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I think I agree with Gambler, but at the same time Steven is correct as well The original salmon eggs that were introduced were from the Tule strain originatating in the Columbia River. They were the eggs of very fit salmon that were capable of swimming lots of miles (hundreds?) in adverse circumstances. And all the weaker or slower or smaller ones were weeded out by this murderous migration from and to the spawning beds. Yet at the same time the genes that produced these weaker fish were also present in the gene pool of the stronger and larger fish, which is proven by the weaker ones reappearing during every migration. Then they came to lake Ontario. Their spawning migration up the Salmon river really was an afternoon outing compared to the long trips up the Alaskan river. This caused a lot of the smaller and weaker salmon to survive along with the fittest and strongest ones. Survival of the fittest does not happen in times of plenty it only happens in difficult times and with plenty of alewives to go around, slowly the smaller and weaker ones increased in numbers and percentagewise became a bigger part of the whole. This does not explain why the forty pounders are gone, but it does explain why there are so many smaller ones. Lack of competition allows for greater variation and eventually more succesful mutation. It may well be that we helped this process along by cuddling the fry even more with our pen projects. ( Can anybody make a connection between the first few years of the pen projects and the dissapearance of the 40 pounders?) This process happened within the same genepool and its variants. So Steven Lapan is correct there. Also I would like to know if the DEC has actually done a DNA map of the Lake Ontario salmon and compared this to the same strain on the west coast just to confirm that it still is the some gene group or if there were significant mutations that went unnoticed.

There is genetics and genetic potential. If a fish cannot live up to its genetic potential for whatever reason it will remain smaller. And if remaining smaller causes more successful survival then ,that is what will become the dominant population.

After listening to Steve Lapan last week at the Irondeqoit Game and Fish Club, I was left wondering about a lot of the graphs that he showed us. Specially the one in which he showed that there is a direct correlation between the lake temperature and the feeding and growing behaviour of the Chinook. The temperature graph that he showed was of the Buoy off Rochester and in correlation the growth rate of the Salmon which stayed stagnant until the water temperature reached 50 degrees and above. In 2015 this happened well over a month later than other years. Not only did it take until mid June for the water to reach 50 degrees.The temperature stayed well below the average normal well into july while it finally came close in August. ( It did not completely catch up ) One can only assume that with the same severe winter in 2014 a simular delay in rising temperatures happened. That means 2 much shorter growing seasons. All of this probably caused the salmon to stay well below their genetic potential and caused their growth to be seriously delayed or maybe even halted. However,their biological clock kept on ticking and the still small 3 year olds probably lost at least one and quite possibly one and a half growing seasons (the very cold start in 2014 and the same cold water in 2015) because just as the water temperatures started to rise over 50 degrees in July 2015 they started directing their energy toward milt and roe. All of this leads me to suspect that what we presumed to be sexually mature 2 year olds may very well have been small three year olds,while the larger ones probably lived in the warmer plumes of the rivers that flow in the lake. For example the Genesee or the Credit and the Oak. Is all of this nonsense or am I on to something here?

The molecular sizes of O2 and H2 is smaller than H2O molecules. This means that what is "sealed" for H2O may still be just barely open for O2 and H2. H can also easily transfer from oil to O2

That looks like a great winter project. This is a great little rig to fish along the weed beds. Perch and pike will be in real danger now.

It does not look like very much water at all. dependent on how long ago these lower units were last changed,it may just be condens water. It may even be left over gunk from previous oil changes that used a different color and 90 weight oil. I would let it sit a few more days and if it does not seperate anymore it probably is not water but a different older oil.

That does look a lot like race point

If your boat is on a trailer, raise the outboards and grab the center outboard and try to jerk it back, forth and sideways. and the same with the kicker. If you feel some give or see the transom bent in and out or sideways then you know that it is time to replace wood inside. Most transoms have never been painted by the boat maker. that is why they rot. Replacing one is quite simple ,but time consuming. You will have to remove the engines,everything that is screwed into the transom and all the bolts that hold it. Get yourself a big piece of cardboard (bigger than the transom). Now alone with some winch like thing or with a human winch (friend) work the old transom out of its spot ( a crowbar may come in handy) and ,once removed, lay it on the cardboard. Now you can draw the outline on the cardboard. As for replacement materials. There is a liquid material on the market that is expensive,but you can just pour it into the transom housing where it will harden and your new transom is ready to go. The other way is to buy 3/4 inch 8 ply plywood and glue and clamp two pieces together in order to make a standard transom thickness one and a half inch thick piece of plywood. I like to use the marine grade plywood, but it has to be a good quality material and not pressure treated.Marine plywood is very solid and has very few holes in the ply materials. There is other material on the market that is just as good. Now using your cardboard, draw the transom shape on your plywood and cut it into the measurements you need. Lower it into the transom housing to see if it fits right. Now just take it back out and seal the plywood with (quite) a few layers of paint or glass it in. If you intend to glass it in you may want to use 5/8 and 3/4 inch plywood. This will give you a bit more play so you can do heavier glassing. I found though that the material tends to soak into wood and does not really increase the thickness,unless you use 3 or 4 coats. When everything is ready to go back in, lower the by now quite heavy new transom into its place ,but make sure that there is an inch or two on the bottom that stays open so the bottom of the transom will not constantly sit in the bilge water. Now it is time to drill new holes using the holes in the aluminum frame and screw the whole thing back together. When that is all done ,start taking out some bolts at a time and seal the inside of the newly drilled holes so no water can penetrate into your new transom through those holes.I used m5200 but others glass those holes. When you have finished all that you may look at the bottom of transom and wonder why you did not do a fix on all those pesky little holes which you drilled in the bottom of the transom for the transducers and whatever else you installed there. I know that I did. But in order to prevent that, you can just buy some aluminum plating , cover it with m5200 and while the transom wood is not yet in place just stick the aluminum plate(s)inside the transom housing to cover those holes. It helps to take pictures before during and after your project. Good luck.