Skippers Trophy 01

Got some more video earlier this month, hard to see with the water so green and low light down even 40 feet.

We did not get any strikes on camera this day, but had a lot of lookers. Did manage a few strikes on other rods, 2 on dipsy, and another on the other DR.

Trout tend to follow forever, Salmon come in fast and furious, swinging back and forth to make a decision. Still learning, more to come.

Gotta let dad fight and lose a fish every now and then or he wont drive the boat anymore!

Good job breaking in the new net.

Good to see you made it out, Ted.

Hope you can make it more often this year.

A little froggy, but cool camera angle.

Now I'm gonna have to get another one for above the surface...

What a difference a few days make.

Thanks for the report and better luck next time.

Here's their official statement on lampreys this year - taken from the 2011 Cayuga Lake Angler Diary report:

"Incidence of sea lamprey attacks on lake trout in the 2011 survey was very low. One wound and

one mark were observed on the 46 lake trout in a 23.6 inch to 25.6 inch index group. This was

well below our target level for lamprey wounding on lake trout in this length interval. Sea

lamprey wounding on Cayuga Lake salmonids continues to be low, but there will be a noticeable

increase in wounds in 2012 because a fairly large year class of lampreys, born in Cayuga Inlet in

2007, has begun entering Cayuga Lake as parasitic adults. We have opted to “ride this out†and

not do an expensive lampricide treatment because we anticipate the impacts to the lake fishery

will not be as extensive as in the past. Although there are relatively abundant young sea

lampreys (ammocoetes) in Cayuga Inlet, our assessments indicate they are not as abundant as

they were prior to our treatments in 1986 and 1996 (see graph on next page). In addition, the

size of the juvenile lampreys varies depending on the habitat they are in, which means their

migration to the lake occurs over a few years, rather than all at once. Given this, we expect that

the fishery should be able to absorb the impacts of this lamprey year class with far less mortality

of trout and salmon than we experienced in the past. What remains to be determined, however,

is the abundance of sea lamprey larvae resulting from upstream escapement of spawning lamprey

during a high water event in the Inlet in spring 2011."

Personally, I think that there is a far worse lamprey problem than they think there is.

Agreed here.

Sweet looking new ride, and way to break it in right!

Congrats on the 1st King, they are a blast, love to see them hit the dipsys especially.

I think Lady O has a mind of her own, and is not letting anyone in on it.

Good job sticking it out and getting on some fish.

I think I'm gonna hurl.

Way to go! Stinkin skunk anyway - hope its gone forever.

Good to see them this early, good job.

What do one of those camera set up go for ? If you don't mind me asking?

Its just a $200. Go Pro, I made the mount for it with aluminum strips and stainless hardware.

Gopro.com

Went out of Treman for a short morning trip, found some colored water on the E shore. Landed a few good LL's on various baits.

Took a good rip on a spoon down 20 on a DR, when setting the hook fish was gone, but hook penetrated and removed Lamprey, this is what we brought in:

Many fish with multiple Lampreys on them. We started sliding fish into the splashwell so the eels would stay on. Killed 5 eels, all fish returned.

Water level in the inlet is OK, mostly 6 Ft. throughout now. Careful of mud bar just past the docks, Approx 2 Ft. deep there.

The fish are great, but the hat has to go...

Pic?

Hitch pins for securing your draw bar?

OK, maybe just the clip they use in them. Have to give that a try.

Thanks for the still of the camera mount. Very cool video....looking forward to seeing a salmon wack the bait...

Us too. Gonna be tough because the blowback at 30 feet was bad enough, thinking 50 feet might be the max. Trying to keep the speed as low as possible, any advice on what 2.0mph presentations work best for Kings?

A lot of trees and wires down in the fingerlakes area. Had to get the chainsaw out to make it out of the driveway. About 6" of snow here in S. Ithaca.

Your glow lures will glow after exposing them to a light source.

Your UV treated lures do not need to be charged, these will reflect the UV light that has penetrated the surface.

Not us in P-ville yesterday.

Pic of GoPro on the Herbie weight:

The shot at the end was kind of by mistake, we brought the weight up to keep the fish from getting in it and the camera was still rolling.

GoPro mounted to the tail of a Herbie weight, will add a pic of that when I get it.

Fishing Report

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TRIP OVERVIEW

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Date(s): 4/18/12

Wind Speed/Direction: NE

Waves: 3+

Surface Temp: 47

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FISHING RESULTS

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Total Hits: 4

Total Boated: 4

Species Breakdown: LT & BT

Boat Depth: 10-100

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SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS

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Went out of Sudus Wed, pretty slow inside with 1 LT, went out to 100 and worked back in, landing 2 more LT, one Brown. Biggest LT 13 lbs.

Had alot of fun with the new Herbiecam (GoPro mounted to Herbie DR weight)

Video starts out with a couple fish chasing 2 different presentations (hard to keep a steady speed with 3 & 4 footers!) last clip is us landing one of the LT.

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We went out of Sodus yesterday, went 3 for 4. All BT, one around 7 lbs.

Had to get in real tight to shore with the boards to get hit, and all 4 were on small jointed sticks. A lot of boat traffic.

We used the coast guard launch and dock, and others were using the Margaretta launch as well.

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