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Could also consider voicing concerns to Albany or Washington. Hardworking folks in Avon likely have little time or ability to influence change on federal wildlife decisions.

Spring prey fish trawling finished up last week. Now ages are interpreted, data entered, checked and analyzed. Results will not be ready for another month or so and will be released once they have been checked. The on the water sense was that catches were low,.

Today temperature relative to historic

Small browns were all eating Goby, one of the bigger ones had eaten 5 yearling Alewife....maybe a positive sign for the 2018 Alewife yearclass.

Successful shakedown. Found a half dozen browns. Spoons & sticks off boards, most were in shallow. Fire tiger was good early. Water temps 35-36, good color to the east.

Bumping Rebel's post, its a great read. This is my favorite part: "We were fisheries biologists," he said in an interview. "We were not there to solve a beach problem. We were there to build a fishery." He likened his approach to that of a rancher who stumbles upon an island the size of Lake Michigan that is overgrown with grass. "Do you think he'd say, 'I could put some cows on that island and shorten that grass?'" he asked. "That is not what he's going to say. He's going to say, 'My God, I can raise more beef than you ever saw in your life.'

There are 3 new buoys in front of the power plant just northeast of Oswego NY. They are yellow 'spar' buoys like the image below and are in depths of 50, 150, and 300 feet. They have gone through the Coast Guard permitting processes but we wanted to make local anglers aware of them. They are part of a Dreissena mussel growth experiment, lead by the NOAA Great Lakes Office and assisted by the local USGS office. Growth 'pods' on the lake bottom contain measured mussels of different sizes. We'll check the mussel sizes in the fall, then set them without surface buoys and check them again next spring to understand how mussels grow over a season. The vertical lines have been kept as tight as possible but please stay clear of them. There is a short (15 foot) surface line to help us hoist them out of the water. After finally setting up my first wire dipsy rods, I know first hand how expensive it could be to snag and lose a rig. If you would like more info pm or email me. bw

This is one of the best figures I know of for illustrating Great Lakes phosphorus trends. It’s from a paper by Dove and Chapra published in 2015, freely available, link below. When my colleagues say “oh no preyfish are declining in all Great Lakes” I point to this figure and reply, “Yes they have to be”! Figure Caption: Trends of open lake, spring (April–May) total phosphorus (TP) concentrations (μg P/L) for the Great Lakes. The existing GLWQA TP target concentrations are shown as the horizontal dashed lines. The additional data points (circles) for Lake Michigan prior to 1983 are taken from Chapra and Dobson (1981), Scavia et al. (1986), and Lesht et al. (1991). The whole paper can be read here: https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/lno.10055 Great discussion

Has anybody been looking? I bet the prey fish biologists would be interested to know if Alewife or Goby, or anything else was in those stomachs.

GillT singlehandedly fueled the weary Kaho crew with donuts & a gallon of coffee! What a great 2 days. Thank you Capt Pierleoni, Nick & Chad for taking the time to see our work and the great conversations & ideas. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

One of the best is out of Wisconsin. Wiscfish.org - which apparently now bounces to this site: http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/home/Default.aspx?tabid=604 Most of it was developed by John Lyons, an eminent fish biologist. The pictures are amazing, especially those that focus on distinguishing characteristics. Wisco fishes are fairly similar to NY's.

Looks like a Brook Stickleback. They are fairly common and tend to be found in places with decent water quality & cool water especially with vegetation. Lots of predators eat them. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United