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We all knew you couldn’t sit out of the rut.

Tried doing a little derby fishing last night in the dark off the small boat harbor breakwall. Nice looking graph but only two suck backs and one fish to show for a few hours of trolling. Not sure what species were on the graph but they were not chewing. Nice night to be out with no other boats around.

Other than this drizzle that decided to find me, great start to the morning. Two scrub bucks and four does around stand. Does did not have their yearlings and were making a point to urinate down their tarsal glands every 50 yards on the deer trail they were on. Fun to watch the pair of scrubs start tracking the does. All deer moving very cautiously. Everything is on pins and needles for what is coming

Sorry Bill. Sucks loosing a pet.

Big body!

WTF is he doing now??

I think some of the shareholders tried going the political route to garner support for a Niagara hatchery but to no avail. Perhaps that bear needs to be poked again. Squeaky bearings get their zerks greased

Saturday all day sit planned for my first outing. A week of rain,SW light wind, no real moon- should have bucks on their feet checking their territory and laying down sign.

The Niagara fish hatchery was a strange “no”. Not sure if a reason was given as the site work and funding was in place.

Last day to register. Tic tock tic tock. You can fish NY waters.

Reminder: Registration for the walleye slam and fall brawl closes in two days.

Perfect redneck deer blind. Place curbside with deer carcass once deer butchering complete.

Lots of beer.

Bayliners of yesteryear had plastic swim platforms from now defunct USMarine. The swim platforms were fairly well designed but similar to all things plastic, they have a lifespan. With my swim platform failing and a lack of adequate replacement parts, I decided to dive into a replacement that would last. And so began my journey into fiberglass work. As a learned skill, I am glad for the knowledge gained, however, never again! Between the cost of materials, odors, mess, and time drain, I would not attempt the project knowing what I know now. I will bullet point the process to spare writing a novel. -marine grade 3/4 “ plywood -two layers of West Marine epoxy resin -one layer of woven roven sandwiched between two layers of chop strand mat fiberglass -epoxy putty to fair -4 coats gelcoat w/out wax, top gelcoat with wax -2 coats of topside polyurethane paint -one coat of anti slip polyurethane paint that matches rest of boat floor -custom stainless brackets fabricated to match existing holes in transom -holes in transom and on swim platform had penetrating epoxy applied to wood -hardware installed with 3M adhesive/sealant bedding compound -swim ladder installed

Really good podcast on deer patterns of movement summer range vs winter range and why it might not be a good idea to shoot those older matriarchal does

The water temps look right.

Big’un !! Congrats! ……..now what are you going to do?

Very cool antler shape

Good group of fish in front of Olcott piers but water is warming. Looks like the Oak to Genny is cold.