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Remember this time of the year, it is important to consider equally “where the fish are” as it is to consider “where they are going “. Staging should be starting.

34.2, 16.5, 15.1

I don’t know too many people that have a good program for 12’ waves

Ya but our riggers don’t use Natural Gas so we will ok.

Forecast was wrong. Buoy data says she is still rocking so looks like I am working on house projects……

Going to take a second stab at gold on Sunday. Saturday’s winds should bring a fresh batch of fish.

I hand stitched my bags for repair using a heavy duty needle and Berkley Fireline 30lb. Two years later no problems.

When it is blowing close to 20 mph, it has a positive effect on fish and a negative effect on fishermen

It is hard to read on the tag Brian but I believe it says to call in the color of Gambler rig used to catch it.

Thanks for the read. To help shape the conversation about rainbows and browns in the finger lakes, they were stocked, not native. Some of the anger directed towards walleye in favor of trout is curious.

I don’t see a conflict. Walleyes are essentially a big perch that will probably feed mostly on gobies and sculpin.

I think the study said the opposite. More bait means fish will be more likely to mature earlier.

Glen, I don’t disagree with you about more two year olds maturing lately but the majority of this thread was a discussion on how the top end weights of three and four year old kings has diminished. Are you seeing smaller 3 or 4 year olds in the river or are we all just being outsmarted?

I wonder since king stocking has all but stopped on Lake Superior and Lake Huron, kings in Lake Michigan have bait to chase in three lakes if they want to go roaming. Lake Ontario kings are stuck.

Then there is this. https://www.wivb.com/news/investigates/forever-chemicals-buffalo-sewer-urged-to-stop-treating-landfill-wastewater/amp/ these legacy chemicals that have been shown to effect hormonal activity could be to blame for two year old kings reach maturity at a younger age. We are at the end of the waste stream. Michigan water is cleaner.

Evolving kings No emeralds to jump start shakers Artificial selection at Altmar Bigs in rivers more likely to get snagged Better fishing fleet Internet fishing reports Less older class alewives Spin Doctors and UV spoon tape

Ok, it was me. I did it. I was the red boat.

Beauty!

No worries, he only lost a couple of Gary D rigs and we all know those don’t catch fish.

What was the state of health of the king? By the look of things, that flasher was dragging bottom for awhile. He probably got into your spread to take a look and got the rig snagged. Better to be lucky than good.