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Same here Adam. Eleven rod spread and couldn't get the lakers to bite.

QDM Good vs Bad I am hearing rumors that the DEC is considering antler restrictions in the future. It would appear that the QDM groups are carrying a louder voice. The business of growing big deer is great in theory but is having some undesirable effects. Infiltration of anti-hunters into QDM groups has muddled the picture further. As more and more people leave the farm for the cities, the anti-hunting voices grow......and as they grow, politicians wanting to get elected hear them. Rumors of anti-hunters posing as pro-QDM hunter-groups walking around outdoor shows and collecting signatures of unsuspecting outdoorsmen. These "sales people" will show outdoorsmen pictures of big bucks and say "do you want to shoot deer like these?"........then you should be for antler restrictions....sign here. It would seem that the anti's are for reduction in the killing of deer in any form they can make happen.....and going to QDM (despite the premise of reducing doe numbers to better buck to doe ratios) will reduce deer take. Look at Illinois. They allow for 6 days of gun season! Yes, they allow for generous bow seasons and a muzzle season but again......these long primitive arms seasons at the expense of a short gun season means less deer taken. This makes the anti's happy. So much of Illinois hunting land has been scooped up by trophy-lease companies, access to hunting ground has become impossible. The business of hunting is booming. Good for farmers and outfitters.......bad for the average Joe. I was a staunch QDM guy. Our deer camp in Arkport was one of the first to institute QDM in New York in the 80's. At first QDM was as advertised......let young bucks walk and you have opportunities for trophies. Shoot more does and there is more food for deer over winter. Good for the herd. These tenants of QDM are true. After eight years or so of QDM we had 140" eight pointers being taken. Along with success comes demand as more groups become interested in QDM land. Demand will drive the almighty dollar. In the end my cousins had offers they could not refuse and sold off weeks on their properties thereby dissolving our family deer camp group. It happened to our group 20 years ago. It is happening now in the heartland. Two nights ago I watched a PBS show on deer and Lyme Disease. There was a town in Massachusetts (which does not allow hunting) that is tranquilizing deer and paying veterinarians to give hysterectomies to does! How un-godly and unnatural!! I am sure most of the anti's in these suburban towns enjoy eating steak. The hypocrisy of anti's........ I am firmly against state-mandated antler restrictions.......I have come full circle. I see antler restrictions for what they really are.......a restriction. The last thing we need are more of our hunting freedoms taken away. Time to wake up New York. If you are against antler restrictions it is time to let your voice heard. Yelling at a DEC meeting does nothing.......you actually have to write or email your government officials. Please do not sign any petitions if you don't know what it is and who is behind the petition!

List of items to bring for beach warfare would include: Yuzuri Cristal minnow Yuzuri Pin's minnow Yuzuri 3D twitch bait Yuzuri 3D pencil Small casting net for bait Medium action spinning gear for lure casting long distances Medium/heavy bait cast gear for live bait **didn't catch anything on casting spoons or jigs.

I believe it is Palm Beach.

As others have suggested, bright colors with rattles. Renoskys have some glow patterns and they have rattles. If the water is too muddy, you could fish the transition area where the clear water mixes in. You will not get as many fish if the the transition area is off the shore too far to stay in the warm water. When faced with conditions too muddy, I make mud pie by peeling out into the green water beyond and fish lakers.

Fishing has slowed to a grinding halt. Found a couple of areas where the beach is steep and tarpon will lay in 2' FOW in the first dip in the sand. They will lay right in bait schools and occasionally come up and suck some bait down. Extremely smart fish. They will not hit my bait that is a perfect match to the small fish around. The cudas are territorial. After taking a couple near some buoys, they now got hip to my lures and just follow for awhile and peel off. The offshore fishery is mostly cudas and wahoo. Some giant wahoo come in each day off the charters. Nothing fast or furious, mostly a couple per outing. Some black fin tunas, some bonita. I get the feeling from snorkeling and the submarine trip, there is an overfishing problem as there are not many predators around. Hit the rock jetty this morning off the Hotel Phoenix but no takers. Looking forward to coming home and hitting the shoreline for some real fishing on Lake O.

So today the bait left the docks and so have the predators. Took a trip into town and went on a submarine tour under the sea. For $100 or so, you get 1.5 hrs under the water viewing a reef community and 5 shipwrecks with a maximum depth of 150'. Totally cool. Great to get a perspective on how much light is down that deep. Amazing amount of fish in a living coral reef. Highly recommend this excursion.

There was a limited run of smelt in February. Not sure if there will be another. Lots of bait in the upper river.

Marriott Surf Club.

First try at an evening bite. Took another Lady Fish and a few others that blew up my bait but eluded the hook. Highlight of the evening was two blow-ups by 50 lb Tarpon 20' off the end of the dock on my Yozuri topwater bait (hooks didn't stick). I have to clean my shorts now.

So Day 1 found me down on the docks at first light to see what game was available. Lots of bait but no blow-ups. Tried some blind casting but no luck in the first hour. Today, was a different story. Slightly overcast conditions had predators blowing up bait at first light. Yozuri Banana bait on top cast into frenzies took a Lady Fish and a Cuda. Lost a couple of others. As soon as you hooked one, the fish would disappear and all activity would cease. Fun lasted an hour. The Charter Captains waiting for their clients were cheering me on when I would hook up. I think they were taking side bets LOL. Updates to continue.

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You don't need cowbells to catch lakers in the spring, but I agree they would do well to have a cowbell set on the bottom rigger and run the rest of the spread as a slow meat-king spread. You have to be over fish however. These guys are competing for the host tournament which pays as much as 333 champion from what I can tell. If you are not over fish, you are going to die a slow death trying to get 12 fish at 1.5 mph.

Rumors of Lake Trout Tournament in Bronte Looks like our Canadian brothers are working on a Lake Trout Tournament out of Bronte. I can't imagine what the weigh station will look like after completion..........grease everywhere. Hope it is a success and inspires one on our side.

First two episodes are up on Carbon TV. Lake Trout Yeeeeewhoooo!

In the very least ding-dong-ditch some burning bags of dog poo on the front step.

I am reading some threads about snook, crevalle and barracuda near shore bait pods.

Shore fishing in Aruba? Anyone try shorefishing in Aruba? Baits to bring?

Guys have been running them drifting the Niagara.

I still don't know how Cuomo didn't go to jail for stealing from the Pittman-Robertson fund. Moving money thru numerous accounts and into his private campaign fund. Crook like his father. If it wasn't for the NYS Conservation Council suing him we may have lost millions.

Figure what species you want to target. Figure out where their preferred temp is in the water column that day. Figure out current direction in that preferred zone. Keep you baits in the zone at a direction into the current .......or you could troll North-South on East-West currents.

You should try to become a mate on a charter boat first. You have to learn the business side.