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Welcome aboard. Don't forget to let us know how you made out. Tom B. (LongLine)

Traditional flashers rotate, "modern" flashers swing a large circle, dodgers wobble side to side somewhat like a finely tuned spoon. I'm probably the only guy still using dodgers. You have to experiment to find the best fly/flasher combo. Sometimes best to match them or at least have some similarity between them. Flasher/flys generally run tight to 20 ft back. In general spoons run further back. Depth plays an important part. Deeper you're fishing, closer the spoons can be. Tom B. (LongLine)

Ray - That's one you cook in a dishwasher Males have a black spot outlined in yellow. Females have a yellow spot outlined with black. Tom B. (LongLine) p.s. It's a bowfin...I was raised calling them dogfish...just like I was raised calling alewives - mooneyes.

Post a pic. I got one too. Tom B. (LongLine)

WTG Tom B. (LongLine)

Hey Skipper, he’d of been happier if he’d gotten a ticket. http://www.dec.ny.gov/65.html Hmmm….ALL state laws. Guess they’re empowered to be “super troopers.†Read down the link…â€vehicles producing illegal emissions†could be an environmental reason for being at the speed trap. I've been searching for a total revenue NYSDEC has brought into the state but can't find anything other than the large settlements. How many million did they nail Occidental for...which they put into fishing? Oh well, Tom B. (LongLine)

Welcome to the board. Blue fin, huh? Tom B. (LongLine)

Just saw this - http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/ ... ntoNewHome I hope it's not true. Tom B. (LongLine)

My bad, You're right. Tom B. (LongLine)

Indian - If that's on the inside ie from the floorboards up to the top of the bulkhead, I'd say you'll be fine. For me the inside depth is very important as it gives me something to brace against. Those boats whos side only comes up to the middle of the shin don't belong on Lake Ontario. I'd suggest for any first timers on the lake to first travel upwind then setup and troll at some slight angle to and with the wind until you get used to how the wind will move your boat around. Also, the ride back to port is always smoother going with the wind. Tom B. (LongLine)

Mostly 1 & 2 yr olds off of Russell. Matures have been very spotty this year. (2007 egg collection hurt us bad) If you're running clean spoons try bumping up your down speed a little. 2.5-2.8 Tom B. (LongLine)

rwtms - Ditto what skipper said. mine's 18 ft w/ 75 hp & I've been out a "few" times. (Depth and beam are more important than length for us little guys) If you can handle the boat well, are safety conscious and keep an eye on the weather, you'll be fine. Check out the report sections for places to go. You may want to try a charter before hauling your boat up here, especially as late summer/fall approaches. Tom B. (LongLine)

http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/34368.html Tom B. (LongLine)

WTG Joe. I hope you guys have sent him in for the DEC angler award. Tom B. (LongLine)

You better be careful Ray. This site is monitored & it sounds like your "Buffy" adventures are a crime against nature.... Tom B. (LongLine)

PH - I'm really curious how this fish got injured and how it survived. No other marks on it. A lot of guys say that hook injuries or even fin clipping kill the fish & we need to be so careful about C&R. This little beast had both gill plates gone and healed over, so it wasn't just a recent thing. Guess they're just hardier than we can imagine. Tom B. (LongLine)

You guys in Oswego got the scow. (albeit a 70+ mph scow) The one I saw launched at the Genny looked more like an Interceptor or oversized Liberator. Wish I had the money they had invested just in those freeking stainless propellers. A-TOM-MIK - Did you know that they are the only NY enforcement arm that doesn't need a search warrant to check your car, property, etc for suspected violations of environmental conservation laws. Regular cop can't search your locked trunk, just for speeding. Think of the transportation laws - baitfish, legal limit, firewood, exotic & illegal pets/pests/plants, etc. Speeding & the surcharge is just bonus money for the state. They can also inspect any commercial or industrial property at any time, totally unannounced. Tom B. (LongLine)

The NYSDEC publishes Wild life Monthly Highlights on their web-site. Here is what the Bureau of Habitat reported on Pg 3 & 4 for May 2010 concerning The Hudson River dredging project: http://www.dec.ny.gov/about/41433.html The Rochester Embayment extends from shore out to 145 FOW. It's all mud/sand/silt. My depthfinder has shown me areas where it is over 40 ft thick. Per navigation maps, the area off Niagara has a very similar bottom. Turbines that stand stand 400 ft above the water line will require huge foundations for stability. Do a google on the Baltic Sea turbine foundations and transmission lines, then apply your math skills as to how much of the sediment will be disturbed. (hint: Just for transmission lines that interconnect turbines, Baltic trenches are usually 3ft wide, 5-6 ft deep. 150 turbines at 2100 ft apart would require a little over 60 miles of trench – not including substations or the runs to shore) Tom B. (LongLine

Could'a been a joyride. (You ought to see the Homeland boats - now they got rigs worth joyriding in!) Or maybe they got a tip about someone & were looking around. Or maybe the new guy was getting the feel of the boat. Or maybe you just looked "suspicious" but then they said - naw, he's not dragging a net, nor a stringer full of sturgeon, he's a fine upstanding and law-abiding NY sports fisherman that is releasing all the little fish he's catching so no use bothering him. Or maybe they fiqured you might be a member of the most popular Lake Ontario fishing board and you'd post something thus let everyone know that they do patrol Lake Ontario, even out deep occassionally. ie you never know where they'll pop up. (Kind of funny how if a state trooper is just sitting off the expressway & eating a sandwich that traffic slows down) Or maybe they were joyriding. Tom B. (LongLine)

Fishing Report LongLine Got a late start at the river this morning. Winds out of the north, switching to west. Slight chop. (maybe 1 ½ ft’rs – just enough to make flying solo a challenge) Put in at 165 off Russell, worked out to 260, round & about then back in to 140FOW. 1 bow about 8 Lbs & 3 little guys. All clean fish. How did this one ever survive? Both gills cut and both healed over. A wild fish? (I doubt it) About 14/16†long. Believe it or not, even though a little bloody, (caught on a treble) he revived & swam away. 54F at 80 down over 140, 120 down at 200 and 85 down at 250. Strange up and down temps. Everything off rigg’rs. Purple DWSS, 2.8-3.0. Lots of broken up bait pods 180-210FOW. Couldn’t find any big ones though. Talked to DEC who were taking Angler survey. Out at 11:30. Tom B. (LongLine)

Outstanding! Tom B. (LongLine)

As far as I know the Chinook egg-take only happens on the SR near the hatchery. (except in 2007) SR returns are the “brood stock†for the NY side. Altmar is the only US hatchery raising them for Lake Ontario. The 2009 report (fall egg collection) http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_pdf/lorpt09.pdf The 2008 report (fall egg collection) http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_ ... 8sec08.pdf In 2007, they had the poor returns to the SR so they scrambled and tried to collect eggs at the Black River, Oak Orchard and 18 Mile. The 2007 report (fall egg collection) http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_ ... 07sec9.pdf The 2006 report (fall egg collection) http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_ ... 06sec9.pdf The 2005 report (fall egg collection) http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_ ... 05sec9.pdf I talked to a couple DEC Bio's for the Angler Survey on the Genny today, and they said it was just a rumor. They also said the big ones that I didn't catch today were the missing ones from the 2007 class. (Obviously Nat Repo did not make up for that year class stocking shortfall) Tom B. (LongLine)

Purple spoons, especially DWSS, are absolutely no good. Rather than throw them out and load up the landfill, (and because I'm such a helpful guy) send them all to me and I'll find a good use for them. Tom B. (LongLine)