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  1. sawbelliesam
    You must be so proud. I have harvested game and fish for over 50 years. I did so for sport as long as there was consumption. Stopping a beating heart so that you can feel good about yourself doesn't agree with me.
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    How ya feeling today Trouthunter?
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    I'm not like you.
  4. sawbelliesam
    It mounts to a rail.
  5. sawbelliesam
    Thanks Skinny. It attaches to the bottom and projects to the side.
  6. sawbelliesam
    Anybody know where I can get a quiver bracket for a Barnett Whitetail 2 ? Striking out at every turn. I'll buy the whole assembly if that's all I can get but can't find that either. Thanks !
  7. sawbelliesam
    Thanks for a nice report. Do you have any thoughts on the bait fish situation? Reading much bait? Any sawbellies or ciscos in their bellies?
  8. sawbelliesam
    How were you able to launch in Hammondsport? Is there now a public launch? Any good lakers? Looks like they're typical Keuka lakers, 20 or so inches and skinny. Hope the Cisco's take hold.
  9. sawbelliesam
    I've got a 1989 9.9 merc. Got it new and used it for about five years and then began fishing with a buddy on his boat. It's now time to put it back to work. It has very low hours and has never given me any trouble. I want to have it gone over and know that it's in A-1 shape. Called Seagers and they won't service anything over 20 years old. Would love to hear some recommendations. Thanks !!!
  10. sawbelliesam
    Wouldn't be a splake as there is little to no natural reproduction of lakers in Hemlock. Seems unlikely that one would have spawned with one of the few brookies thrown in there and grown to that size in short order. I'm thinking stocked brookies.
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    I agree with you Muskie. There are a few to be found. They were not however native to the lake. It'd be nice if they took off, but I was told that the water chemistry wasn't conducive to a successful brookie fishery. Happy fishing!
  13. sawbelliesam
    The one being held in the shanty is a brown. 100% The one on the ice is a brook trout. 100% Anyone that thinks that either of these fish are lake trout needs to bone up on their fish ID. Brook trout were stocked experimentally decades ago. They didn't take and were never stocked again. If that brook trout was taken from Hemlock lake, then it's anybody's guess as to how it got there. I have been a diary holder for Hemlock since the early 80's and we receive the final reports from the DEC for all of the cooperators and there has never been a brook trout reported. I'm told by the DEC that there are none present. Take that info and make your own assumptions.
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    Also, the same can be said for the landlocks. They've not been stocked for decades as well, and like the brookies they did not reproduce in that fishery.
  15. sawbelliesam
    The one being held in the shanty is a brown. 100% The one on the ice is a brook trout. 100% Anyone that thinks that either of these fish are lake trout needs to bone up on their fish ID. Brook trout were stocked experimentally decades ago. They didn't take and were never stocked again. If that brook trout was taken from Hemlock lake, then it's anybody's guess as to how it got there. I have been a diary holder for Hemlock since the early 80's and we receive the final reports from the DEC for all of the cooperators and there has never been a brook trout reported. I'm told by the DEC that there are none present. Take that info and make your own assumptions.
  16. sawbelliesam
    Personally, I like to hold my fish close to my body for pictures, so that you can have a better idea of the actual size.
  17. sawbelliesam
    You are all over thinking this. This is an old fish that lived as long as it did because no one caught it. There's a lot of water out there. You can't catch them all, and many will never strike a lure. He just didn't get caught until he did. Again, that's an old fish.
  18. sawbelliesam
    As I stated in a previous post, that fish is older than you think. Much older. I have talked with DEC in the past about this very thing. Hopefully there will be some enlightenment regarding this fish. I'm still thinking 40ish or older.
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    Lakers in Lake Ontario grow bigger faster than Finger Lakes Lakers. IMO, that fish was north of 40 years old.
  20. sawbelliesam
    I fish these lakes fine with my 16' er and 10horse motor. If you fished this lake once 30 years ago, I'm impressed that you could be such an authority. Just sayin'.
  21. sawbelliesam
    Water temperature. Yes, it's best the first week.
  22. sawbelliesam
    As you stated, the creek is unusually low right now. The trout run up the creek from the lake to spawn, and then return to the lake. They have pretty much done that. Very few if any left in the creek at this point. The small fish that you are catching were born the previous spring and will move to the lake later in the year. Those fish are the future of the fishery, so I try to avoid them. You might want to try Naples creek. There may be a few more fish that haven't returned to the lake. Good luck.
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    What they are thinking is what to do about the low level of success regarding the brown trout stocking in Canadice lake. It has been robust in recent years, with a very low catch rate. The forage fish population is good, so they're not sure why there is such a low harvest rate. It's a put and take fishery except for the lakers. Perhaps they'll consider rainbows again, or maybe landlocks. Just speculating.
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    Yes. Though the docks weren't in as of last week.
  25. sawbelliesam
    Is there something we can do collectively as LOU members as a form of protest? Perhaps a petition that could be signed on this site? Just a thought. This is maddening.
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