Gill-T
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The bar marks on the perch are unreal out of that lake. Looks like a Rapala stickbait paint job. -
Punch weeds with jig and trailer plus topwater frog for bass. Under docks with wacky rigged worm. Find the deepest water for pike. If you can collect shiners from little creeks nearby, fish under a bobber for pike. The St Lawrence is only 20 minutes away if you are taking your boat.
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Crazy lucky things that happened while trolling.
Gill-T replied to rolmops's topic in Open Lake Discussion
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Crazy lucky things that happened while trolling.
Gill-T replied to rolmops's topic in Open Lake Discussion
Do you buy scratch offs or Lottery tickets? -
Braddocks 8/25
Gill-T replied to whaler1's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
No kings at the Niagara drop today. This time of year the graph is loaded. Not sure where they all went after the rollover last week. I had to fish for browns to salvage the day. A head scratcher for sure. -
I have 4 Cabela’s Depthmaster reels with upgraded T handles and leadcore that I probably will be upgrading at the end of the season. You can have them.
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Quick limits out of Barcelona this morning were reported. Worm burners. -
7/27 - Niagara mid-day smack down
Gill-T replied to Gill-T's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
Niagara bar access points are Fort Niagara or Wilson. Youngstown launch is free but can be a S-show. -
Off-gassing will take time to cure. You might try putting them in a bucket of water for awhile, leaving them in your car and allow the heat of summer to bake off smells. I know an old technique to get tar off the hands is use mayonnaise. Maybe a little mayo rub?? I don’t buy rubber boots for the same reason you are worried about. Off-gassing takes time.
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I got a couple of good Barcelona reports from those that got out early Saturday before the wind started cranking. Seems like the water has normalized
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Nice report. Rick, did you get the sense that the water was starting to stabilize from the goofy weather we had last week that really screwed things up? -
Keuka Annual Keuka Lake August 2024 Fishing Report
Gill-T replied to adesalvo's topic in Finger Lakes Discussion
Best report I have seen. Thanks for taking time to post a detailed experience. -
I am not a scientist but looking at the data provided by Dr Weidel, phosphorus appears to be at levels that trend the lake as Oligtrophic (cold, clear,less fertile). Of note was the last ph reading taken at the end of September showed a reading of 6.8 (trended acidic as the summer moved into fall). It seems like what happened to Adirondack lakes during the height of acid rain degradation-big heads small bodies on fish. Add exotics and some disease (from lack of food-stress) and you might have an anti-fish cocktail. Are the shells from dying zebra and quagga mussels putting more Ca+ into the water raising the Ph? The 2019 study concluded no major changes to the water. Are there monitoring studies still ongoing? How does the water in 2024 compare to 2019?
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Lake Ontario was a chemical dumping ground through the 80’s and alewives thrived. They had a robust plankton diet before the zebra and Quagga mussels. Poor water quality had seemingly presented no barrier. My guess would be you lost the food web in Keuka due to exotics and there is probably some disease(s) in play.
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The word is fish are scattered but no weeds Wilson/Olcott area.
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https://www.glfc.org/pubs/lake_committees/common_docs/Weidel_etal_2024_LkOntarioAprilPreyfishAlewifeReport.pdf
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I am hearing that there was a sewage release in Dunkirk which will not help either.
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My neighbor just got back from their cottage on the Canadian side and noted a fish kill was starting. This wind is going to mix things up pretty good.
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Boom! Bill has a couple of evening cocktails and he is giving away derby dollars!! Awesome offer. -
Wilson Boatyard Marina and Bootlegger’s Cove DOES NOT have tackle anymore. They have gas, slips and are still serving as LOC weigh stations
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Boat Doctors - Olcott, NY Jim and Karen have everything you need or would want for trolling plus other items such as boat supplies and Dramamine.
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Captain’s Cove - Oak Orchard Has some tackle. This is a new store that will probably be increasing inventory over time. They have rooms and slips to rent.
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There are often people inquiring about where to buy tackle when they come up to the lake. Knowing how important it is to support local tackle shops, I thought I would start a thread that highlights some of the tackle shops on the West side of the lake. Feel free to add to the list to help serve as a resource for others. Route 18 Tackle shop: near Hamlin Has pretty much everything you need to fish Lake Ontario including custom Hawk series of spoons. Additionally, there are some stickbaits for walleye and other warm water species tackle.
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The lake has flipped. The water off Buffalo will probably be still warm. https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/ncast.php?lake=eri
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Tips for oswego
Gill-T replied to seeyawader's topic in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)
A good way to think of water and how it can affect fish movement is to picture a lava lamp
