SinDale

I like your tactics! We used to apply them to channel cat fishing with hot dogs! Speaking of double purposes, I discovered I can fit a 30 pack in my live-well and a bag of ice! Another, hanging a coleman lantern off of your downrigger arm... It draws the bait fish in, and helps you see your lines.

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I didn't make it out as planned, but heard of a few monsters taken around the parkway. I heard from a friend who talked with a DEC officer from Wayne County who said that the run is late this year since we haven't had a significant amount of rain yet. All of the creeks are still low, so expect them to be around into November this year. I guess Nov. 15th is the canal release which seems late to me. Here's a pic from a friend:

I've never tried shrimp. What size? Raw or cooked? At least that way if the catch is slow, you can snack on the bait! :shock: I usually cast 8lb. line for bass, and then 18lb. floro when fishing for kings and steelies, but it doesn't cast that great and has alot of spool memory when you get into that or larger diameter (which causes it to foul, knot up, and cast poorly). I'm trying out 20lb. Spiderwire right now, because it has the diameter of 6lb. test. It definitely casts better, and it doesn't seem to knot at all, but I'm yet to retrieve any weight to tell if it holds up to its story. I'm going to put my time in this week hopefully. As for lure/bait, I'm a true believer in the 1oz. hammered green/silver cleo or in the orange/glow. Storm's Jr.Thundersticks are also a huge producer. they also come in glow colors. I've also had success in the 3/4oz. pink/orange glow jigheads with the smaller egg sacks 6' under a bobber. I will typically throw one of these out, and cast a stickbait or spoon with my second rod.

Good luck team LOU! I'm jealous! Biggest striper I landed was 52" out of RI past Block Island 3 years ago.

I bill my time to education and research :shock:

Greed. It comes and goes every 5 years. Buy stock now, it will be your next boats downpayment :roll:

I'm hoping this past rain and colder nights might have triggered somethin. I'll be there this Friday night and possibly Saturday morning and will report what I run into. Every year I seem to be early... Hopefully this year pans out to be better timing.

Wow. You da man! I'll say whats been said before, I can't stop dreaming of monster Muskie neither! How many years have you put into muskies and did you go out a few times with a guide, or are you just reading and putting your time in? Few more questions, trolling those logs or casting, and weedlines or deep open water? Thanks for pulling my wallet back in the right direction

whats producing? Floating sacks, dropping them on the bottom, or glowing spoons, or crankbaits? I'm planning on the 5-9 shift Friday night finally....

found this on cityofrochester.gov/index.cfm?id=393 FISH CARCASS DISPOSAL LAWS It is illegal to discard any fish carcass or parts into the freshwaters of the state within 100 feet of shore, or on public or private land within 100 feet of the water, except: * By owners of those lands; * Live fish or fish required to be returned as directed by other laws and regulations; * Bait; * By proper disposal into suitable garbage or refuse collection systems or by burial; and * For incidental cleaning of fish to be consumed, but not within 100 feet of any public launching or docking site (unless suitable refuse collection system is used). Back to the original reason for this post though, if there isn't any visible decay, I've heard its safe eating as long as its thoroughly smoked/cooked. I had some that a friend of mine smoked last year, from a dark green king, and it was delish!

Guess I shouldn't post my "kitty rig" for muskie fishing, should I Hank?! :mrgreen: Wouldn't want the mean bread people after me!

I agree, the dock issue at Sandy is a mess. I had to ask a woman if she could move her cooler and chair so I could get on the dock to tie up when i came in 2 weeks ago, met with "you don't own this dock" followed by other vulgar sounding things I didn't understand and a few head wobbles. There were 3 cars in the loop, and garbage everywhere... That place needs to be controlled. I'm not sure signs will help, since there's usually someone parked in front of the "No Parking" sign. I wonder if the park police from Hamlin State Park patrolled down there regularly would set it right. After all, all we want is for people to enjoy the outdoors, and respect nature and others so we can enjoy it as well.

Bravo Sparky. Give people space I understand, but it goes both ways. Every time they come trudging downstream because they're using too light of gear to pull them in, not only scares away any fish that might have been in your hole, but like you said, it impedes on everyones fishing time. If you move into an open pocket cuz numb-nuts took off 20 minutes ago for the 15th time, screw-um!

I did a few loops in front of the river from 5-7:30, ranging from 20 -40', dropped down to 12 and 16 and also 2 dipseys out... nadda. Marked a few groupings mainly right off the piers, but they were spread out. Then we trolled up south of the 104 bridge and anchored until 10:30, and played with some cats, but no kings. Saw a few trying to fly though! Nothin gets my blood going like those monsters splashin in the night. We had one get at least 4-5' of air 5 times in a row, about 30' from the boat! They're in there!

Thanks Tom! I'm planning on the same run tonight, even though I know after this weekend is when it will really turn up a notch!

Maxwell creek is about 40 minutes from I-Bay and 10 from Sodus, right at the Lake. North side of the road has a reed filled bay and a good stretch of land that's fishable, then South of the bridge is Fly territory with fast water, and waterfalls once we start getting into the rain and winter.

Saturday morning around Sandy had a few gobies, a few perch, and a nice rocky to show for it. Used minnows, chigger craws, deep diving anything, and Molson Canadians

Can we get another link? i'd love to see it.

Opener was great, second wasn't bad, this game was a major let down I thought. They need to show the creativity the led with and start throwing the ball again or they're going to fall short soon. I'm hoping they'll pull it together when they're facing a real team... Maybe they're suffering from playing down to the competitions level. i play hockey and see it all the time. They have a lot of work if they want to reach the playoffs or better.

Atta boy Mbass, last time I told my wife to take her top off when she was fishing "to attract the fish" was the last time she went fishing with me! J/K, she's good for a half dozen outings or so when the boys can't make it. Still haven't talked her into trolling, but she caught a 34" pike this year and she wants to catch a rainbow next she says. I gotta try the bigger boat angle, so thanks for the advise Jolly!

I think the benefit/loss comparison works out as a wash as well, and using more pestisides can't come without side effects. Besides being annoying when bottom fishing, are they really effecting fish populations as was feared when they first showed up? I know there's alot of whining about it being slow out there this year, but it seems more to do with the temp conditions all over the board as compared to previous years. Gambler, I haven't caught anything in the lake or St.Lawrence this year that didn't have gobies in its gut either. Perhaps the biggest change gobies brought was a change in eating habits. The picture I saw last time I was out (9/13) was alot of activity on the bottom.

Brilliant!

Scientists have discovered that certain chemicals may be useful in slowing the spread of the round goby, an invasive fish species that is threatening parts of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River. When released near the bottom of a river or lake, two fish pesticides are effective in controlling this bottom-dwelling invader, particularly where dissolved oxygen is low, while leaving native species unharmed. "Selective removal of round gobies may be possible with bottom-release pesticides," said Theresa Schreier, lead author of this research, published in the Journal of Great Lakes Research. "This work shows the value of understanding how an invasive species differs from native populations in the way that it lives in an ecosystem and basing control measures on a unique vulnerability of the invader." Read the rest of the article: http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2014

Awesome. Great looking fish, and great video bro! Thanks for the tips!