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Dec does a ton of walleye stocking around the state typically they try to manage lakes as either warm water or cold water so either trout or walleye and its not because some lakes can't handle both its because resources like hatchery space people and money are not unlimited and government is not efficient with funds realistically there are trout and walleye fishery available within a reasonable drive for everyone in the state including some world class options. They do an excellent job using actual science to make decisions and not just politics and complaining fisherman. The dec gets a lot of crap that isn't justified and the legal system of new york does not take conservation law seriously enough and despite that the state has multiple destination waters for salmon. Bass trout walleye and muskie for those who like other fish the state has some of the biggest sheepshead and carp on the planet

Maybe not invasive but there are still disease issues and I know of no known captive population to breed or raise them from would just take to much space that said an aggressive harvest plan to reduce lake trout for a few years might do that lake a lot of Good another option might be to capture quarantine and than release some large Lakers from elsewhere they will happily turn cannabilist which could limit the overpopulation and make a trophy fishery

I don't need any more incentive to retire just 25 years more savings

It also makes the regs easier to understand for so.e people making it always may first means a slightly earlier start no reason you can't still have an opening weekend trip might even be less boat traffic as locals got out during the week and can avoide the opening weekend rush

I would get a license a gun and learn to hunt if they opened up a season on those things

i also am finding myself obsessed with jigging some kings and or casting on a drift or hovering still. last year i went out and got a few jigs and set up a rod and manged to get some practice runs in on cayuga jigging lakers. had a ton of success there to get some confidence. weather and timing on Lake O i only managed to try it one day for about an hour before the fishing partners started to complain. got a couple hits and gobys. did get one king that was briefly exciting but only at the bite as it was only a 2-3 pound fish. i'm dying to spend some more time trying it if the conditions and fish set up out there.

even when dead flat there can easily be a 1/2mph current on the lake. that said it really is about the repeatability of the set up. the difference in surface and down speed can sometimes help pick out the trolling directions where the lines run straight but over all its keeping an eye on the probe speed and making adjustments till that is in the range that you catch fish in

I had one of those for a while but the charging part stopped working I took it apart and was a sealed lead acid battery I just put on a charger and used off of jumper cables it served the need but I went to the backup battery because it did the rescue and could just rotate in and still fish the day it also kept me rotating new batteries in every couple years

Even at low amps its some charge going back in and might extend the day personally I would rather route it through a two bank charger but in previous boats I didn't have the budget I always carriy a spare dual purpose battery 1 to many bad experiences with electrical for me

Big silver lots of flash with a black tail williow leaf blade or copper Colorado blade If I only had those two I would still fell confident in a day of fishing

Do you like to match exact setups when you get bit or do you pprefer to keep a little variation in case they change if you like to dial in tight than 2 marching setups for 2 different lengths if you like to keep a spread than 4 different lengths snap weights work in both scenarios

Wouldn't eliminate all of it but hang the fish from the tail for weigh in. Would drain any water or ice and if it hangs for a few min good chance of dropping foreign bodies not perfect bit at least makes it an effort to cheat?

What size boat and what size kicker? How slow are you trying to go? Trolling plates add a lot of ware to a motor over time bags or buckets are much better buta kicker is usually the gold standard if the kicker is to fast maybe a different prop is In Order. For my boat I find there is a minimum speed to be able to steer but it's usually not an issue at salmon speeds