RUNNIN REBEL

The N.Y. State DEC vessel SETH GREEN will be running bait bottom trawls out of the Port of Rochester on April 17th. —— April 18th. ——- April 19th. On April 20th it will leave Port of Rochester and finish in Sodus Bay that afternoon.. Then run bottom of lake trawls out of SODUS BAY on April 21st and possibly April 22nd. If anyone is interested ( I HIGHLY RECOMMEND ) on going on board and experience this please contact Mike Connerton or Chris Legard @ 1-315- 654-2147. I will post the Vessel KAHO SCHEDULE shortly. Anybody interested on doing this out west. The KAHO is open to take people out of Olcott Harbor April 11th. Contact Brian Weidel @ 1-607-227-3109 ( leave message as he is most likely making “Alewife moon pies “.......... ****schedules are subject to change with this weather****. Jerry RUNNIN REBEL Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app

If he is OK with that then yes. Check it out and let me know. THANKS. I need a drop off spot for my collections from various USA & CANDIAN Tournaments Jerry RUNNIN REBEL

I will also be available to take collections or pick up if needed. I am docked at Bald eagle marina or PM me here or leave message 585-964-2106 Jerry RUNNIN REBEL

Request for Assistance with Coho Salmon Head Collection The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (OMNRF) requests your help with recovering heads from Coho Salmon caught in Lake Ontario beginning in 2018. Each year, NYSDEC stocks Coho Salmon as fall fingerlings at six sites along the New York shoreline and as spring yearlings at the Salmon River; and Metro East Anglers in cooperation with OMNRF, stock Coho fall fingerlings at the Credit River. As part of a continuing effort to evaluate the effectiveness of stocking programs, we are comparing Coho Salmon stocking strategies by mass marking and/or tagging all stocked Coho Salmon in 2016-2018. Tags are 1 mm long pieces of coded wire inserted into the snouts of fish prior to stocking. Tags are invisible to the naked eye, and undetectable without specialized equipment; therefore we need to collect the heads to retrieve the tags. Some portion of the Coho Salmon caught in Lake Ontario may also come from natural reproduction instead of hatcheries. Although some streams are known to produce wild Coho smolts, the relative contribution of wild and hatchery Coho Salmon to the Lake Ontario fishery is unknown. This information is important for fisheries managers to understand trends in Coho Salmon catch rates. To determine the proportion of wild Coho Salmon in the Lake Ontario fishery, the adipose fin of all Coho Salmon stocked by NYSDEC and OMNRF will be clipped in 2016-2018, including the fall fingerlings stocked by Metro East Anglers at the Credit River. Anglers can help by noting whether their Coho is clipped or not and include that data with the head along with noting collection date, location, and fish length on a label. See attached instructions. Recovery of mark and tag data is ongoing until 2021. We are asking volunteers to collect heads and data from Coho Salmon harvested in Lake Ontario and tributaries and place them in freezers located at sites from the Niagara River to Oswego (see below). Bags and labels will be available at freezer locations, and instructions for collections are provided below. We would like your help. Please be on the lookout for Coho Salmon when fishing. For all harvested Coho Salmon, please cut off its head, toss it in a bag, label, and put it in a freezer. If you are willing to collect Coho Salmon heads and store them in your personal freezer, we will happily come pick them up. Arrangements can be made by emailing [email protected]. Each year, NYSDEC and OMNRF relies on the cooperation of anglers like you for collecting valuable data used to inform fisheries management and science in Lake Ontario. If you have any questions regarding collection instructions or the mass marking program, please contact Michael Connerton at 315-654-2147 or [email protected] by email. Thank you very much for your assistance. Freezer Locations for Depositing Coho Salmon Heads (starting April 1, 2018) Location Latitude Longitude Fort Niagara State Park Cleaning Station 43° 15.630' N 79° 3.501' W Wilson Tuscarora State Park Cleaning Station (near bathroom) 43° 18.776' N 78° 50.712' W Wilson Boat Yard (Freezer available only in April/May at this location) 43° 18'59.21' N 78° 50'1.43 W Town of Newfane Marina Cleaning Station, Olcott 43° 20.176' N 43.064' W * Lake Breeze Marina near launch, Point Breeze 43° 22.080'N 78° 11.521' W Shumway Marina Gas Dock, Rochester 43° 15.103'N 36.517' W Bayside Marina Cleaning Station, Fairhaven 43° 18.890'N 76° 43.141' W * Wrights Landing Cleaning Station, Oswego 43° 27.724'N, 76° 31.071'W 43° 27.724'N 76° 31.071'W * Access to starred locations pending Instructions for Coho Salmon Sample Collection Cut the whole head off and place it in a bag. Note capture location, date, whether it has an adipose clip (Yes/No), fish length and the collector's name on the bag label. Note: If you did not note the presence of a clip or its length at capture, please leave that data blank. Use pencil if possible. Quick Coho Salmon Identification Tips A downloadable Salmon and Trout visual identification guide (link leaves DEC's website) is available at the New York Sea Grant website. Illustrations provided by New York Sea Grant, Artwork by Peter Thompson

In process of getting freezers at Oak Orchard and Bald Eagle Marina. I am also willing to pick up Plastic bags/heads In and around Wayne/Monroe/Orleans/Niagara/Genesee/Livingston & Ontario counties in my weekly travels if that helps fisherman collect & stock pile a few samples. THANKS Jerry RUNNIN REBEL

TONIGHT--ALL SHORELINE RESIDENTS ARE INVITED!!! 7pm on Tuesday 2/13/18 at Greece Town Hall. The lake level meeting, which was originally a Grand View Beach Association tri-annual meeting but now looks to be more focused on flooding issues, is on for tonight at the Greece Community Center multi-purpose room (on the Greece Town Hall campus). 7pm. Bill Reillich and Senator Joe Robach will be speaking, and Assemblyman Peter Lawrence is expected to show up. No confirmation yet on Dan O’Hara of NYS Office of Emergency Management, but still possible. Possible TV news coverage. Hope you can make it! Please spread the word, more people would be better for our cause. Anyone with Lake Ontario water level concerns/Questions should attend. Jerry RUNNIN REBEL