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  1. AFTER A NORMAL WINTER WITH ICE ON ERIE AND WITH THE CURRENT FORAGE BASE,HOW MUCH WT. CAN A MATURE KING PUT ON BETWEEN MAY 1 AND THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST. I AM THINKING A 25# KING ON MAY 1 COULD BE A 35# BY MID AUGUST. DO FISH QUIT EATING MID AUGUST AND GO TO STAGING MODE.I AM THINKING FISH STRIKE OUT OF MEANESS NOT HUNGER DURING THIS PERIOD.

    ALWAYS THINKING HOW WHEN WHERE AND WHY.

  2. I HAVE LAUNCHED AT LEAST ONCE OUT OF MOST PORTS FROM NIAGARA TO SALMON RIVER . MY FAVORITE LOCATION IS STILL OAK ORCHARD. SOME OF THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE CHARTER CAPTAINS ON THE LAKE ARE AT THE OAK.I STARTED FISHING THERE IN EARLY 80'S. I FIGURED IF ANYONE COULD ANSWER A QUESTION THEY COULD .I WOULD RATHER CATCH ONE MAJOR KING THAN A LIMIT OF ANY OTHER FRESH WATER SPECIES. JUST SAYIN

  3. FOR YEARS I WONDERED WHERE THE SALMON WERE IN WINTER MONTHS. I WAS TOLD THAT THE BULK OF THE SALMON GO TO THE WEST END OF THE LAKE LIKE ST CATHERINE AREA. IN THE SPRING THIS IS THE WARMEST WATER WITH HUGE BAIT PODS. WHEN WATER TEMPS REACH LOW 40'S THE FISH MOVE DOWN SOUTH SHORE WITH MANY CROSSING LAKE TO NORTH SHORE WHERE HUGE PODS OF ALEWIFES SET UP FOR SUMMER. THE SALMON PIG OUT UNTIL END OF JULY THEN MOVE TOWARDS STAGING AREAS. ANY COMMENTS ON THIS THINKING

  4. WE FISH THE SPRING AND SUMMER DERBYS. THIS YEAR WE GOT TO FISH THE SUMMER DERBY, WE RELEASE 99% OF FISH CAUGHT, UNLESS GILL HOOKED. WE HOLD FISH BY TAIL AND BOAT SLOWLY MOVES FORWARD WE GET WATER MOVING THROUGH GILLS. THIS SPRING WE STARTED HOLDING FISH BY TAIL ABOUT 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE WATER AND DROP FISH STRAIGHT DOWN, NOSE FIRST. THE FISH SEEM TO REJUVINATE QUICKLY . ANYONE ELSE TRY THIS METHOD?

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