they have better water quality and close streams in the fall to protect spawning. Probably 90% of natural repro on South shore is coming from Salmon River. I won't name other smaller tribs where nat. repro is happening but there are a few with good water. I imagine the wild rainbow percentage is higher due to catch and release and their ability to use smaller tribs, but I am not aware of numbers.

Monkey eater !!!!

Can I have your life Sean?

The DEC does do investigations of public markets. They bust a lot of people around NYC selling Striped Bass. Call it in. They have 2-4 officers per area that encompasses many counties, they need everyone's tips.

I believe they are being made in china now. Their legendary value is now in question. Taloras are made with the same process but with better components.

30 lb fireline fused "grey" (black) with a 50-75'mono leader to a barrel swivel to an 8' fluoro leader

I have read that Best Chance Too crew uses the 00 size quite a bit but there is very little internet info on them. I am not afraid to use big baits for Lakers, in fact my spoon size in the early spring is 5.5"-6", but the spin-and-glow or peanut bait is more of a small morsel pattern......the 00 size is a BIG morsel. If they don't hit well I can always put them in the middle of a fly leader as an added "mesmerizer".