tbulhead

I caught 3 browns and two gobies fishing Oatka Creek down in Scottsville today.  I figured the gobies have spread because of the canal.  Have they made it to Seneca Lake or Oneida Lake yet?  Will this play out the same way with the Asian carp?

What braid and poundage would you reccommend for a dipsie set up?  Also are any of the newer braids or superlines better at keeping the water fleas off?

The best bullhead fishing I do believe it or not is Labor Day weekend at Port Bay early morning until the sun gets high and in a boat with two anchors.  All the old timers who used to do it then are all gone.  Also use leeches.

I did see someone trolling out of one a few years ago on Otisco Lake.

Don't feel bad about having the Sheriff or the Coast Guard tow you.  You pay taxes.  They work for us, despite what they think.

For the money you would have to put into that boat, you could buy something new.  A new motor alone will cost twice as much as that boat.  Then you have to install glass windshields, fuel tanks, wiring, and everything else.

Mine is installed correctly.  If your running on plane (and the backend rises out of the water), sometimes I will get false readings because of air bubbles.  I imagine this could be worse if you try to "cheat" it up, you may find it does not read correctly.

Use whichever outboard handles better for you.  The northern launch at Hemlock and the Canadice launch I believe are all in deep water.  You can just start crossing the lakes and you can start trolling.

That said you may want the smaller motor because it takes up less room (no external tank).

I often use inline planers over my planer board mast because the person I go fishing with has no clue on how to use any of this stuff.  Why do I take him?  He's my father and he's good for 3 extra poles.

Just the one dock (I don't know if they even took it out)  so you can use two ramps.

Went out this afternoon and caught 5 browns and 1 laker all on thundersticks.  Never caught a laker at this time of the year.  Is it because the water temps are around 37-38 degrees?

Its been a long, cold, and pretty snowless winter.  We could be in trouble.  On August 25th the lake level was 244.74 feet last year.  We are currently just hovering below that mark.  I had about 1 inch of clearance with my hoist.  I do not want to move it further back, but I will and put in another section of dock if needed.

Yea my Great Uncle tried to have a boat house on the lake at Port Bay, but hurricane Agnes decided otherwise.  I've seen some of the posts from old docks fishing shallow East of the channel, but they are not that far out.  I believe their was a bar down their at one time.  Anyways just let the planer boards go close to shore.  If you don't have the big planer boards, than use the inline planers.  The inlines work pretty good.  Also a nice South wind makes working the shoreline there pretty easy becasue the bluffs really protect you.

I may be wrong, but I'll wait until our roads no longer have salt on them.  I've heard salt and aluminum are not the best combination.

The channel is maintained by the Port Bay Improvement Association and they ususally don't dredge it until early April.  Also the light at the end wasn't working not too long ago and it was confusing coming in at night (I miss the big orange crane that used to be there).  They do have a website that has some general information.  If you have not fished for spring browns out of Port Bay then head East when you get out into the lake.  I have not seen major rocks to run into in that direction.  I had a Great Uncle who lived on Leone Road for decades and would tell stories about people smashing into a submerged rock (it can also be above water in the winter) just past the last cottages heading west.  Also watch out for rock build up along the end of the pier.  Finally the North launch is in deep water where the South launch is shallow.  I see many people hang their axles up on the South launch from my cottage all summer long.

According to the newspaper the water level is about where it was in late August.  When people were getting stuck it was later in the fall with lower water levels.

If the launch is out of commision for a while, try the north launch at Port Bay.  It has nice deep water and is next to the channel.  Although they may not dredge the channel until April 1st.

Port Bay seems to start off in April/May with a clear black coffee kinda of color. During July and into August it starts to turn green. It can also get kinda of ripe and stagnet. The channel is usually good but is not big enough to flush our the bay. This is how its been ever since I can remember. Various reasons I've heard besides the small channel are the cottage septic systems, Wolcott treatment plant, farm and residential run off, ect..... I personally will head to the lake to swim because the water is so much cleaner than the bay.

Besides maintaining the channel, the Port Bay Improvment Association has stated there is a water quality issue. They have also become worried about the erosion of the northern bank which is on the eastern side of the channel. I am wondering if shoring up the bank is the right way to go. Wouldn't it be better to have this section of the bay open to the lake to improve the water quality. A good south wind would flush the bay out and a north wind would bring in clean water. Also this scanerio would be similar to Braddocks with the exception that the channel would be maintained.

I know property owners are upset about any erosion (and they are the driving force behind the PBIA), but the big waves would still be broken up by the submerged land/reef/ whatever is still above water of the east side of the channel.

From a water quality point of view am I right or am I wrong? Any views?

Has the perch fishing at Sodus and Irondequoit picked up in the last few weeks?

Where is Hank in Port Bay? Is it across from where Pier 1 used to be, or the old Ancorage, or is it the business past Woodtract on West Port Bay Road?

I think those chronic complaining bowhunters ought to be real sportsmen and use recurve only until the youth hunt and then open it up to include crossbow and compounds. There should be a "primitive bow" season.

The only ones happy about the low water are the chronic complainers in the Rochester area that live along the lake shore. They were "smart" enough to build their dream houses next to a Great Lake which has banks which erode when the lake level is high.

I saw two people a few years ago hop into a large aluminum boat on Canadice 1/2 hour before sunrise. Was going to call the DEC, but they were from the DEC. They were measuring plankton before the sun came up.

Are these premium ethonol free gas or 87 octane?

I thought I heard somewhere that at one time Hemlock Lake had a natural population of walleyes until it crashed in the 60's or 70's. The DEC should stock Hemlock with walleyes, but then again they screwed up with the Blue Pike in Lake Ontario. Also they could dump some muskies into Canadice or Hemlock. The DEC seems happy stocking muskies everywhere else.