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zach,i didn't see the last part about waneta when i commented. i have to change it to "that's an amazing day of fishing!" way to go. a 48 in wanteta is a big deal in my book. when i was your age i was happy with 6 muskies a year. i'll run into you sooner or later and after this post i'll probably follow you around. take care of that girl;nothin hotter than a woman holding a muskie.

that's a nice day of fishing!

REALLY nice job! thanks. makes me want to go trout fishin. i'll need some new rods and reels and another tackle box full of new gear. i'll run that by the wife.

took son #3 out today for his birthday. he was an hour late so i fished near the launch. i got three before he got there. by the time he showed up it was thundering. we got three more and then the lightning started to show. after all my safety preaching i kinda had to put my money where my mouth was and leave. i got mine on the rabid squirrl spinnerbait and his was on a nickle redeye. i got bit pretty good today showing off my hand landing "skills"

thanks. wife is fine with it so far,but we've only been married 6 months. she's a keeper. here she is with a ghetto musky she caught in oneida a couple years ago.

back of my tool shed,what do you think?

if you buy 5 baits from big wood you get a "free" shirt

it's a rabid squirrel bait,"walleye" pattern. helen and rollies and big wood have 'em. 17bucks.

they were hungry this morning. pike were everywhere,i ended up with 5 in the boat and saw a lot more. nothin over 32". i caught this tiger around 7am(another fine photo) over the next hour i had three more tigers follow in the same small area. one took a half a whack at it but no hooks in it. the photo through the windshield shows where i was and the bait. it's right off stella marris in 8 to 12 fow. all the tigers were between the dock at at stella marris and a blue and white crownline moored offshore to the south.

here's my clown son in law(who fishes with a spinning reel upside down 'cause it "feels right") in eel bay with a decent pike. you can't pick your reletives.

dunno where cal's is but eel bay is on your list. can't miss there. it's loaded with pike. look for the patches of taller weeds amoung the million acres of short stuff.on clear days it's first and last light. if it's overcast you can catch em all day. for bigger pike go out of the bay and work the north shore of wellesy island to the marina at the state park. work over all the small points and coves.

out of clayton i'd go to the east side of carlton island. there are some nice weed beds in front of a batch of duck blinds there. lots of edges and deep holes. lots of pike there,might get lucky and stick a musky there as well.

i love this guy. most college guys are partyin but phil goes fishin. he'll do well. good luck to ya.

yes,it was good to see the pike back after some real slow years there. where did all the swans come from? must have been 30 of em by leroy island.

fished the north end of seneca thursday night. i got 4 pike and a pickle between belhurst and the pier. nothin big. tonite i did sodus for a few hours. got 3 small pike and a lost a big gar at the boat.seneca was 58,sodus was 70.

nice fish,congrats. nice photo of the pike,looks over 40.

doin the grandpa thing this weekend. took a couple youts down to the canal behind my house for some worm fishin. in the mix tonight were 2 gobies,the first i've seen in the canal. those things get around.

you're ahead of me,at least you saw one. i am 0 for life in the 'dacks,except for bass.

yeah,the camping is great. so's the bass fishing. but i have about 80 hours of casting there without a hint of a tiger. ditto for the fulton chain. they stock tigers there but good luck finding one.

most of the tigers there seem to be 24" and thin. i have had a couple follow that might have gone 40",though i admit they all look bigger in the water. i think the tiger program in new york is pretty much a bust. i got a decent one in cannadarago once.don't even dream about going there in the summer;it's like party heat there. i do lake durant every year 'cause the wife loves the mountains. i have fished every inch of that lake and never seen anything except black flies and bass. anybody see river monsters last night? guy's in alaska looking for a 12foot pike that attacked a boat prop. he gets a guide and goes pike fishing. he hooks up with about a 30"er that we would grab behind the head to land. but noooooooooo...he hops in the water and drags it to shore amazon catfish style. he tapes it and claims it's 40". it's hillarious.

water at 58. fished from 7 til 1,two pike follows,no bites. caught 3 bass and a BULLHEAD. i've gotton some cats on artificials but that was a first. goin to seneca thurs to get my average back up.

i had some motor trouble so i bought an online service manual. covers most mercs from 01 to 09. if anyone wants to use it email me at [email protected] and i'll hook you up.

fished conesus wed. water temp was down,49-52. fishing was slow. got a smaller pike and a big bass. lots of lazy follows. around mid day i could see pike hugging the bottom in 5/6fow, but they wouldn't move. saw one caught on a bobber/minnow rig close to shore. i had a bigger than most tiger follow in 6fow 'bout a hundred yards north of the launch.

i see your home port is cayuga state park. from the launch head across the lake and a bit north until you get into the weeds. throw any of the baits mentioned and you'll be good. you can get 50 a day if you want to. you'll get a couple small pike in the mix and maybe a stout largemouth. if you want bigger ones go to seneca and do the same thing. unlike pike and muskies pickerel are allways eating and they're stupid. if only they grew to 20 lbs!

ditto what zach said. there are ungodly numbers of pickerel in front of cayuga state park. i would also suggest a johnson silver minnow and a red eye in nickle.