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Apparently, when you store your boat at a marina good protocol is to remove your license plates off your trailer. To the ****'r who took mine......bad mojo coming your way with many a skunk!

Any talk of Brown Trout numbers?

You will not contact steelhead but you could contact immature salmon. Problem is this time of year they are in winter-mode, which means 150'-300' down. Difficult to get baits down that deep, and difficult to get them to bite. You will be all alone out there with no help if you get into trouble also so you may want to partner up with another boat.

Black Opti-tackle clasps rated at 30 lb test.

Stocking from manufacturer may not have distributed yet.

Wade and cast stickbaits at night off any ditch or flowing water entering the lake.

Nice work boys.

With huge smelt numbers this year expect the big girls to be on the bottom. Keeping one worm harness line on a rigger just off bottom is always a good idea.

Trilene XT for main line that would be placed in a release repeatedly. Trilene XL for leaders off rigger rods, or leadcore because I think it might help the action of spoons to have a limper line.

It would seem based on price Rule would be best but I keep reading poor reports on various sites regarding the Rule automatics. Seems like such a simple mechanism but MAN is it an important one.

King Salmon vs Walleye.........really Howie? You will be back.....you'll be back.

Need opinions on bilge pumps as I will replacing both of mine this season. 23' boat. Thanks.

Very difficult to get out rust stains esp. on old fiberglass. Magic eraser with starbrite rust remover spray will help a lot.

The bigger size was a staple for Kings in the 80's.

Minnows on 3-way rigs.

I had enough of winter. With boat launches still locked in ice I decided to cure what ails us all by booking a drift trip. We were greeted with 15 degree air temp with a stiff 15 mph N wind all morning. Despite the cool temps, the sun was shining and the sights, sounds and smells of being on the water for the first outing of the year kept us smiling (or we froze in that position). Today was a grind day, but we managed a mixed bag of steelhead, brown trout and walleye. And so it begins.... another year of fishing. If you are thinking about trying a drift trip and are worried about the run being almost done.....I would say it is just getting started. Do it. Very reasonable cost. Vince has a nice 22' boat with high gunnels (safer for tall fishermen) and he will work hard to put you on fish. Capt. Vince Pierleoni 585-615-1197

There are all kinds of divers down below the peace bridge dragging up mussels from the bottom. In speaking to a bird watcher down at the water, the gentleman stated there is a huge die-off in Dunkirk harbor. I don't believe the power plant is operational so no open water. One of the interesting things that can be witnessed now is a large group of Bald Eagles picking off the weak starving birds sitting on the ice at Dunkirk. Ice fishermen are confirming a huge die-off of Gizzard Shad, but at the same time a huge population of large smelt are being caught thru the ice on Erie. The food web appears to be evolving year to year.

Last time I checked the launch was open but the docks are not in.

BJ day? .....and steak afterward??? Where is this event taking place?

Hawkeye beat me to it by one minute!...........what he said.

Agree with others, there is a movement of the food chain upward at night. Kings will often make inshore feeding movements under the cover of darkness. Start in closer.....say 40' and start setting high lines of leadcore or surface line so by the time you hit your intended zone you are fully set up or you may discover the early bite is close to shore in the process.