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I can cure you Rick Billy, good luck with surgery, healing times are a lot quicker with todays' methods. Was that last fish picture of a giant Coho or a King?

If you are going to put some down and target big kings, buy the white/double crush glow ones and try bumping up the speed a little. Normally, guys will run at 2.4 mph-2.7 with 8" spin docs, but the 6" version spins in a smaller arc so less fly whip/action.......speed it up if they are streaking but not hitting.

Mostly a springtime coho paddle. Try 15-20" length leader. I have caught steelhead and small kings on them also. I am experimenting with them on bigger fish right now. Double orange crush 6" spinny with a small blue/green fly is a coho killer.

Evening trip start 100'. Morning trip start closer. Temp probe helps here. Usually, where I first run into 50-ish degree water on the bottom I start there and fish the marks on the graph.

Go back to the stone age Jack. Seems like you have a little "****" in you too. Keep in mind, team crazy B, did not win because Tom sponsored them. They won because they outperfomed a unbelievably experienced field. Tom sponsors the great teams, but they were great BEFORE sponsorship not BECAUSE of it. Lake Ontario is the great leveler. Sponsors will not help the fish to bite. Sponsors will not help with the weather. With the exception to size of boat (sponsors don't give teams boats, by the way).....it is a level playing field.

Great work Werner. I was very impressed with your execution, boat handling, fishing knowledge etc. etc, and more importantly the balls to stay with your fish. A lot of fishermen would have moved after a while, but you recognized the type of day it was (an east wind grind) and realized you had to be over fish during those few moments they went on the feed. A well deserved victory! Chad

Every morning this past week, boaters are casting Erie Dearies on the hump in front of the sunset bay beach club off the Catt. in 17' FOW from 6-8am and limiting out every morning!!!! Wierd year I think you are seeing the results of the eastern end stocking program come to fruition.

I have never seen a deer sit still and feed in one place, unless it is going to bed down. Deer are constantly on the move living off a variety of foods. I am always perplexed to see deer eat a couple of apples and then continue on with floor covered with them. I think if they eat too much of one thing they get gassy (see also Mighty Taco). Bottom line you have to offer them browse (by tree trimming/logging), nut trees for protein, greens-agriculture, apples are a bonus but more like desert for deer. Your play on hunting the trails to/from the food plots and apples is the right play and won't change no matter what you plant. (ps try brassicas) Do you have apples this year? We got the warm spring/early bud/frost kill in the southern tier so no apples again

All the laws are open to interpretation by the DEC officers enforcing them. The spirit of the law is to keep people from transporting an exotic species to other bodies of water, so I would never keep one in a pail waiting to be used. I have no problem when I catch a gobie, sending it back down to be eaten by a smallmouth. Dead gobie, confused smallmouth, happy angler

I will be there to observe, driving in from Buffalo. Might need a place to shack up, however, since we have to be there by 4:45 am.

Apparently, I am not going to make detective.

You can run a free slider-spoon over a spinnie, when you pop the release DON'T REEL until the spinnie is at the top where you can skip it back in.

Ray, you might has well add any game animal out west to that list. I didn't care for the elk or antelope I killed and won't chase them anymore for the same reason. I tried to feed the antelope meat to my dog, and he wouldn't touch it!

I alway seem to do better trolling into the current. Best way to make sure your lures are kicking.

That last one looks like it lost it's velvet already!

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name:Gill-T Hooker ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s):8-13-10 Time on Water:3hrs Weather/Temp:sunny Wind Speed/Direction:12 mph E/NE Waves: 2-4 Surface Temp: 60 inside (lake rolled), to 68 degrees past 350' Location:North of Wilson LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: Total Boated: Species Breakdown: Hot Lure: Trolling Speed: Down Speed: Boat Depth: Lure Depth: ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS Nice and cool in tight with the lake rolling over last night. 60 degree surface temp and vapor screen on fish finder on the inside waters. Headed north and soon as we hit 325' the temp started rising. When we hit 65 degrees, the rods started popping. Nice bait picture out there, but no real hooks among the bait. All fish were in the top 35'. 6,7 colors, divers out 90' and riggers cheated set 35', 29'. Small kings and steelhead. ====================

Word has it as of December, all New York gas stations are mandated to sell gas with 10% ethanol. Kwickfill have the only stations I know of that currently don't have ethanol already. I was thinking maybe we could petition local representatives to allow Marinas to carry ethanol-free gas. Does anyone know how we could create an online petition? Maybe throw in the windmill issue and funding for DEC and maintaining current stocking levels...... you know a grievance sheet

Salmonite, you can't legally use salt licks or bait to feed wildlife, so since this is a public forum you may want to PM Jerry

Hey guys, I RARELY target Muskies, but used to spend a week each year on Chaut. .....and occasionaly target muskies before the walleye started biting. We were always there during the August dog days. For what little time we spent chasing Muskies we did occasionally catch them by using downriggers in the deeper water of the NE side. I think a lot fish end up around those two 50' holes to find cooler water after feeding.

The old lady is unhappy with the site, however,..........she says I am on this site too much instead of rubbing her bunyons.

Great. Now when can I come out?

Top picture is a mature buck. Look at the shape of the nose from the eyes down to the tip. The other two are 1.5 year olds most likely. Looks like you have a good crop of mature deer to wait for this year. In response....because they get shot! Genetics are ok, food is good. The main ingredient missing on most deer hills is age.

Different buck. Last years three point looks 1.5 -2.5. Bad genetics with those two...shoot them. On our hill we have a six point gene where we get some monster mature six pointers that never will amount to much. THE WORST deer to shoot is the 1.5-2.5 year old eight or ten pointer. Best thing about your camera is you can really study the deer in your area and know which ones to shoot when you see them. Best way to age is look at the rack....is the inside spread past the ears? Does the animal have the "roman nose" where the nasal bone is convex shaped (humped up) not straight. Look at the body size esp. the size of the rear legs, the belly, the neck. VERY few make it to 5.5 years old in New York....when you see one, you will know instantly it is a shooter because it will look like an elk in comparison to other deer you have been seeing. Nice bruiser pictures from last year!!!!! Now those will be some good ones this year.

Jerry that spike looks to me like he is either a champion fawn, or a sickly 1.5 year old. Don't like seeing the rib cage showing. My guess is you got a 1.5 year old with worms. If he survives till fall put an arrow in him and keep him from mating.

Looks like an Alaskan fish!! Great King.