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  1. Gill-T
    I am not a scientist but looking at the data provided by Dr Weidel, phosphorus appears to be at levels that trend the lake as Oligtrophic (cold, clear,less fertile). Of note was the last ph reading taken at the end of September showed a reading of 6.8 (trended acidic as the summer moved into fall). It seems like what happened to Adirondack lakes during the height of acid rain degradation-big heads small bodies on fish. Add exotics and some disease (from lack of food-stress) and you might have an anti-fish cocktail. Are the shells from dying zebra and quagga mussels putting more Ca+ into the water raising the Ph? The 2019 study concluded no major changes to the water. Are there monitoring studies still ongoing? How does the water in 2024 compare to 2019?
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    Lake Ontario was a chemical dumping ground through the 80’s and alewives thrived. They had a robust plankton diet before the zebra and Quagga mussels. Poor water quality had seemingly presented no barrier. My guess would be you lost the food web in Keuka due to exotics and there is probably some disease(s) in play.
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    The word is fish are scattered but no weeds Wilson/Olcott area.
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    https://www.glfc.org/pubs/lake_committees/common_docs/Weidel_etal_2024_LkOntarioAprilPreyfishAlewifeReport.pdf
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    Lake Erie Bite 2024

    Gill-T replied to Gill-T's topic in Walleye

    I am hearing that there was a sewage release in Dunkirk which will not help either.
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    Lake Erie Bite 2024

    Gill-T replied to Gill-T's topic in Walleye

    My neighbor just got back from their cottage on the Canadian side and noted a fish kill was starting. This wind is going to mix things up pretty good.
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    Boom! Bill has a couple of evening cocktails and he is giving away derby dollars!! Awesome offer.
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    Wilson Boatyard Marina and Bootlegger’s Cove DOES NOT have tackle anymore. They have gas, slips and are still serving as LOC weigh stations
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    Boat Doctors - Olcott, NY Jim and Karen have everything you need or would want for trolling plus other items such as boat supplies and Dramamine.
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    Captain’s Cove - Oak Orchard Has some tackle. This is a new store that will probably be increasing inventory over time. They have rooms and slips to rent.
  11. Gill-T
    There are often people inquiring about where to buy tackle when they come up to the lake. Knowing how important it is to support local tackle shops, I thought I would start a thread that highlights some of the tackle shops on the West side of the lake. Feel free to add to the list to help serve as a resource for others. Route 18 Tackle shop: near Hamlin Has pretty much everything you need to fish Lake Ontario including custom Hawk series of spoons. Additionally, there are some stickbaits for walleye and other warm water species tackle.
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    Lake Erie Bite 2024

    Gill-T replied to Gill-T's topic in Walleye

    The lake has flipped. The water off Buffalo will probably be still warm. https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/ncast.php?lake=eri
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    A good way to think of water and how it can affect fish movement is to picture a lava lamp
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    Lake Erie Bite 2024

    Gill-T replied to Gill-T's topic in Walleye

    My brother went off the Catt last weekend and got their two man limits in under two hours each day. I imagine there will be a negative effect from the weather this week
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    September conditions will be way different than current. You will get nothing useful from reports this early as a lot will change during staging. The one theme this year class of fish has shown last year and this year is a preference for spoons first, meat second.
  16. Gill-T
    I was wondering if anyone can shed any light (confirm or deny) a rumor going around that some of the East end captains are looking to meet with the DEC to discuss the shrinking size of King salmon with consideration for a moratorium on stocking for two years?
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    Lake Erie Bite 2024

    Gill-T replied to Gill-T's topic in Walleye

    Aiden is derby dreaming 😴
  18. Gill-T
    Awesome…..but why isn’t Pete making the report? We all appreciate his soothing narrator voice.
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    Wow! A jigging slam?? Unreal.
  20. Gill-T
    Hit the water today at the bight early time of noon. For some reason my spidey senses said go brown fishing young man….I never go brown fishing in the summer. I don’t know why I decided to Brown fish but glad we did. If you have never seen a pre-spawn staging brown blitz, you are missing out on one of the wonders of nature. We set down in 42’ and it was game on. Rods going in, rods going off. Non-stop action for three hours. Browns were stacked from top to bottom. Fish were rolling and boiling on the surface. 76 degree water. And then it ended. Hooks still there but the blitz just ended. We slid off the drop and spent the next two hours on two and three year old kings. Great day. Spoon bite. Michigan Stinger stingray UV glow alewife and dreamweaver mag spoons. Rigger and slide diver bite.
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    Ah! Of course.
  22. Gill-T
    Why do I see palm trees?
  23. Gill-T
    I use Anchor Marine on Grand Island.
  24. Gill-T
    Great 👍
  25. Gill-T
    Battery always charged up. I don’t leave out riggers in rain but keep the ideas coming
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