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I bet those welds fatigue again. Similar to old welded Crestliners, they will fail due to cyclic impact. Unless you buy a heavy duty welded boat like a Kingfisher, Duckworth, or North River, the thin gauge aluminum will fail. That is why rivets are easier to repair than welds. Sorry about your luck.

I have some new in box Great Lakes Green plugs which can always be painted. I will go through what I have and post later today. These are the original Lymans with painted eyes and not stickers like the new ones.

I will help out with the pens. I'm 45-34-35 if that means anything.

Maybe we got your fish. As stated before, runs on the NE shores were quite good this year. Lots of kings made it up to spawn naturally without human interaction since the season closed shortly after the major runs. I too want science to provide a response first before we stock more. There is a meeting scheduled on Oct 25th with the MNR department head and workers to ask questions on what happened this year on the NW end of the lake.

They did lower the limits from 5 fish to 2 a couple years ago for a full license. For a conversation license it is 1 for each. The combo of trout/salmon is 5 max of which only 2 can be bows for full license.

North shore bow limits in the lake and river is 2 for possession. Possession is the key. As everyone knows, that includes what is in the freezer at home however our friends from our neighbouring province don't understand that. Each year they target bows throughout each day and they keep pretty well everything that makes it to the boat. They bring their own freezers and load them up and then take them all home. Very hard to prove this as they state the fish are "clients" fish and they are just holding for them. This was an odd season for sure and nothing like I have experienced 20 - 30 years ago as we would do well anywhere on the lake but out west it was nuts with the amount of fish in the Credit. I haven't been at the Credit for close to 20 years now but even 20 years ago it was not as good as it was 30 years ago. I did fine though this year.....no skunks and good numbers of fish on most trips. No coho this year for me which was very odd when I was out in the blue zone. I hope you guys convince the DEC to take a hard look at what is going on. Without DEC support or guidance, the OMNR will do absolutely nothing. They will dump fish wherever as it is a checkmark for them. When MEA looked after the hatchery and stocking for a 6 year period a few years ago (OMNR took responsibility back 2 years ago I believe), they did things that made sense. Stocking at night, stocking with correct water temps, raising smolts to a good size prior to stocking, pen projects, etc. They did this because they all had a vested interest in this and lots of us guys who loved fishing kings all took our personal time to volunteer with egg collections, pen duties, hatchery duties, and stocking. Not sure what the commitment level is now since it has been taken away from anglers who care. I'm sure some do care, but some may not care so much.

Steelhead get dragged behind a boat that doesn't stop and with the oxygen levels in the waters they are in, they are more susceptible to dying. That is why there are so many floaters in the blue zone. Guys don't want to take the time to revive them, just catch them. King Davy, I have fished the Ganaraska since the late 1970's and as stated, the levels are way down but they were never at 25K. I believe 1982 was the highest peak recorded run which was just over 18K. Still, runs have improved over the past few years where they are approaching 8 - 10K again so there has been a resurgence. Getting back to kings, north shore tribs out our way are loaded and with the late runs, it has been good because they close the majority of the tribs after Sept 30 which gives these fish the best chance as compared to typical years when the runs start in mid Aug. Strange year, but the runs out my way are fine however that is not the case out west or on the south shore. I say wait another year before people can start crying chicken little.

On the highway behind a truck. Enough BS already.