cinnamon fish

LoL, Les I promise I'll release most.  They look like great colors!

I'll take them!

I can see them now... I'll take them!  If I can see the Pirate spoons, I might buy them too.  Thanks

Curious about these also... photos aren't loading.

I'm curious to see them but your photos aren't loading.

Nothing's stopping me from fishing this... car broke down this morning, can't get it looked at until Monday.  Secured a rental truck for it!  An extra $65, whatever, gonna fish hard for a good cause either way!

12 minutes ago, suttontroller94 said:

Harvey O'Hara reeled in the winning fish

AWESOME!

6 hours ago, bulletbob said:

 I won't argue, we will just have to agree to disagree.. You are free to  blame global warming, and  I'll blame the  hundreds of thousands of tons of  cow  manure and   massive amounts of other organics that find their way into the finger lakes each year... bob

Not looking to argue either. I agree with you and I’m just adding that climate change is in a large part causing “the hundreds of thousands of tons of cow manure and massive amounts of other organics that find their way into the finger lakes” to enter the lake at a faster rate than has ever been seen before.  And the higher humidity, rain and heat cause more of it to become various types of algae.  No problem disagreeing.  Good to discuss.

47 minutes ago, bulletbob said:

 Problem is, it has been a fairly normal summer.. Normal rain really, and not especially hot.. We had a run of about 3 hotter than normal days, otherwise, pretty standard.. I was out on Skinny the other day, and it  is no longer a clear clean looking lake.. the water was skungy looking,    clarity pretty poor, and the lake which  had NO weeds  15 years ago, now has nasty, brown slimy looking stuff everywhere..  The lake is now nothing but homes, and HUGE farms,, Cornfields totally encircle the lake now, and you can watch the cattle graze on the hillsides in some areas while you fish...  I am sick over it... Everyone wants a piece of the lake.. Well we got what we wanted, and these gorgeous glacial lakes are paying a very stiff price... bob

It wasn't a normal spring though, much more rain than normal and the bulk of the rain came in May and early June instead of April.  That leads to what we get the first half of summer.

Thanks Les, very informative as always with your amazing posts.  In my much more limited experience, I've always been able to drive my boat out of the green water by heading up the lake a bit or just generally by moving to another area of the lake even if it's quite a ways.  This year was the first year that no matter how far I went, the color stayed green on some days out there.  It seemed the various algae was literally everywhere.  I hadn't ever seen it like that before, there was always an area to get away from it in the past for me.  I understand there are many factors.  The amount of rain and flooding the last 2-3 years has been more than we've seen in quite awhile too. 

Any pics of the final board?  I'm curious.  Wish I could've fished it.

6 minutes ago, Lewis863 said:

Not picking a fight to the original op no it looks about the same as last year to me...


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Yes the last 2-3 years have been bad, before that not nearly as bad.

2 hours ago, bulletbob said:

 "Climate change" has nothing to do with it..  Its due to  the lakes being CHOKED with  homes, large and small, all with septics that DO leach into the lake over time, its due to farms , wineries, parks, marinas, that are wherever the homes aren't.. These lakes have been decimated by   the   encroachment of too many people, too many cows, corn fields, vineyards. all dumping organic material into the lakes by the mega ton ... bob

You basically repeated what I stated, except you're wrong about climate change.  Climate change (in this example, more severe storms, flooding, and more consistently high humidity) makes all of these things that we both mentioned run into the lake much more often and in greater quantity.  That's why the blooms are very quickly getting more severe and more frequent.  The lakes have been loaded with people for years but the blooms haven't been this bad.

Yes the green color is much more widespread than what usually occurs.  All due to the algae blooms.  Sewage treatment plants overwhelmed, farms, wineries, and folks lawn fertilizers running into the lake more each year as climate change gets more extreme.

Soon, it will become a data center... http://tompkinsweekly.com/stories/new-data-center-to-provide-economic-environmental-benefits-supporters-say,2713

How are the fleas on Seneca?  Cayuga is loaded with them, was wondering if Seneca is the same?

1 hour ago, suttontroller94 said:

Sounds good Mike I'll be there and the flta meeting!

Great.  Thanks Bobby.  I'll be out of town for the next meeting but see you at the seneca challenge!

Planning on fishing it!  I'll bring the registration/$ to the flta seneca challenge, if one of y'all will be there.

Because of the tall east & west shorelines/cliffs around much of the lake, when the wind blows from the east or west, the lake often appears fairly calm, because the bulk of the wind is blocked by the land and passes above the lake level at a higher altitude.

11 minutes ago, whaler1 said:

Assuming what you say is true, it won’t matter until the left can come up with a viable platform and more specifically a candidate. They have neither. Polls mean nothing (look at 2016) get ready for four more years.


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I agree with all of this.  And yes, I won't be surprised if we get 4 more years.

33 minutes ago, Ray4852 said:

I know my history. what do we have to gain by fighting another war over there. if we have to fight a war let the jews do it. I wouldn't worry about a world war. nobody wants one. who can stand up to our military today. china now way, Russia. they have a few missiles but most of them will be blown up before they fire them. I don't work for nobody. 

What's to gain for a guy like Trump and others like him?... weapons sales (he even sells them to nations he himself declares having ties to terrorism), weapons manufacturing jobs, keeping the war machine rolling, keeping private prisons he's invested in filled and building more, and distracting the public from his shams leading up to an election.

If you actually look at everyday folks tax returns, nearly all middle and lower class folks paid more under Trump, not less.  The only folks that paid significantly less are guys like Jeff Bezos (Amazon), Walmart, and other massive corporations, that are now firing folks, not hiring.  These companies rake in trillions and pay not one dime in taxes.  Then, they treat their employees worse, not better.  A guy making $30,000 - $160,000 a year pays more.  Yet another sham via Trump.

4 minutes ago, Ray4852 said:

I don't care about trumps personal life. we didn't put him in to be a popular figure like  the other past leaders we had  in power. people are use to listening to liars like Clinton and Obama the last 20 years. these men could talk and lie right in front of you and people just loved to listen to the way they talk. trump is different. he's not controlled by the special interest like the other two men I mentioned. trump is a fighter and tells it like it is. your post is fake. if you were raised from the same area with trump. what are you doing on a working mans fishing board. the people that come here  work for a living. its sounds  to me you pretend to be a rich man who don't like trump. if you people from the left could think you could see all the good things he's done for this country and the working class people. what did Clinton and Obama do for this country. sells us out  and talk a good job. with all the good things trump has done for this country and the American people. he gets now credit for it. this man is a true leader and wants to to the best leader for his country. his record shows it. he could do better if the American people could give him more support. the far left is communist. they don't like our country. their values speak the truth about them. if you don't like trumps tax cuts. why don't you give them to the democrats. I'm sure those insects would love to take them back. they all want us to live like rats and fight like rats. have full control over our life. look at the democrat record out in California . you see how the people live out there. live in tents human cr-p all over the place people dyeing  right in the streets. if you don't believe me  listen to the savage nation podcast. the same thing is coming to our beautiful state we live in now.

Wow, you assume an awful lot.  Me a rich man?  Ha, that's funny.  I'm thankful for the little things I have and for my family and friends.  I respect and listen to all opinions, but I don't like seeing people getting taken advantage of by the lies that come out of this president's mouth everyday.  We can agree to disagree and that's fine.  Tight lines!

3 minutes ago, Ray4852 said:

 

I'm glad you agree we need a new political party. the rest of your post is all fake. its a shame people get there information from the corporate news media today. its been going on now for the last 50 years. the far left controls 95 percent of the media today in the United States. that's why this country is so divided. I'm not going to rip your post apart. your way of thinking is caused by the information you are listening too. the thing I'm going to tell you. trump is trying to make life better for us. the far left is taking us to socialism and government control of our life.  we agree we need a new party. lets start one

I don't care to discuss politics on this site, and I'm not gonna get into a back and forth thing, but none of what I mentioned is fake.  And none of it comes from corporate media.  I have family that's dealt directly with Trump back in the day in many different situations.  I grew up in the same area he did, and just about everyone that dealt with him firsthand, knows all about the scam artist he's always been.  And what he's best at is fooling people by saying what they want to hear. Over and out.   

 Can’t believe politics are being discussed on this site. But if you want to go there, many more folks should realize they’re being fooled by Trump.  He doesn’t care about any of the issues you think he does.  He’s never been a conservative his entire life, and he pretends to be now because he knows it’s the only party that will follow him.  He’s thrived off the backs of the working class, treated them like dogs, and then still gone bankrupt multiple times.  He doesn’t care in the slightest bit about illegal immigration, he has been employing illegals at his many businesses for decades.  He has simply figured out what conservatives think they want to hear and thinks if he keeps them happy one day he’ll be the king of the world.  He doesn’t care about abortion or the church either.  The list goes on and on.  It’s all a front.  One thing I read on here I’ll agree with, we need a new party.  Both Dems and Republicans are lost.

And now back to fishing to enjoy life while we have it.