Sk8man

Might be the white sunglasses on the dash Nick....bad karma

I think your FLTA competition may be getting pretty nervous about now

I'm also with Tyee Tanic and Zack and work2fish on this... the line counter becomes most important in getting back to where you were after something hits in my view. Most of the time "precision trolling" (e.g. exact depth) in this case can be a myth as the currents, varying boat speed, lure action, and the up and down motion (oscillation) of line resistance (e.g. lead core and copper especially) change the path through the water column.

Good luck with it. I think they are saying we have some warmer weather coming up in a bit lets hope it hurries along

Is the tourney for Seneca?

Nice going Mike. I'm sure the recipient will be happy with it. I'll bet you can't wait to give that new one a workout

Squidmotion

Big Easy you did a heck of a nice job on that.

Ric66 thanks for posting that as it underscores what many of us have been trying to get across and that the resource is not automatically replenished as some folks seem to think.

Very well put and something to think about Steve.

Ahab, The perch are sometimes eaten by trout but they are not a main part of their diet on Seneca and they are not technically considered a "baitfish" for trout (at least currently) Alewives are the mainstay of their diet.

No sense beating a dead horse here. I think it is good that a wide variety of things have been placed here to look at and people have had the opportunity to think about some of the issues and give their opinions and thoughts on the topic. It is clear that it is a "polarizing" topic which an be a good thing if not "personalized" in a way that degrades the holders of differing views. It is also clear that the opposite ends of the spectrum in this regard will not be changing anytime soon and that is OK too. One of the more humorous aspects to this is that my position has been painted as a "flaming liberal" one when nothing is further from the truth. In fact I am a member of the Conservative Party Committee politically and even funnier that I actually hold some similar views of intervention and interference by the government (e.g. SAFE Act) etc. but this issue for me is "issue specific" and has absolutely nothing to do with political or ideological views. It is based on what I see going on with the lakes around us and with the perch population in particular that I find disturbing and in need of intervention. The unfortunate fact is that voluntary compliance seldom works when there is money at the bottom of a situation or in the case of over harvesting - greed and in that case more formalized interventions need to be looked at. This is a complex situation in need of intervention and it will probably take more than just one thing to solve it. As long as people continue to exploit the resource and it is under these intense pressures it will not last if not headed off or contained, and you'd have to be blind not to see what is going on out on these lakes.

Very nicely said Cornelis

Ditto

Have a great season Billy.

Kingfisher - It has been mentioned several times that the sale of perch is only ONE factor in this situation. Nobody said that by eliminating this ONE factor it will totally solve the problem. Basically you are taking the position that there is no problem and asking for scientific evidence that it exists. It would be great if a competent scientifically based body would take this on and run all sorts of acceptable studies and formulate some rational conclusions but this isn't being done and as far as anyone can see there are no plans to do it by anyone and denying that any problems exist and putting our heads in the sand will not accomplish anything. I sincerely hope that you and others expressing similar views are correct in that no problem actually exists and it is all a figment of some folks imagination because they are hell bent on imposing their will and philosophy on you and trying to take away your "God given" rights and depriving you of the opportunity to be a venture capitalist. If however you aren't correct in your "assessment" of the situation and things continue to deteriorate it could be too late for any type of intervention. This is not a solitary issue relating to one local body of water (e.g. Seneca) as other lakes are under these "pressures" as well (e.g. Honeoye and Canandaigua, and Keuka for example) but perhaps at different rates or stages.

Thx Hop

Ummmm I think you forgot to add the price