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I use the inexpensive, almost indistructible Ugly Stick one piece bigwater boat rods.

http://www.scdemocratonline.com/archives/2001/news/03March/16/elk.html Not sure if it is stuck in mud or redtape. Local RMEF representative is Tim Foster tfoster@rmef.org I sent him an email asking for an update on any plans. Found this discussion http://www.adkforum.com/showthread.php?t=7751

Yes, you have to quarter them. Of the two cow elk I shot while living in Colorado I can attest that one rear elk quarter is all one person can handle at a time.

Been seeing hunting shows in Kentucky where early 90's they placed 1,000 Elk to restore a population that has been missing since the late 1800's. The population is now 10,000 strong with a lottery hunting system in place. With the Adirondak Park towns looking more like boarded up ghost towns, I thought it would be an ideal place to reintroduce Elk. Has anyone involved in hunting groups been involved with the discussion to return elk to our great state? Pennsylvania, Michigan, etc. have herds now....just wondering why we are being left out.

Poor mans' short leadcore....with less hassle. As stated this technique has been around forever. In the eighties the usage of different weighted rubber-core sinkers ahead of a bait was standard practice in the spring and early summer. This method will never go out of style.

Welcome to our lake and thanks for the report. Please bring Capt. Chumura back with you next time as we need someone to show me how to catch those deep winter pattern kings.....I can't catch them for the life of me!!!!

I remember the first WHI and the horrible fishing that day. That all day sinking feeling of not watching rods move and wondering what the rest of the fleet was doing. The stress knowing ONE FRIGGIN' good fish could put you in the money. That is why its called fishing and not catching.

They are finally running the upper river for those who are looking to salt some minnows for Perch season.

Buy a new boat......it will make you feel better. Like losing a dog.....get a puppy!!!

Ray that little icon bears a strong resemblance to you and appears to be to scale.

http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/glcfs.php?lake=o&ext=vwt&type=N&hr=00 The switch has been turned on.

2006 was a good early start for Kings off the bar as well. We had fish right in the trench hole at the mouth of the Niagara from heavy east winds and a good smelt run during the last week of April. We are still behind two weeks from the cold 2005-06 season. Looks like the river is ice-free from the local news shot this morning.

Lots of reasons. Your hunting success taking birds. Food patterns......find what they are eating, if you do not have left over mast on the ground, they may have to hunt and peck in fields. Coyotes, foxes, and more importantly egg robbing raccoons and opossum. We have noticed our turkey population increasing with the culling of approx. 30 Raccoons, 5 opossum, and 4 coyotes.

Agreed, I have been blowing thru the cheap Chinese bearing packs within a couple of years of light trailering. Don't go cheap on the bearing packs!!!

Chas, as other fishermen have stated....Renoskys are set up by Lake Erie fishermen by upgrading the size of the rear treble and replacing the front treble with an additional split ring to balance the bait. I know fishermen who swear by this set-up recounting running them side-by-side with stock set-ups with the stock set-ups drawing dead while the modified stickbait gets hits repeatedly. There must be something to the action or the added clicking of the split ring?? Point being is it must be action related. Try different modifications and see what works.

Lake Trout from the power plant to Wilson.....as many as you want. Browns and Coho with an occasional King along the shore.

You don't need fluoro at all. Green mono disappears as good as anything.

Some fantastic fishing occurs during North wind blows between the piers at most ports. Browns and cohos move right into the warmer water that gets shoved inside.

4' boom and a downrigger with a tip up boom feature like a Scotty or a Big Jon.