Unfortunately, my boat suffered a cracked block coming out of winter. With things up in the air trying to figure out next steps to repower, this boatless bastard will have to revert to some old ways of catching fish to maintain proper mental health. Off to Olcott pier this afternoon to see if some browns were around. After 30 minutes of casting, I noticed lots of seagulls circling the broken piers off Krull park. Off I went. Hadn’t fished those little piers since childhood so it was a trip down memory lane. I was fully expecting to see some bait around with all the bird life but none could be seen. Nothing was hitting my Rapala flat raps either so I had to adjust. I noticed in the clear water off the piers there was some decent rock rubble and craggy shale- perfect habitat for gobies. On went a Rebel jointed brown trout pattern and it was game on. I would make about ten casts then hop to the next pier. Rinse and repeat. Each time the new pier would reload. Epic brown battles plus a bonus Atlantic. With the warm South wind it made for an enjoyable afternoon. I am not feeling so bad about being boatless.
And all those pretty offseason lure acquisitions have been sitting in a box for months due to yet another crappy weekend of weather. I have been trying to execute a weekend trip to Ohio since this fall and they all have been canceled 😡.
Yes, that is the location of your planer board amphibious landing. Interesting technique on display but we really need to adapt some wheels to the bottom of the planer boards
Ugly weather day featuring stiff wind, rain and a pleasant 39 degrees. Continuation of the misadventures of me and Andy but this time on a finger lake. As per usual plenty of FUBARS but we always manage to catch fish. We were an Atlantic away from a grand slam with a rainbow, laker and a giant brown that took a spin and glow ….
St Mary’s Atlantics have always been at risk. Without careful raising and stocking Atlantics, the fishery would collapse. The people running the program admit as much.
I think Captain Hanley would like to be out fishing perch with his clients right now but can’t because of the ice. His business is affected by the boom. He also lives near the Lake Erie shore, he knows his heating bill is higher. Before the power authority could renew their last lease and place an ice boom, the power company paid the local government a good chunk of coin because they knew the boom has a negative affect on home heating bills.
I think I can speak for everyone within the LOU community and say thank you Pete for representing all of our interests on this important international matter.