thejigger

We had a meeting via conference call on Saturday. The Goose limit of 2 and 30 day season is still in effect for the West central zone. The question was asked if there was any chance of the Atlantic Flyway council getting us back to a 50 day, 3 bird limit anytime soon and the answer was no. No flight observations are taking place over the breeding grounds this year due to the Corona virus. Duck Oct 17 thru Nov 8, Nov 28 thru Jan 3 West Central goose Oct 24 thru Nov 8, Dec 21 thru Jan 3 South goose Oct 24 thru Jan 9 Youth weekend Oct 3 and 4 Veteran/Military Wed, Nov 11 AND Sat, Nov 14 Brant Oct 3 thru Nov 21 Scaup First 40 days of duck season the limit is 1, the last 20 days of the season the limit is 2 Good luck and safe hunting

We had our meeting today in a conference call. Here are the 2020-2021 season dates Duck- Oct 17 thru Nov 8 Nov 28 thru Jan 3 West Central goose- Oct 24 thru Nov 8 Dec 21 thru Jan 3 South goose- Oct 24 thru Jan 9 Youth- Oct 3 & 4 Military/Veteran- Wed, Nov 11 AND Sat,Nov 14 Brant- Oct 3 thru Nov 21 The 2 Bluebill season is Dec 15 thru Jan 3, 20 days, the rest of the season is only 1 bird Happy Easter

The launch at Union Springs is open

I fish a lot with Sliders, my favorite is pumpkinseed pepper flake, motor oil also produces. I don't know why spikes wouldn't work, we were catching perch on worms and minnows under slip bobbers. Sometimes I will have a 1/8th ounce jig on the bottom and a tiny jig or even a fly on a dropper 4 or 5 inches above the jig. Hope this helps

I have been launching at Mud Lock on River rd

Like everything else, the Coronavirus cancelled the task force meeting that was supposed to be held two weeks ago. We were sent an on-line form for our recommendations on season dates for the Western zone youth hunt, dates for the new veteran/active military hunt, the brant season and both the West central and South goose season. The Mallard bag limit did not change, neither did the goose limit and number of days for the West central zone (30 days, 2 birds). The South zone stayed the same with a 80 day, 5 bird limit, being able to split 3 times, no later than Jan 31. The feds decided to cut the Scaup limit to 1 bird for 40 days of the season and 2 birds for 20 days, leaving it up to the task force to decide which 20 day period we could harvest the 2 birds. The duck season dates are October 17 thru November 8, and the second split is November 28 thru January 3. We will meet via conference call or Skype to review our suggestions and finalize the dates so they can be included with the new hunting regulation book. I will keep you posted.

Not sight fishing now, the water is too dirty, can't even see bottom. Same amount of boats today but the fishing was a little slower. Is it really a big secret that the perch are biting on the north end of Cayuga in the spring? On minnows?

Fishing has been great lately. West side of the channel out in front of Canoga is where I have been catching them. Tons of boats, counted over 30 the last 2 times I fished. A lot of guys are jigging, I have been using minnows under slip bobbers. Good luck and be safe.

We fished Fair Haven today, the old east wind saying proved to be true. In 3 hours we boated 2 and lost 1. The water was very dirty in close so we had to fish deeper than I like to this time of year. Water temp was 36, fish came on pink Thunderstick jr and NBK.

Last Tuesday and Wednesday while pheasant hunting on the COOP in King Ferry I saw a lot of snows flying. They were coming off Cayuga in big numbers around Long Point. Seemed to be a lot of juvies in the flocks.