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  1. GAMBLER
    Not anymore. 10 years ago, you could find smallmouth anywhere in Lake Ontario. The population is low now so finding them is like finding a needle in a haystack.
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    From the way the NYS DEC reps talk at the state of the lake meeting, IMO they think we are just a bunch of cavemen that do not have a clue as to what is going on out there. They would never use our observations because it is not scientifically sound data it is just observations.
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    They told us at a meeting that they use scientific data not observation from fishermen.
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    How can you use data from the same time year after year and compare it? This spring will be drastically different than the last two years. With the warm winter, the alewives could be out of the pattern that normally exsists and throw the data off. Say the alewives are normally in 300' or deeper on the bottom when the do the trawls. This spring the water is warmer and alewives have moved shallower than the trawls. This will drastically throw the data off.
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    If you have lakers laying on the bottom, the cowbell method is the way to go. Look at the LOC Summer leaderboard and the Fall leaderboard (fall 2012 or previous) and you will see hammerhead cowbells and spin n glows dominate the leaderboard. You also have to go with the less is more approach fishing lakers. When I fish lakers, two riggers is all I use. No divers, coppers or leadcores. If you get a hot area, two rods will too much at times.
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    If anything they should cut back the lakers to what the levels before the addition of 300,000 more a couple years ago. If we do not have kings to catch, the laker population is going to drop anyways. That is the part they need to understand.
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    I heard about it today. Rumor is they are going to talk about the lack of YOY alewives. If there is another bad yearclass, they are going to cut stocking lake wide......
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    Fire tiger, orange and gold, black and gold and black and silver are all you need! I like the 7,9 and 11's
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    I rough up the finish with really fine sand paper.
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    I do not clear coat them. The finish lasts longer than Stingers so I'm happy with it.
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    Another thing that has to be taken into consideration is the invasion of the gobie into the finger lakes. If food in readily available, they will not be in the feeding mood. This could also change the areas perch are in compared to the old days.
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    Cowbells are what restrict the speed. Cowbells do not produce well over 1.8 MPH. They thump too hard and spook fish. They will work faster on some days but the norm is under 1.8. My sweet spot is 1.4mph ball speed. Max is around 2.3.
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    I use Krylon paint and paint them up. They make all sorts of colors in Krylon. It stays on better than stingers paint jobs too.
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    91? I was in middle school then Paul. I can't remember back that far!
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    Ending trout and salmon stocking would be detrimental to the perch population. Without alewive control, the perch population would plummet. When perch fry hatches, adult alewives are prespawn and feed on newly hatched perch fry. Therefore, if the salmon and trout do not eat alewives and they over populate, the perch population would decline.
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    I would wait until mid April. One year, I put my boat in April 1st and it was not fun. I had to go down and shovel 6" of wet heavy snow off the boat. My big worry was the weight of the snow on the canvas.
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    He is used to fishing Lake Trout Justin. He loves that slow troll!
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    The method of trolling Dodgers and spin n glows is NOT the best way to catch big lakers. This is the most popular approach to laker fishing on Lake Michigan. I'm willing to bet if they slowed down and dragged some cowbells, they would find a lot of big lakers.
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    34lbs 6 oz.
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    Bullheads

    GAMBLER replied to bondouley's topic in Panfish

    Just make sure you wash your hands before eating after handling them. My buddy got salmonella this way! Not cool.
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    I found online that the Wisconsin State record came from Lake Michigan at 40.2lbs.
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    With how small these kings are in this show, I can't believe more laker fishing is not done.
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    Was that when the horses pulled the barges down the canal path Les?
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    There is still a good population of fish in the lowered parts of the canal. Not nearly as many as summer but they are there. Find ANY kind of structure and you will find fish. I used to live on the canal as a kid in Spencerport and we did well anywhere we found a branch, log, deep hole, drainage pipe or bicycle. It was amazing how little of a branch would hold a bunch of fish. We caught walleye, pike, smallmouth, largemouth, rockbass, perch, catfish, suckers, sheephead and carp.
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