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Those ladders seem like were adhesive poor from the start. No tackiness.

This could be a thing of beauty but instead it has wings like a flying fish.

Yep, that is the way to do it. Alt WTP tape is fine for flashers due to large surface area but I run into trouble with ladder backs and eyeball stickers mostly.

Let the good times roll! Guys in Dunkirk today limited out in short order as well. Summer school is upon us.

Agreed. I will also make releasing cuts on the tape to reduce surface tension over curves and bends.

Agreed, I buy WTP when I can. WTP just doesn’t have much variety.

I do a lot of customization of baits with various tape companies. I get frustrated at times by the lack of adhesion supplied to products I purchase. What does everyone use to make tape stick better? I tried rubber cement and it ain’t working.

Right HB2, 48 degrees in 1985 is still the same as 48 degrees in 2024 -they are probably occupying the same preferred temps. They are done growing by the time they hit the streams so warmer trib temps should have no bearing on fish sizes unless smaller fish tolerate warmer water better than larger fish and therefore survive to spawn -passing on their genes.

The answer may be as simple as the natural reproduction is happening in smaller, better quality streams that favor smaller fish sizes in order to navigate low flows and/or evade snatching attempts by anglers.

A little more money and international interest with Tunas but there is much to learn via research. Much of what could be learned by studying the shrinking king size issue might have a benefit to our own health and wellbeing. For example, what if nanoplastics entering the food chain is negatively effecting the reproduction in king salmon? We might want to know that bit of information. Again, this is a hypothetical example but salmon are a great indicator species of what is going on in the environment.

I would add their weights are way down as well.

After taking out some aggression on my finger getting him out of the trap, he met his fate in a steam pot. His downfall was the snakehead carcass in the crab trap

Uglier than sin. Tastier than walleye. Can’t believe it.

I confirmed with him that he was off the Seneca Shoal red buoy. Sorry this was a little late.

A friend went out today off Buffalo near red can and caught a bunch.

There were fish there last weekend showing on graph.

Beauty!

Stripers are funny. They will eat anything and then seemingly nothing at times.

Getting ready for a week of fishing while staying on Kent Island, Maryland. Looking at the salinity charts, it looks like the East side of the bay might have some opportunities to fish for saltwater species. Does anyone have any experience and tips for the area? Hoping I don’t have to fish for white perch or snakeheads. Thanks.

Great reports. This salmon fisherman appreciates it.

I tried to mimic the mayflies with one of those northland butterfly blades with a small piece of worm when I moved inshore and saw thousands of mayflies on the water. It went down on a rigger for 30 seconds and a bass hit it.

There have been a number of posts giving theories that the reason that fish are smaller is because Lake O is bait poor. This is the not the case if you review the recent bait assessments. Something else is in play, therefore, it needs to be studied IMO.