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I love it. " A hearty shiner would be a dream come true". I guess I am not the only guy who spends way too much time with his bait

I have practiced a lot keeping emeralds alive during warmer weather. A couple of things, First, temp. is the key but - do not throw ice in there and do not cool them down rapidly. If the temp of the water you got them in is 50 deg try to match that and slowly raise the temp. They will die immediately if you thermal shock them. Second, Use a cooler with a couple airaters. They need the room. A bucket is too small. Transfer them to an airated bucket for transport too. Third, change the water at least once a day and remove any dead ones immediately. Make sure the water has no chlorine in it. I just keep a bucket full of water out a day in advance. The chlorine disintegrates in 24 hrs. And fourth, if you are really serious, there are some commercial products out that bass fishermen put in their live wells to keep the bass healthy for weigh ins. That works too. I know, pain in the *** but I can keep them alive for a week like this in a 60-70 deg garage. Hopefully, you can feed them to the fish before that.

My best advice for Seneca is expect to fish next to the most territorial perch fisherman in the world. God forgive you if you get within a hundred yds of someone. Something about that lake that brings out the crazies.

About the only place that I can catch bass is Lake Erie, Buffalo or Fort Niagara area in Ontario. Just don't waste my time anywhere else these days.

I am in a slow learning curve when it comes to Erie eyes but it seems that the best color that works for me is Black/Purple anything! The same color combo is a killer on Oneida in bucktails with a worm.

Went back again yesterday and decided to try the Canada side of the roundhouse. Not a single bass! But, if you looked down over the gravel areas surrounded by weeds, you could see them all over. This was in 15-17' They seemed to have lockjaw in that area. Fortunately, I still had a few more honey holes that paid off.

We were at Seneca shoals the same day and found a small area that held a few bass. Tried earlier for eyes in front of the windmills for eyes but never hit one. What depth of water were you in. I worked the area from 30 -45 without seeing much.

To answer your question about abrasion resistance, in my experience, you are much better off using a braid. Gator finally convinced me to try it and he is right about casting a country mile. Great for Seneca. I thought this would be the ticket drifting and drop shotting on Erie for bass too but the first time I tried it, I lost two or three rigs dragging across the mussels and rocks. Not good. Thankfully, my other rods had power pro and I did not lose any more fish or rigs to abrasion.

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Since I am home and not fishing, I posted the regs. However, the part I did not post said that you can sell certain fish - including crappie and walleye - if legally caught in another state and you get the appropriate permits from a regional DEC office. I would imagine that those permits are not free and are not easy to obtain.