jimski2

There you go, catch and release loads up the unharvested fish numbers and the forage base is unable to support the over stocked lake. Damn do gooders still want to cut back the fish harvest. We need to harvest the fish instead of releasing them. We need to educate the size, season, quota promoters as they are the problem for our regulations. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Less rules we need.I believe our fishery rules should be made to increase public participation. Closed seasons , catch limits, size limits and other do gooder ideas result in less public use and local controls for their private use. Our hatchery production is decreased because the growth rates have become stunted. We need license sales to support our DEC operations,not less fishing opportunity.

Tony’s ReelRepair in Orchard Park is a first class downrigger and reel repair shop. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

There is a flim flam man in town here and in Washington. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

The red rubber bands work well with light lines. If not try the brown rubber bands. They break away from the release and are cleaned free when the line comes onto to the reel.Also rubber bands work well on downrigger releases. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Full of politicians, bankers, lawyers, etc. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Camp Cupcake is in Pennsylvania. No wall, private room, TV and internet service.

Alaska State Troopers double as DEC Officers. With a greater area to cover response times are quicker. Same pay, pensions and healthcare. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Two riggers, two dipseys, four in-line planers are enough for me. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

DEC was shooting shags on Motor Island in the Niagara River while they nested there with 22’s. Did a number on them. But not for fishery reasons but they killed the trees. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Driving to Allegany County Friday afternoon for Saturday’s deer gun season opener, I joined A convoy of vehicles heading south loaded with “cityots” heading to their deer camps. Escaping their home rulers is their main objective, the deer are secondary. Every seat in the Belfast restaurant was taken with wall to wall guys enjoying their preseason dinner and schmoozing with old friends. The transformation of the local grass widows was missing. No new hairdos and sneakers were to be seen so the presence of many“old coots” ran them off. By 8:30 PM the crowd disappeared and it was early bed time for the dawn opening. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

On the West Coast Steelhead and Dolly Varden survive on salmon eggs and dead salmon flesh during the winter. In the spring after spawning and empty bellies they return to saltwater when stream temperatures reach 45 degrees and they feed voraciously. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Shallow water graph use is difficult as the transducer on the back of the boat has a smaller cone signal and fish flee from the Moving boat above them. Flatlining behind the boat is almost useless also as the fish flee away from the boat . Using long lines off planer boards or inline planer boards is highly effective since your lures are away to where you have herded the fish away from the moving boat. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

Search out on “you tube “ for videos of Sturgeon at the Wolf River of Wisconsin. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United