Missdemeanor

Report 05/20 & 05/21.... Tough fishing right now.... Ran out to our Numbers from Sunday to find a ghost town .. I should have known better.... Went into shallower water and competed with the gigantic clouds of bait. Caught some cohos small kings and a couple steelhead. I've never had my fish finder screen be totally blocked out by bait clouds Yesterday we had a short day, so we fished the bait again. Super tough to compete with the real McCoy! Laker, cohos, and a 2 year old ... This is exactly why they call it fishing and not catching...stinger Black and Silvers on Freeslyders, DW super slims acid Rain, DW Superslims in magic Man were all producers the last two days. It's funny how it goes from rockem sockem robots to a total grind. But that's the Transition for you. Let's hope some stable weather comes in.

Very good three days out of Niagara County...

I fished em most of the winter and Spring.... They are around... They happen to be smaller. The reason for that is ( my theory) is we are missing at least one year class. Year COVID... I remember getting a call from a lady who said she had a bunch of dead fish washed up on her beach in Greece and asked if I could come look at them. There were 100s of dead fingerling browns. Two days prior the DEC stocked them. How the fish Died is anyone's guess, however the lake had dropped 5 degrees in a day and the DEC was in a rush to stock due to government agencies closing down. As far as catching.... Browns have adapted to the round Goby as everyone knows.. in areas where the alewife spawn hasn't started yet, they are still munching on those gobies. I caught a bunch of Browns in the Spring LOC, most were puking up Gobies. All the browns we caught were released ( no stomach checks) except one ....and she had a big gobie in her gut. The size thing is a head scratcher.... But my feeling is, this will turn around as there are still nice classes of fish out there.

Two day Report including Olcott/ Wilson Big Boy Shootout tournament.

Tough BT fishing . Fished hard to get one that squeaked in above the minimum...

Gaspergoo..... Fight awesome

Thank you to all the volunteers who made this pen project possible. The Genesee River Pen raised Kings were released this afternoon. A really good turnout made this work detail go very quickly and efficiently .. thank you! Now as far as the condition of the fish... They looked great! Very lively, and in great shape. Maybe a handful of dead ones for 6 pens was a fantastic survival rate. Another good note... The Genny is churning out some chocolate milk water to hide the little guys. And most important, we saw zero Cormorants and gulls around the marina. The old saying " If you build it, they will come" comes to mind . So all the hard work and dedication from our volunteers is an investment into this great fishery!

We are winding down on the 2024 Rochester Penn project. Attached is a pic of the feeding schedule. If anyone can fill the open spaces, please text or call Capt Randy at (585) 739-0569. A follow up post regarding the fish release date will be coming soon.

John was a fantastic guy.... Really went out of his way and gave me some solid advice. I ran into Francis a couple years ago. She hasn't changed a bit. We had a lot of laughs reminiscing about the times at Riverview. Great folks for sure!

Your welcome..... It's a tough call to go or no go if you look at some of the forecasts.... Windfinder app is pretty good. Many years ago when I first got the MissD, a charter captain named John McCabe took an interest in sharing info with me even though I was still a rec guy. So it's kind of paying John back for the help he gave me

Very very good chew.... Nice class of Browns, and a king... Lost two other kings....

Genesee River Pen Rearing project is full steam ahead. The 138,000 Salmon smolt are doing great and are pretty active in the pens If anyone would like to volunteer to come down to Shumway Marina to feed them at one of the scheduled times, please contact Capt Randy Calus ( Feed schedule coordinator) at (585) 739-0569. Here are the open times and Dates... Thank you to all all the volunteers who make this program a continued success.

Very cool ..... Great day!!!!

Fun short trip fishing with my Dad and my Brother. No kings , but a good Brown bite...

I don't normally get cracked off on kings with 15# unless they take the lure down deep... In fact I use #15 or #17 all summer on spoon rods. #15 is usually pretty good and I just have my drags set accordingly .. As far as flouro. I absolutely 100% will not run spoons or sticks without it ... You never know what kind of water your going to encounter . Now brands of Flourocarbon leader material is important also .. I personally had terrible luck with Pline. I don't only use Seguar.