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  1. Beautiful people.....beautiful browns.......beautiful picture......NNiiiiiicce!!
  2. Nice going Tg8! You know, I had a nice 6 ft lite action graphite St. Croix I lost at the canal a few years back. I had made a cast and the tip half came loose at the ferrule and flew right up in the air and wrapped over a power line. I thought I could reel it back up to me but the line (usual 6lb. Berkley) snapped, and I watched it plunge down into the canal. This was by the Wayneport rd. bridge. We tried for a few to cast and drag lures from the boat where we thought it was to no avail... ...Oh well. So ended that favorite pole. On to it's replacement!
  3. Some of the easiest because of lower weed densities and cooler waters is in the spring. Sometimes the ice can be gone and you still may have a few days to catch and keep 'eyes before the short season closure in March. Honeoye is the shallowest of the fingers and always has had good weeds. The cyanobacteria issue is a problem all around the country now (witness Lake Erie) in similar (shallower, more eutrophic waters). And the reasons for that are well known. But there have been no fish die-offs there. The bass fishing for both largemouths and smallmouths used to be awesome. Especially in April. All C&R of course.I've caught 5lb. 'eyes, 5lb.+ smallies, and 6lb+ largemouths there. And have seen bigger. I like the early to mid spring because of the cooler waters and less weeds and because gamefish will be close to shore all around the lake and you can fish sticks, swimbaits and jigs toward shore and catch black bass and 'eyes "grab bag style". Middle to late fall at dusk (Oct- Nov) is also good for the same reasons, particularly for walleye. Like others say here, there are some beautiful 'gills, 'seeds, crappies and rockies there too. Canadice and Hemlock are very nice. A picture of what the lakes used to look like in pre-settler (native American) days.....without the housing. Also pretty good fishing in those lakes, with salmonids because of the deeper waters. Have been some huge 'eyes coming out of Hemlock (occasionally) picked up by trout trolling. I've fished Canadice from shore a few times just stopping through for a short time.....After ice out a few lakers and more frequently 'bows can be had casting with sticks. By May they have been replaced with smallies and largemouths, from the same spots with the same lures. Also, there are some nice pickerel in these waters as with all of the fingers. And I saw a photo of a 20lb.+ northern from Honeoye....did not even know they existed in there 'till I saw that! All in all, a great place to be....centrally located with great fishing opportunity, both lake and stream (warm water and cold) in all directions....
  4. Nice. A fresh caught meal of delicious panfish. Fried up I hope. With goodies on "the side". .....mmmmmm.....
  5. John Kelly....... Boy. All of those fish there are FAT! Even the pike looks like a sunfish! Do you know what the predominant bait fish in the res. there is? The top predators look real fat and happy.
  6. Sometimes, depending, fishing can be easy. But often, again depending, it can be tough and seemingly fruitless. But geez.....it's that way about almost everything. Guaranteed, though, the more u do something that requires effort to achieve a level of success or satisfaction (effort= time, adjustments, application), the more fruitful and easier it can become. It helps, like Justin said, to love or have a strong interest in order to remain motivated to the effort required. This stuff is true whether you're young or old...
  7. Nnniiiiiice! Topwater with a floating bomber for the 'eyes? Love it when they are picking up floaters near shore or over shoals and flats at dusk and overnight. And those bass aren't stupid either. Sometimes it is very hard to tell which is at the end of your line until it's at the boat with the largemouth/'eye mix hitting. Your fish are fat, too!
  8. I'm not....but check this.....http://tibassmasters.wordpress.com/
  9. panfisher

    Lake O

    John1947.....yeah they are there, but tossing anything in 15-25fow and nailing them regular with lite or ultralite tackle is way more fun than dropping down to 60feet or more and such with heavier terminal tackle with all the waiting......I'm just sayin'......But they have made an adjustment for whatever reason; so fisherfolk need to do likewise.....
  10. panfisher

    Lake O

    Let's see.......26lbs. x 1.25=32.50......26 x 1.29=33.54..... .....that's over $1 savings! Ship it, Devo! !!!
  11. panfisher

    Lake O

    Yes.I have never tried to even bring one home, as they were not noted as being any table fare whatsoever. They have notable eating and fighting fare cousins though. I have seen sheepsheads on ice in certain fish markets occasionally. The last tine I saw them was a in June and labelled as "gaspergoo"....one of their AKAs. These were beauties, all about 3-5 lbs. whole, with bright fresh gills and clear eyes. And only $1.29lb.! Tempted as I was I procrastinated and the selection was gone within a week, not to return again. I have read online (Wikipedia I think) most of these are commercially caught out of the Mississippi or other Great Lakes. Of note as well, I saw a program on one of the cooking channels I believe, of a restaurant in Texas that specializes in preparing carp in many different ways and understand they are all very tasty. I've tried cooking carp when I was a kid and it was just OK, but I was quickly moving up to tastier (for sure!) stuff such as perch, sunnies and even pickerel, which were always good eats. Now, what about bass.....? Oh, and BTW,the folks at this facility were not from Asia or Europe, just regular Texas folk, and the fish used were common carp, not the supposedly pretty good eating asian carp scourges, the bigheads......
  12. Bridget.......NNiiiiiiccee!! Looking forward to your report, especially about some nice panfish.........."Poached a bag of salmon this week to feed to the cats. One cat reluctantly ate it, the other walked away from the dish......." Hahhaahaaa! You know, nice sea run salmon, kings and steelies and others, from wild Pacific Ocean catches, do seem to taste way better than the ones from the Great Lakes. Perhaps its the salt water or their food sources. I have never had off tasting or "not so great " panfish from any freshwater. Even rock bass, not high on the list of favs to eat for most, taste pretty darn good.......Hope to hear you have run into some schools of jumbos of some sort up at Black Lake....
  13. That was fun while it lasted! The weather moving in gives it all a certain urgent excitement. And a great tip from plecos4sale. In that solo situation, a major king might be real challenging......
  14. Wow!! Miss em......like everyone else, can't wait to see other pics......Has anyone tried to say yet (inevitably) that the pic is Photoshopped or otherwise fake? That often happens. Congratulations to the captor regardless. BTW, any other details on the catch besides being incidental while working the 'eyes....?
  15. NNNniiiiiiiicceee! And we are blessed to hear from your exploits......oh blessed one....on this blessed LOU forum!
  16. panfisher

    Lake O

    EsoxAC3.....you claim the sheepsheads are pretty good eating. A lot of folks, not even knowing, are quick to dismiss them as good table fare. Talk about prejudice. Probably because they mildly resemble carp in some manner to some folks. But one of their saltwater cousins, the redfish (red drum) is known for its excellent eating quality. They were over-fished commercially not too long ago and big limits were put on them to bring back their numbers. Care to say how you have enjoyed them, other than a chowder...? And in a chowder, the fish used should have good flavor, texture (not easily broken up into tiny unnoticeable bits) with no off flavor to take over the whole thing from flat out delicious! Have a fav recipe or method?
  17. Niiiice. Those are some good deals you guys. But I know the smaller fish are not just for kids and geezers (sorry anybody over 35...) Let's see some more!
  18. panfisher

    Lake O

    That ton of fish you saw at the surface might have been sheepsheads.....maybe. We used to see them at the surface when getting the smallies and some sheepies below them. All before the gobie invasion.
  19. Heck, the Chemung in downtown Elmira is not difficult for 'eyes. Like the others here say, there are easier places to catch 'eyes. But say there....Are you saying you are intrigued by a place that people know has walleyes, but does not give them up easily? The challenge of it? Or are you in some way (lost driver's license, must stay close to family and live nearby, any number of other weird limiting issues....) confined and therefore challenged by the local water; ie no other choice? Well any which way, the challenge is there. It would be nice to hear after many hard and futile attempts you finally cracked the code to the walleye in that small body of water. I can think of other small lakes (ponds really) that have populations of nice but hard to catch walleye.Loon Lake in Steuben county comes to mind. There are others I've never tried. If you indeed become adept at catching at least 1 walleye every time out (and that would be a worthy reward!) remember C&R. A small body of water probably has a relatively small population. Get your 'meat for the table' from other more productive waters. I'd keep one every now and then, but personally I would be more happy with knowing of my prowess in being able to do something that stumps most others. Just a thought.......Also, that kind of water may harbor a good population of big boys and girls that never get caught and live out their lives getting fat and happy....(my fantasy world) Good luck and keep us posted if successful!
  20. ..........Walleyes are people my friend; not corporations......
  21. NNnniiiiiiiiiccee!!!! Really really awesome!!! The Fingers can hold their own with the lakers. You know. There has got to be a handful of lakers like this in each and every one of the fingerlakes that have lakers in them. Even in Kueka....which I am sure regulars who lake trout fish there may disagree with. But, like an old forest with some huge uncut seed trees, there have got to be a few unseen in the depths there that always "get away" if hooked.....
  22. I bet that cell will cause a renewed cyanobacteria bloom......in your wallet.
  23. I know kings and 'eyes and other bigger stuff is being chased right now, but has anybody spent any quality time targeting with success.....or just catching incidentally....... slab, jumbo panfish (sunnies,crappies, perch, and yes, even white bass or rockies or bullheads...whatever..) these midsummer weeks, in big water or small? C'mon..... I know there are some of you out there, even if you hate to admit it. Let's hear it or see it!
  24. Yes, there may be something to the out competing....and with habitat changes in Honeoye. You say "bug" infections in Canandaigua Sk8man?....I'm thinking possibly in Honeoye the larger (seemingly) healthy population of smallies in the 80's and such may have been a direct result of the slowdown in weed intensity after the sewer lines were put in all around the lake, creating a more amenable quality for smallies. The good number of largemouths were always present. But, beside the healthy numbers and size of smallies there (I caught a nice 5lber there about 6years ago), I remember lots of real nice quality largemouths (3-5lbers) being caught; not multitudes of 12 inch and less fish. I'm sure sizes are still in there of both biggies and smallies, but it just does not seem that the smallies are where they used to be in numbers....in Honeoye. I've dabbled a little (from shore) at Canadice and found a nice mix of happy and healthy black bass of both types willing and able to get after it in mid-late spring. All of the fingers have good populations of both.....I believe they will continue to do so, with fluctuation......but why the changes happen is intriguing........ ? ?.......and a little disconcerting maybe.....
  25. If U R into fishing of any or of many kinds......NY is the place to be. The politics are not the best or the worst...the fishing is great. The weather is not the best or the worst...the fishing is great. The scenery is not the best or the worst....the fishing is great. The license fees are not bad, given the quality of the fishing afforded. A NY fishing license will get one a fantastic choice of freshwater warm and cold water opportunities. And if you like saltwater fishing, around that place called the Big Apple, the fishing for many species can be awesome. I guess it's the variety of different water types, both lake, river, pond, creek, ocean....and big swaths of 2 Great Lakes......it's a fisherman's paradise. You can go to big or small, isolated or crowded......and catch all kinds of different fish. And then there are those Kings.....the KINGS.....and, if the winter is cold enough, a mess of perch and sunnies taste awful good off the ice........BTW, the hunting for deer and birds isn't too bad either (wish the state got back to the pheasants as in days of old....you couldn't walk through any old field anywhere without flushing dozens of them!).
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