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Thanks for the reports. They are always full of good info and pics/videos.

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That was most likely the DEC hazing cormorants. If they won't fly or leave they are allowed to shoot them. I am sure the shooting from a boat under power rule does not apply here.

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I agree that this is just a blip on the radar. The fishing will come back and so will the people. It is a shame that some of the local businesses suffer though.

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Great work guys. Does the bite normally get even better in the fall up there like it does on Oneida?

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I grill them occasionally and make salmon patties out of the canned fish most of the time. Catching them is fun but I normally toss them back if I get more than 2 salmon in a day. Walleyes on the other hand, they get a 1 way ticket to the frying pan!

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Congrats on your first king!

I agree, 2 kings is enough to last me for a year! We smoke them and can them. I am baffled at what these guys do with all of their trout/salmon...

Great job as usual guys.

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It happens to all of us. This is one of the tougher times of the year to catch eyes on Oneida. There is a lot of food out there right now. You definitely need to search around until you find a "good screen" and then set up.

Just like any other invasive they will explode at first and then taper off. If anything they will help to protect the young walleyes and perch because the gobies are easier to eat.

That report got my attention Kevin! Great job! That is some serious walleye action.

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Well done again!

Do you think the fishing is better in the late evening of the early morning on a full moon?

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Summertime walleye fishing on Oneida is pretty good.

You can fish around the weeds with jigs, sticks, and spinners or troll deep. Guys are still getting some jigging bucktails and sonars. I have been doing good trolling sticks deep.

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Great jobs guys.

I love reading your reports. Someday I will venture over there and try to catch some of those river eyes. We have a camp on Millsite so it is a short trip. I am pretty spoiled with these Oneida walleyes though!

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That is awesome! Sure seems like a great day to fish...instead of work.

I troll harnesses on Oneida quite a bit. Early in the year (May/June) I think bottom bouncers work the best. This time of year I would focus higher in the water column and run harnesses off of those offshore tadpoles or snap weights. I troll them from 1.5 - 2.5 MPH, generally slower when running bottom bouncers and faster when running them suspended.

Congrats! That is a great bag of fish to catch any day and especially in conditions like yesterday.

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I have some perch colored sonars that I got from Bartel Bait and they work well. I also use gold.

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You can catch them jigging all summer but a lot of guys switch over to trolling in July and August. I think it is a little easier to catch them

trolling in the summer because a lot of them are suspended. You can

always jig in and along the weeds and catch them mid summer.

Personally trolling is a last resort. I would rather catch them jigging or casting sticks any day.

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Right now the fish seem very scattered so having a good finder does not matter much. I seriously caught eyes from 4' - 44' of water on Saturday. There is no magic depth to target them at and they are not really schooled up on structure either.

I would check a map for the shoals and islands near Constantia. There are a few islands to watch out for there, plus Dakin shoal and Willard island a little to the East.

I like to jig bucktails but I know a lot of guys are doing very well drifting worm harnesses right now. If you drag worm harnesses and jig in 15' - 25' right now your are probably going to come across some walleyes.

It is on the Navionics on my iphone. The called it Whitney Point Lake.

Those are some chunky walleyes. Well Done!

We all have those days. It always happens to me when I have someone on board that I really want to catch fish. You will get them next time.

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Walleyes do group by size for the most part. Being on 18" - 20" eyes is normally good problem on Oneida. To place in these tourneys it seems like you need to put together a bag of fish in the 20s though. 

 There is always a mix of trollers and jiggers at the top so I am not sure that changing tactics is the way to go.

Is there any chance that they will stock more fish each time since they are doing it every other year?

I have always thought that it would be better to stock these lakes every other year but stock twice as many fish. So they would receive the same amount of fish on average. The survival rate would probably be better and it would cut down on some travel costs.

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