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That fits with my understanding too you have to be really cranking speed-wise to be charging the battery to any significant degree. Idling and slow trolling speeds won't do anything significant to charge the battery.

Good thing you caught the impeller situation. I'd do just one thing at a time to see if it corrects things e.g. plug check and replacement if necessary then consider other things so you'll know for sure.

I know there are quite a few things that it could be but I would first check your battery because if it is weak and is discharging when not in use it may be "marginal" for starting the engine and then after your alternator puts some juice back in it has enough to start it up more easily. Also check and clean the battery connections. The status of your plugs is also a question and for an older motor the possibility of a carb rebuild is not out of the question either especially if it has been run on ethanol gas. Good luck with it Sean.

The ice never formed that far down it was about to the Hobart/William Smith dock at the furthest. The rest of the north end has been and remains a big question mark as there are some openings in the canal area on the east side and if they decide to start pulling water the whole ice shelf will be history.

The spots don't look right for an Atlantic and it looks to me that there are spots on the lower portion of the tail as well. It certainly doesn't look like a healthy fish either way with the proportionally large head and extremely slender body. I've been wondering for some time if the reason both the Canadians and US were having such poor returns to the streams if something like this wasn't happening (running from Ontario via St. Lawrence and down the Hudson to the Atlantic. I even mentioned awhile back in one of my posts.I think it is very conceivable that Atlantics and perhaps steelies could do it. On the other hand the Pacific salmon are ocean dwellers are some of the adult Chinook and Coho also doing it ?

Just a reminder as it is close to the end in many places especially if we get significant rain and the ice will be dangerous too. It is also the last day of Pike Walleye and bass in the Finger Lakes today (15th).

Dylan you might want to call the Bay Bridge Bait Shop 315-587-9508

You know in the Atlantic Ocean - Cape Cod in particular they have combined efforts between commercial fishermen, recreational sport fishermen and top notch scientists and marine biologists to study the habits of Great White sharks because they are of extreme importance to the ocean ecosystem as the top predator. Thus they get first hand concrete information and knowledge from the folks out there "real time" as well as the critical other end of it the folks who have the expertise and equipment to compile, analyze and interpret the data as well as generate "what if" scenarios". This is the type of cooperation that should be brought to bear on this situation on Lake O as the Kings are the top predator here as well and having a better understanding of them and their habits is crucial to the problem as well as potentially part of the solution. The DEC has the biologists, there is the research boat from Brockport, and we have a ton of interested parties in the charter guys and sports fishermen here on lake O. Perhaps the involvement of one or more of our state representatives should be queried about it such as Assemblyman Brian Kolb etc. The only way the state responds is by reaction (as in most bureaucrasies) not by proactive action. Albany calls the shots for all state agencies for everything.....his royal highness the Emperor takes it to a new level by micromanaging everything he can and when someone does something he doesn't know about (whether positive or negative) or he doesn't approve in advance they are summarily fired......how is that for a motivational incentive to the workforce? One potential area of influence is the state legislature (despite their many faults and limitations).....his hand can be forced on some issues if enough of the politicians are worried about their own butts and public opinion.

One of the potential problems is that they tend to spawn in late November and into December and the stream conditions may not be great for that at those times (water levels etc.).

I can't help but think specifics of the water quality or perhaps the weather extremes were different for the Seeforellens because when I was stationed in Germany in the sixties those huge browns were being caught in small lakes near me (20 lbs plus that I saw with my own eyes were common) and the water was quite muddy and murkish compared with many of the cold water lakes here and the temperature range over there never got down to the extremes we see here in the winters. I wonder if they just couldn't adapt over time to the conditions here. I know browns can adapt to warm water better than other trout but I'm not sure about cold adaptation.