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They have been very busy putting sand bags around Little Sodus Inn, the state park , turtle cove etc....water is supposed to continue to rise...

Northern Cayuga county joins the state of emergency list. Fair Haven is now preparing for flooding..

http://auburnpub.com/blogs/eye_on_ny/with-lake-ontario-water-levels-rising-fair-haven-prepares-for/article_d73be52f-849f-54b9-8f2b-86ce5becfed6.html

Batten down the hatches we got some serious weather heading our way. Tornado watches for counties just outside Cayuga county.

And I just wanted to make the 1000 post of this thread and thank everyone who has contributed and learned from this thread. Information is key and its nice to now have a four year history and one of the biggest updated and informational threads in this forum. And of course a special thanks to the fish for without them we are not here lol.

Lets see what this weekend brings....

The state park launch and the village docks are open. Water  is still very high but is fine for launching boats....docking is another issue...

This morning had a nice murk to the water. the few that went out early came back with full strings. Small standard fish for this time of year. But then the water turned clear by this afternoon and the fishing shut down. Unsettled weather for the weekend might bring the murk back. They did impose the 5mph ban in the bay until further notice.

Its more of a temp/mud line thing for browns. Conditions are great right now, nice fish coming in, mid size with a few 12+. The problem is the water level, its extremely high and it looks like FH will join the surrounding areas and impose the no wake ban in the bay and within 500 ft of shore. They will have spotters watching the bay to enforce this because the water is slowly creeping up and will continue into june they say.

Its been 30 years since ive been able to put this boat in the back side of my camp. Ive got fish swimming right by my fireplace and once the carp start spawing they will most likely swim righ up to the fire lol...

Yea the water is really high up. Its cold too. They say tomorrow will be cloudy, cold and west breeze like its been. watch for fog in the am. it rolled in today as well...

Welcome to Spring! Ice is gone, the water is very high due to all the rain and for the few that have gone out its been slow. Ive found typically over the years very high water does make things more difficult even though as of yesterday there was a nice mud line out there. But it will pick up its very early.  I should be in sometime next week after some needed clean up

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Well it is melting quick. The park and chute are clear except or ice on the piers. Ice on shore is 90% gone. I would say this time next week with a little rain and 50's it should be clear (on the north end). Marinas still have ice but again its going quickly.

Yea I was actually going to go up today and check things out but this dunckle weather just keeps me indoors lol. Ive been waiting for this tree to fall and I figured recent winds would do the trick lol

 this past two weeks brought it back to Winter status for sure...A nice warmup would be perfect

What beautiful weather here in Fair Haven. Except of course if you love Ice fishing. Honestly its too nice out for this time of year. If you recall last year this time was sort of the same and then it got terribly cold in April so along way to go but ya cant help but love the weather....

Ice is building nicely but todays rain and warm temps keeps me thinking it aint far away now lol

Well for January Ill take it, not much snow on the ground, ice is formed down this end, chute was clear but thats it. Im sure it will really freeze in the next month or so. We are expecting more Lake effect tonight which has really skirted the area for now

Just so everyone knows there is a white out in Fair Haven today with a snow blizzard lol

Well we just had the two feet of snow across the area but the ground is still soft. thats why it melted so quick. It aint March yet lol. But its really not that far off.

So basically all the snow we got is gone, its been warm and I guess one could put a boat in the water lol..It is crystal clear, calm and a nice grey day here lol. I was almost temped to throw a line off the pier lol..

I saw one jump in the marina the other day. Just after the front moved thru. Its been cold and windy since then  so perhaps this weekend we will see more action. I fished the hole a week ago and there wasnt anything in it.  Its day by day at this point. I use storm lure (hot n tot) hot tigers they work the best for me this time of year.

Lol Im looking for my white towel lol. I know its somewhere...Well I cant find it so im putting my replay of sugar ray leonard vs roberto duran Bout 2...you know.."no mas, no mas" lol..

Imo this is no big deal. I would be upset if DEC didnt do what they are doing because that would indicate they are throwing in the towel....Keep in mind they have done this before (adjust stocking levels) sometimes they have increased, sometimes they decrease.

This being a non natural fishery (salmonoid) it is the responsibility of everyone to ensure it continues into the future....

Example: I have seen a drastic increase in the last 5 years alone in "bait fishing". For every one (bait) you take out of the water, put it in a bag, salt it, oil it, process it only to put it back in the water with a toothpick thru it..all that to catch a fish that is dependent on that "bait"...you in fact are contributing to the reduction of alewife population...true dat!

I personally speak with the DEC boys several times a season. They constantly monitor our fish cleaning station and even dig in the barrels for heads....Do you know what their biggest battle is??? communication from Charter Captains who treat them like they are a 5 headed monster.  They try and avoid them because they think their business will be ruined by their findings.....(this is from conversations i have had with them concerning the entire region in general not one specific place)

I can only say this. I have fished on this lake for 50 years now. It started slow with little expectations and turned into a wonderful scenario we can all enjoy. Let DEC etc do what they gotta do, support them, give them your findings, be a little more conscious of what your doing....and everything will be fine..

Nice going everyone. I hope you all do well this week. Kings are starting to stage but theres still plenty of time left.  I start my state fair  gig today so hopefully I can get up at least this saturday. Id say save some for me but since fishing has been "ehh" this year go get em all guys lol.....

Nice it looks a little snotty lol. Save some for me ill be out later lol

Overall today was a pretty good day some didnt move a rod while others caught some really nice kings. Congrats to all those who entered the Fair Haven Challenge. Some kings were well over 30lbs. Fish were being caught anywhere from 125 to 300.  Temp was  all over the place and a fast current made it tricky. Tomorrow she kicks up so most likely thats it for this weekend ....

Yea the fish are there we went out tonight one on for abit then she shook it. Tomorrow should be fine for everyone including those in the FH challenge.good luck to all..125-200 allll the way down....

Im thinkin tonight might be good since they most likely fed two days ago....People are arriving now for the Fair Haven Challenge. One things for sure. Tomorrow will be an awesome day on the lake like today so they should have no problems being out there.....

There right on the bottom between 125 and 200. I spent about an hour out there with a crows nest of rigger cable because the high speed motors bunch up the cable when bringing it up from fishing so far down lol and I had a row of kinks so I worked them out best I can and then sent it back. No releases today, slow for mostly everyone.....Im gonna hit it again tonight and see whats up. Hot out there today no waves but I think the full moon didnt help lol

yea ill be out in the am. full moon tonight lets see what Friday brings lol