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IMO , this just sets a bad example . I was under the assumption that the law states you must unhook an out of season fish and immediately release it. No pic , no weigh . And I know there are guys who fish the beds . And other than the St Lawrence ( I think) you can C& R Bass out of season . I catch a lot of out of season Bass . But to have what amounts to a swarm of locusts converge on a lake for a week during closed/ spawning season is just wrong .Sets a bad example . They couldn't wait a few weeks till the season is open .The DEC and Finger lakes think this is a good idea ? There are some southern lakes that have multiple tournaments every week on them and the Bass fishing has gone from great to terrible on them because of it . A lot of fish die from the stress. So they ruin the lakes down there and they want to do it up here ? These are not stocked fish , it takes what , 6 years to grow a keeper size Bass .

Let me preface this by saying I catch and release a lot of Bass this time of year . How is it that there is a Bass tournament on Cayuga lake when Bass season is closed and it's spawning season ? How does the DEC allow this ? And how do tournament organizers with good conscience think this is a good idea ?

Must be homegrown

Good day to mow the lawn

Looks pretty dark blue as it comes out of the Niagara to me . And disapates as the prevailing west to east current carries it down.

This pic confirms what I thought was happening for years from spring till the thermocline sets up . That plume disapates the farther east it gets and peters out around devils nose at the farthest west . Do you want to know why the spring king fishery is so good west ? Look at that picture .

That looks like the plume of the Niagara river to me

The little ones sure looked happy on the way in and out of the channel

That is typical of a bad coil . Runs good cool and after it heats up, it just dies . Then it cools and runs again . Check all coils for little cracks . Run in driveway after dark and look for arcing under the flywheel and sparkplug wires .

So Must be you have spark on all cylinders if you tore the carbs apart .

Looks to me like the cylinder is not firing . Probably electrical is my guess . If it was carburetion or fuel delivery , it would run rough and smoke when you first changed the plug. Clean the plug good switch it with a good cylinder and run it to see what happens . Check for spark

OMC outboards are notorious vdor this Check for spark in all cylinders . Does it have 3 carbs ? Those power packs have a tendency to go . Along with the coils . If it runs better cool it probably electrical .

And really , The Oak , Bald Eagle , or Sandy are all good mid lake , mid/early summer ports to fish out of. Can't go wrong with any of them IMO . Accomodations might be determining factor . Fishing lake wide wasn't great last year .

I agree somewhat with Legacy . Set the release at home and grab the line and pull on it like you think a fish would till it releases hard . Bounce it a little . The strike will set the hook .

With my trailerable boat my son and I got in and went to Wilson , like, seemingly ,everyone else . Opening day we got out early to see an Armada . We started in 60 ft. Nets were flying everywhere . Ours started to also . We wound up that day with 11 salmon , for about 16 hits . Biggest was maybe 16# no skippers Best was a Stinger Stingray NBK parked at 52 ft . 11 o'clock it shut down . Went back Sun and did 4 salmon for about 6 hits . It was a tough bite . Never saw a net fly in another boat . East wind /rain finally drove us in . No one spoon did it . Following Fri went back .Did 12 salmon I think for about 15 hits . Stingray glo green alwive off rigger was hot till a nice king wrapped the line around the hook and broke off , glo frog mag and 28 were best . Slide divers were the man after Sun came up . Sat we decided to try our old stomping grounds in front of Johnsons Creek from the Oak .We drove right up there to see one other boat . Then I thought I was back at Wilson with the traffic . We did 15 I think for about 18 hits , Salmon and some hog Lakers . That green alwive I replaced at rt 18 tackle and black Lazer glo were best . Around 1130 they turned on and the slide divers took most of the hits . In 4 days fishing we did about 4O fish which I am satisfied with . If you are hitting your target species , it's just a matter of getting a big one . My down speed crapped the bed the first day so I only had surface speed the entire derby . I made it work . Love my slide divers . Congratulations to the winners . Here are the spoons that did it .

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Looks like water level has gone up 3" in 3 days