I believe the issue is the DEC went to spring stocking of coho instead of stocking in the fall. The fall stockers survival rate is way better. Spring stockers cost less $ and demand less man hours.
I believe that is what the coho clipping program is all about. I know from the state of the lake meetings in the past, they talked about an issue with male coho that were sterile.
I agree Vince but the last couple of years, they have been ghosts. They need to get them back to where they were. We used to have them around in way better numbers.
Coho are a not targeted in most of the season. They are around in spring and disappear until late August. I have caught more Atlantics than coho this season.
Power belts were the worst bullet I ever shot out of a muzzleloader. Every deer I shot with them left little blood. When I butchered the deer, I would find bullets fragments all over the deer. Horrible bullets IMO. My buddy turned me on to the Hornady FTX bullets, blackhorn powder and MMP sabots. They have not let me down yet. Like I said above, I have shot 6 deer in three seasons with my new muzzleloader and they all dropped. I have also heard great stuff about the Barnes Expanders but I do not have experience with them.
CCI 209 primers have never let me down. I shoot Blackhorn powder with a Hornady FTX 45 caliber bullets in MMP sabots. I have shot 6 deer with these rounds and they really put a hurting on them!
Preparing correctly before cooking is the key. Bleed them out and immediately put them on ice. Filet the skin off an trim the red/brown flesh off the back side of the filet. I marinate mine in the recipe I will post here below in second for you try. I grill it in a grill basket and it is great!
Same here Chad. Tons of bait with nothing on it. Crazy. We had to scratch out bites yesterday and most of the mature fish looked to be headed home... Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app
Fished offshore and found some two year olds and had insane amounts of bait from 400 all the way back into 45’. Not one skippy today. I have only boated 9 skips this entire season. Usually we get a ton of them brown fishing which I have down more of this summer than most. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app
I am cleaning out some used tackle. I have 4 sets of 5/0, 2 sets of 4/0 and 2 sets of 3/0 Hammerhead Cowbells that have been collecting dust. $25.00 for all and $7.50 shipping to the lower 48 or pick up in Hilton NY.
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