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I have not heard an accurate site specific reading up-lake yet. The Olcott pier typically has a least 5' reveal to water level .........now the water is to the top. Hard to find your way back to port!

Not many fishing browns right now. Fish 7' - 50' and you will find them. Use boards, leadcore, split shot ahead of flat lines, small dipsys, downriggers. Small spoons should do the trick but sticks could work also.

This is man-made. There are Lakes and impoundments all over the southern tier that artificially drop water levels in the fall to prepare for the increase water levels of spring. Lime Lake in Machias where I grew up fishing has a 2x6 at the outflow end of the lake that gets lifted in the fall. We had droughts in recent years past so this is the first year to truly show the effects.

With the rain we have had the creeks in Allegany State Park should be perfect.

Based on Arney's marina owner's observations, he noted water was rising in December. I used my snowblower twice this year in Buffalo so I doubt the unusual rise in water was from snow pack melt.

The water has no where to go as the water levrel behind the locks is high. Too late for this year. They traditionally let it out over winter to drop lake levels. We are getting a good dose of what would happen if global warming rose sea levels.

Figured the East end was due for good reports. You guys have surface temps two degrees warmer than the rest of the lake and all the down current arrows have been pointing your direction. Nice haul.

Definitely an experiment gone horribly wrong. Towns are going to loose millions.

Tournament Organizers Micromanagement Minute: In lieu of all the "no wake" restrictions on most bays around marina ports, I would think extra time for anglers to get to the scales would be in order this year. Also extra time from when you can leave the dock and when you can start fishing.

You just have to abide by the amount of legal hook points per line. You would be best served to hook up with a tackle store on the Detroit River. I saw an under water video of how many untouched walleyes live below the Peace Bridge on upper Niagara. Would be tailor made for s chugging iron and pencil plugs

And it all starts with bobbers and worms.

Night bite from Hamburg South has been excellent. High water had opened new opportunities.

I have not.

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Must have been great fishing as those are nice boxes to not have placed. Thanks for sharing.

Great rig!

Yes there are kings in Lake Ontario. Must be in Niagara county for Pro/am at a secret location. Of course the 25 knot East wind tomorrow will change everything.

Garrymny, as others has said, the downspeed and temp unit give information. Experience tells you what to do with it. You still have to use your eyeballs esp. in the spring! This morning out of Olcott before the winds picked up you might have noticed a slick line in the water at about 50'. That slick line is a "current tell". Usually there is debris in those slicks. Fish will collect along those current lines just like the debris found there. If you paid attention to the weather the day before, you would have seen there was an East wind which blows in cold water and pushes fish to the West towards the warm Niagara flow. As the wind picked up, you might have noticed that there was brown water coming in at 75-100' but the green water was persistent inside that line. Did you see many seagulls today floating around? Why not? If you were trolling towards Wilson and paying attention to your fishhawk, you were trolling into the Niagara current and against a stiff westerly. Your gps speed would tell you that you were barely moving, yet heading into the current as displayed by your fishhawk should have told you that despite not covering much ground, the current against your lure was keeping your lures working correctly. As you gain experience you will learn to trust your downspeed unit and find the units true worth, especially as the season progresses and you begin to fish deeper in the water column to find the thermocline.