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Every morning this past week, boaters are casting Erie Dearies on the hump in front of the sunset bay beach club off the Catt. in 17' FOW from 6-8am and limiting out every morning!!!! Wierd year I think you are seeing the results of the eastern end stocking program come to fruition.

I have never seen a deer sit still and feed in one place, unless it is going to bed down. Deer are constantly on the move living off a variety of foods. I am always perplexed to see deer eat a couple of apples and then continue on with floor covered with them. I think if they eat too much of one thing they get gassy (see also Mighty Taco). Bottom line you have to offer them browse (by tree trimming/logging), nut trees for protein, greens-agriculture, apples are a bonus but more like desert for deer. Your play on hunting the trails to/from the food plots and apples is the right play and won't change no matter what you plant. (ps try brassicas) Do you have apples this year? We got the warm spring/early bud/frost kill in the southern tier so no apples again

All the laws are open to interpretation by the DEC officers enforcing them. The spirit of the law is to keep people from transporting an exotic species to other bodies of water, so I would never keep one in a pail waiting to be used. I have no problem when I catch a gobie, sending it back down to be eaten by a smallmouth. Dead gobie, confused smallmouth, happy angler

I will be there to observe, driving in from Buffalo. Might need a place to shack up, however, since we have to be there by 4:45 am.

Apparently, I am not going to make detective.

You can run a free slider-spoon over a spinnie, when you pop the release DON'T REEL until the spinnie is at the top where you can skip it back in.

Ray, you might has well add any game animal out west to that list. I didn't care for the elk or antelope I killed and won't chase them anymore for the same reason. I tried to feed the antelope meat to my dog, and he wouldn't touch it!

I alway seem to do better trolling into the current. Best way to make sure your lures are kicking.

That last one looks like it lost it's velvet already!

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name:Gill-T Hooker ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s):8-13-10 Time on Water:3hrs Weather/Temp:sunny Wind Speed/Direction:12 mph E/NE Waves: 2-4 Surface Temp: 60 inside (lake rolled), to 68 degrees past 350' Location:North of Wilson LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: Total Boated: Species Breakdown: Hot Lure: Trolling Speed: Down Speed: Boat Depth: Lure Depth: ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS Nice and cool in tight with the lake rolling over last night. 60 degree surface temp and vapor screen on fish finder on the inside waters. Headed north and soon as we hit 325' the temp started rising. When we hit 65 degrees, the rods started popping. Nice bait picture out there, but no real hooks among the bait. All fish were in the top 35'. 6,7 colors, divers out 90' and riggers cheated set 35', 29'. Small kings and steelhead. ====================

Word has it as of December, all New York gas stations are mandated to sell gas with 10% ethanol. Kwickfill have the only stations I know of that currently don't have ethanol already. I was thinking maybe we could petition local representatives to allow Marinas to carry ethanol-free gas. Does anyone know how we could create an online petition? Maybe throw in the windmill issue and funding for DEC and maintaining current stocking levels...... you know a grievance sheet

Salmonite, you can't legally use salt licks or bait to feed wildlife, so since this is a public forum you may want to PM Jerry

Hey guys, I RARELY target Muskies, but used to spend a week each year on Chaut. .....and occasionaly target muskies before the walleye started biting. We were always there during the August dog days. For what little time we spent chasing Muskies we did occasionally catch them by using downriggers in the deeper water of the NE side. I think a lot fish end up around those two 50' holes to find cooler water after feeding.

The old lady is unhappy with the site, however,..........she says I am on this site too much instead of rubbing her bunyons.

Great. Now when can I come out?

Top picture is a mature buck. Look at the shape of the nose from the eyes down to the tip. The other two are 1.5 year olds most likely. Looks like you have a good crop of mature deer to wait for this year. In response....because they get shot! Genetics are ok, food is good. The main ingredient missing on most deer hills is age.

Different buck. Last years three point looks 1.5 -2.5. Bad genetics with those two...shoot them. On our hill we have a six point gene where we get some monster mature six pointers that never will amount to much. THE WORST deer to shoot is the 1.5-2.5 year old eight or ten pointer. Best thing about your camera is you can really study the deer in your area and know which ones to shoot when you see them. Best way to age is look at the rack....is the inside spread past the ears? Does the animal have the "roman nose" where the nasal bone is convex shaped (humped up) not straight. Look at the body size esp. the size of the rear legs, the belly, the neck. VERY few make it to 5.5 years old in New York....when you see one, you will know instantly it is a shooter because it will look like an elk in comparison to other deer you have been seeing. Nice bruiser pictures from last year!!!!! Now those will be some good ones this year.

Jerry that spike looks to me like he is either a champion fawn, or a sickly 1.5 year old. Don't like seeing the rib cage showing. My guess is you got a 1.5 year old with worms. If he survives till fall put an arrow in him and keep him from mating.

Looks like an Alaskan fish!! Great King.

The DEC, unlike state troopers, are also given the task of upholding border security. Their law enforcement license gives them the jurisdiction to enforce laws anywhere in the state. The DEC may have been working with border patrol (doubt it) or looking for someone specific, or more likely on manuvers which they do from time to time.

You heading out tommorow? I did a short solo trip tonight, and was pleased to see bait in the 115-110' band I was fishing. Place is still filthy with small kings, but at least they were 5-6 lbers. Lost the one major about 5 minutes into the battle.....just came unbottoned . Fish came on the mag sized shoe horn spoon, and a green blade double crush-glow SD with A-tom-mik white halo fly/ big weenie blue glow beads. Rigger set at 100' cheated, Double deep six back 325' on wire.

Purple hologram glow Northern King #1, Smurf silver streak #2, Purple R&R silver scale series (no longer made ) #3, Kevorkian color spoons #4

The NW winds today will usually push the warm surface water into shore where it tumbles and mixes uniform warm temps deep. If you start inside, drop your baits deep near the bottom. If you head out in a NW heading, you will want to start raising your baits as you go. By the time you hit 300', think about the 40-60' band of water primarily. If you don't have a speed and temp, a good indicator of temp is where the bait is showing out there. Good luck.

Rick, we need to introduce your buddy to my buddy in the DEC. The stuff going on right now with the DEC is unbelievable. When the top positions are political appointees with no outdoor experience other than looking at bird feeders in the morning, bad decisions will be made. The head of the DEC has been on record as stating he would just as soon do away with the DEC!!! Politicians look at the dept. as waste of taxpayer dollars because they cannot quantify an economic benefit. Now that tourism is the number one industry in New York, you would think Albany could see the light regarding the WORLD CLASS fishery we have with the great lakes. Instead, they pay new recruits 35-40,000 per year to live in Long Island, while state troopers who get less training come out earning 70,000. The State has halted DEC recruitment classes at the acedemy for the last two years with no end in site. Older officers are seeing the writing on the wall and retiring fed-up. My greatest fear may be coming true that the imprint machines designed to test natural reproduction may be used one day as ammunition to cut stocking. I have tried sounding the alarm before, requesting members e-mail politicians how important the DEC and our natural recources are, but had not received any replies to my posts. Believe it!!!! this crap is real. Get on the phone, computer etc. and make some noise!

Happy B-day Ray. Thanks for the laughs you have provided......all the while helping us feel better about our spelling skills. Now go rub up and down half naked against a dead bear.