Pictures of muddy water over the banks maybe. On my way to Allegheny St Pk to fish the lakes there I saw a lot of early risers standing on bridges scratching their head.
Be careful keying on the word composite construction. A composite is a combination of different materials. It does not mean wood-free necessarily. For example a fiberglass/ wood construction is a composite.
Any of you that purchased these after my post and then tried them, quickly realized that with the swivels present on these units cause them to unwind the twists placed in the fishing line prior to placing the line in the release. I think I solved the problem with a little cheap reengineering with binding wire.
I use Weldon’s pad releases. They may be under a different name now. Put them on a metal dog snap and they shoot down the line no matter the wind speed
It is not as simple as you make it out to be. During the spring derby, the predators are super concentrated in Niagara County. If you polled the rest of the lake at that time you might hear that there are no fish in the lake. Compare Lake Michigan stocking figures to Lake Ontario. Lake Michigan has always outpaced Ontario in stocked salmon and trout.
I think the smelt are loving the mud plume. I think you will see an uptick in smelt. I think you will see a great looking class of two year old kings that have been able to feed up all winter on YOY. Surface temps that I believe are recorded 30’ down are showing 39 degrees offshore. Kings actively feeding all winter might balance out any gains in alewife stocks.