Kevin J Legg

Great hunt and a beautiful bull. Do you mind me asking where you were hunting. My wife and I were in Toas this summer (beautiful area and decent fly fishing) and have thought about trying an elk hunt someday. We better hurry as the old legs aren't what they use to be.

The roost hunt was decent. Ended up with 5 woodies but again got to see a great show after shooting hours. Unfortunately we did loose a few birds that even Bailey couldn't retrieve. Lots of geese in the area now that season is closed. That wraps up the early season for me.

Well the best laid plans didn't pan out this morning. Rather than the hundreds of ducks we saw on Wednesday, we only saw a fraction of them today. To make things worse they had a different flight pattern. We only ended up with 2 woodies, one that the dog found that was not shot by us. We will try again this evening on the roost we hunted on Sunday. We are hoping the rain and clouds will bring them in a bit earlier.

Hunted yesterday and this morning. Yesterday we limited on woodies (6) but saw hundreds of birds. We are returning there tomorrow morning with a better set up plan and high expectations. Today we got 4 mallards and 3 teal on another private marsh. Had to make a quick move to adjust to where they wanted in. If we had been there earlier we would have limited out. I'm very fortunate to be hunting with Gabe Ward who has a great dog and has done a great deal of work scouting out new areas. Being retired is certainly great for having time to do what I love but there old legs aren't what they use to be. Walking in marshes beats me up but I'm fortunate to still be at it.

Great buck

I've been chasing ducks , deer and turkey with limited success. Hunting ducks Wed., Thurs and Friday and headed to Syracuse Sunday and Monday so I don!t think I'll get a chance to hit the river this week. I hear they are hitting in Ogdensburg.

Haven't been since full moon.

We got 4 mallards and a woodie yesterday morning and a woodie and a mallard last night. Last night after we unloaded or guns, the ducks swarmed the roost. Hundreds of woodies and mallards arrived minutes after legal shooting time, many landing only a few feet away. It was a bit frustrating but a great show, We plan on returning on an overcast or rainy evening and hope they arrive a few minutes earlier. This morning we pulled and paddled the canoes into a huge marsh. It was a lot of work for this old arthritic guy and we only got 4 woodies and a mallard for our effort. All considered it was a slow opening weekend for us but I feel fortunate any morning I get to see a marsh come to life!

Checked out a couple trail cams and got some nice photos of turkey, coyotes, and deer. Here are a couple bucks.

Nice bunch of walleyes! You fishing BRB, Sackets, Charity, or out by Calf and Gallo?

ProfT and I have done well all summer fishing steep drop offs with lots of current in 30-55 fow. We both use heavy bottom bouncers. Others use jigs and jigging spoons and a few use down riggers. You really need to know the water you're trolling and have great boat control to fish effectively a you can early looks a lot of gear. If you are running reef runners and husky jerks they likely are not near enough to bottom. I catch some in 20-25 fow at night longlining deep divers but many more are caught deeper using bottom bouncers. It's different fishing than running long lines off boards in May and late fall where you're targeting fish 5-25 feet down, perhaps suspended over deeper water. We also generally only fish early morning and evenings and seldom fish more that 2-3 hours. (Usually less) I'm also not sure how the current runs where you fish but it is running hard where we are catching them. Also weeds don't seem to be a key as fish are generally on rocky areas with little or no weeds. We often mark bait balls but less often mark the fish. I believe they are often hugging bottom.

Roybee, I'll be winding down my SLR walleye efforts but still hit them occasionally. Bow hunting, ducks in Canada and NY, and turkey are next up and more geese when they reopen. I will also likely fish for trophy walleyes at Quinte and Ogdensburg later this fall. What a great time we've had fishing the SLR this summer. Probably the best year I've ever experienced.

I rook my nephew and had a limit by 9:00 then cruised back to the launch watching the eclipse. What a perfect night to spend on the river. It certainly lived up to my expectations and the fishing was good also.

Sitting in tree stand this morning will fish tonight.