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Started yesterday about 6:15pm. Cast east side points and NE corner til dark for pike and tigers. Just got one LMB.Then trolled S of launch E side with sticks for eyes. There was a lot of alwives on surface. Even snagged a few on sticks. No eyes. quit around 2:30. Surface temp was 66.

I was planning on fishing Conesus on Friday evening for tiges and then into the night for Eyes. Would appreciate any reports or tips. Also I was wondering about lake level, debris, and if there is still a 5mph speed limit on the lake.

The oil is coming out of the exhaust port. If the kicker is a 4 stroke, it may have leaked some crankcase oil into the cylinders. I have an Evenrude 4 stroke and I remember reading in the instructions, not to lay it on a particular side. It will cause oil to leak into cylinders. You might have to check to see if oil is in cylinders. Turn it over a few times and then pull a plug and see it there is oil on it. If there is oil in the cylinders, the motor won't start until you get it cleared out and cleaned off the plugs. Also, check the crankcase oil level to see if it is low. You should do an oil and filter change anyway. I am not sure how to go about removing oil that has leaked into cylinders but if that has happened , it will not start until you get it cleared out. If you plan to trailer the boat ant distance with the kicker on the bracket, it is a good idea to cinch it in tight with a ratchet strap to keep it from bouncing around, which will put stress on the bracket, motor and transom.

Justin, I was thinking that if there a number of loclized walleye clubs throughout the finger lakes, maybe a federation of finger lakes walleye clubs could be set up, with each club having one club representative. It could be similar to the Erie County Federation of Sportsman's Clubs or the Chautauqua County Fedreation of Sportsman's Clubs. Larry is our representative in both of those organizations. I believe there are other counties that have similar groups. These organizations are comprised of a variety of different fishing, hunting, and gun clubs. I'm not sure if there are other types of outdoor sporting clubs involved, such as kayakers. bicicle clubs hiking clubs etc. I believe if a club wants to be a part of it they have to pay anual dues and would then choose a member to be their representative. I am not sure about what they do for funding besides the dues. I'm not sure what would be involved in setting it up. It may also involve applying for non profit status. Larry may know the answers to these questions. In Erie county, there is also the Erie county Fisheries Advisory Board which I believe advises the county in regard to any fishery related projects funding they are involved in. There may be similar groups or the potential to form similar groups in the various counties in the finger lakes to help to organize funding from the state and other sources for fisheries projects in each respective county.

I would also like to hear about the meeting. Our chapter meeting is on the same night so I won't be able to make it.

I am VP of Musly Inc. Chapter 69 in NY. Last month Brad Hammers from region 8 DEC office came to our meeting and gave us a presentation on the angler diary study. We had previously talked to him about it and he decided to start an angle diary study for Waneta lake because we showed an intrest in participating in one to help them gather useful information which will help them to gauge the past and present musky stocking efforts and help them determine future efforts. They have been doing fin clipping for many years and the information we can provide them in the diaries, including size and fin clips, will allow them to detemine how well various year classes are doing in the lake. With the size and knowing which fin is clipped, they can tell the year class of each fish and gauge growth rate etc. They can also use the information to determine angler success in fish per hours of effort. The more anglers they have paticipating, the better and more accurate results they will have. Even if you do not catch any fish, you fill out a page with info on how long you fished and the species you were targeting and that helps them to determine number of angler hours per fish. Also the more years that they have good numbers of angler participation, the better it will help to determine long term trends. So the more anglers particiipating and the longer they participate the more useful the data becomes. The more anglers that participate will help to show the utilization and this information could even be used to show the legislators in Albany the degree of utilization which in turn can mean more funding. I also signed up for the Conesus Lake diary. I may only fish a few times there this year but I figured it can still be useful information to them. Here is a phone # Brad Hammers gave us to call if you want to participate in the program. 585-226-5343.

That's a nice one Chris got.

I didn't catch any fish but had a good time getting on the water and tageting teeth for the first time this year. The weather was better than I thought it would be and it was good to get together with everyone and meeting many members of this forum and MI Chapter 69 members I haven't met before as well as other participants I have never met. I want to thank everyone for participating and helping to make it such a good time. Justin, Thanks for the coffee in the morning. It hit the spot. Good luck to all of you this season. Hope to see you all on the water. Steve Glassic VP, MI Chapter 69

I am looking for partner to fish the tornament.

You might want to check out Pages 2 and 3 in this forum topic. There are quite a few posts for Otisco Lake and one on page 3 from last year's tournament. There is a variety of lures mentioned. Old Man check out the lure in the post titled Otisco 9/11.

From What I heard, at last year's tournament many of the fish were caught trolling. The biggest one was caught casting. Small walleye size baits are the general rule like Rapala Husky Jerks and similar baits. Ones with a lot of silver. Spoons could do the trick too. It might not hurt to try some a little larger.

I see you have the glove on Joe, just in case those teeth get you.

Tigers are the most beautiful of all Esox.

The 2014 NY M.I. Chapter 69 Tiger Musky Tournament will be Saturday May 10th,2014 on Otisco Lake. *As an open tournament, anyone is welcome to participate* The tournament will be based out of the Otisco Lake Campground Launch 1544 Otisco Valley Road, Marietta, NY 13110. The tournament will begin at 7 AM and fishing will conclude at 3 PM. Registration will be at the launch on the day of the tournament, one hour before the start until 15 minutes after the start. The entry fee is $30 per person. Launch fees are $9. Payouts will be 50% to first place, 30% to second place, and 20% to third place. after administration fees The Muskies Inc Points System (combination of number of fish and their length) will be used to determine the winner. No judge boats will be used; please be sure to have a measuring device and digital or cell phone camera on board to verify your catch. For the complete list of details, be sure to read our open tournament tournament rules available HERE.

We had a pretty good turnout at tonight's meeting. Brad Hammers put on nice presentation and got about a dozen of us signed up for the Waneta lake diary study. He also told us that the regulation proposals to raise the size limit for musky on all inland waters to 40 inches and rolling back the opening day for musky to the last Saturday in May are still in the plan. I had not heard anything definitive about these proposals this year and was wondering if they were off the table. If approved, they will go into effect for the 2015 season. This of course does not include Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Niagara River and St. Lawrence River where the only change proposed is to raise the size limit to 54 inches.