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Has anyone ever heard of these spouts getting onto land or onto one of the bays?

The current state of fishing is a result of two interests colliding. The reason why salmon was introduced into the lake was to control the alewive population. The introduction of the salmon created the salmon fishery which became a very succesful recreational activity. So where do these interests collide? In the hatchery! The original gene pool introduced into the lake was mostly very big fish, but during the difficult winters it was very hard for the large fast growing fish to find enough food and a lot died of starvation. The smaller fish, which needed less food to survive, had better survival rates and by natural selection became the majority fish. With the natural reproduction increasing and the lower need for food the smaller fish became more and more the typical Lake Ontario salmon. Many small fish with higher survival rates control the alewive population just as good as big fish, but are less prone to population collapse. So the DEC is successful as far as alewive population control is concerned. A few weeks ago, I was in the hatchery and while watching the fish swimming up the ladder I saw that the great majority of fish was in the 10 to 15 pound range with only a few in the 20 pounds+ range. I did not see any 30 pound and up fish The egg taking system currently used, is picking a narrow time slot and taking all the eggs in that time slot. I believe that it is not easy to work fast while also selecting only the large fish. specially since there are not that many large specimens and it is very tiresome work. It might be a good idea to stretch the egg taking period to more days so the workers will have more fish to choose from and have energy left to pick out the big ones. That way the smaller fish will have less reproduction potential. Another way to reverse the trend of the fish getting smaller is by bringing fresh genetic stock from the west coast for a number of years in order to reintroduce the large fish genetics into the lake. This should be done for not one year but probably for 5 or 6 years. With climate change slowly making the probability of real cold winters smaller, the bigger ones will have a good chance to re-establish themselves. Or so I hope. At this point in time, there is no real reason for the DEC to take these actions because the alewive population is under control and for us as a group it is useless to confront them because they have the decision making power. Currently we have Lotsa and Elosta. Maybe these 2 groups and a group of charter boat captains should make a united front as a special interest group and try to work with politicians in order to make the DEC take the steps to change their policy. Sorry for being so long winded.

There might be an answer in this by checking the evolutionary development differences between Lake Michigan and Lake Ontario fish.

How much does it weigh including trailer?

If it is large eyes that you are looking for, They are in Owasco Lake. I usually go after them like once a year and after catching 2 or 3 in the 30 inch range, I leave the rest alone But you really have to know that lake

I'll be in Costa Rica from September 2th till September 11th This is the time that the mahi and the tuna are very close to shore and the restaurants and shops are almost empty. I will bring the Norwegian pimples which I used for cod fish jigging off Gloucester. They have not seen action for 20 years. I'll send pictures.

On Tuesday I went out of Sandy and over 300 feet the water was 72 degrees 135 foot down. I caught steelhead at 120 feet down. So on Tuesday I went out of Oswego expecting a different picture. Out there the thermocline was at 135 feet in 400 feet of water.as we were moving farther north east to roughly 500 feet the thermocline came up to 110 feet. It felt weird.

So what is this very low price?

I have been going back and forth to a small peninsula on the pacific coast of Costa Rica and got to know some of the charter boat captains quite well. The cost of a week in Costa Rica including the flight, hotels, food and daily charters is less than half the price of a 4 day trip to the Carolinas. So for me It was an easy choice to make. The town I go to is called Mal Pais nearby a place called Santa Teresa. The place is popular amongst the surfing and yoga crowd in the late fall and winter season, but in September, October it is almost empty. The fishing is fantastic, the beach view is amazing, car rentals are cheap. so day trips to the nature reserves are easily done. I am wondering if some people would be interested in making that trip and have a nice fishing vacation. If anyone is , maybe we can get some small groups together say anywhere between 2 to 4 or 3 to 5 people on a boat. It is a great adventure for a very reasonable price. The return flight , including a flight on a Cessna puddle jumper, is altogether roughly $900 One 8 hour day offshore fishing would cost about $1100 and divided between 3 or 4 people that is cheap. Near shore is about $100 per hour, and I have caught Tuna and Mahi Mahi on these trips. You can keep the fish and cook it up or donate it to those less fortunate than us. ( I donate all my fish to a local orphanage which is run on donations) My best day off-shore so far is 23 Mahi-Mahi ,18 yellow fin tuna and 2 sailfish. For the first time in my life I have had to hand off my fishing rod to the mate because I was exhausted. The tuna is anywhere between 10 and 50 pounds, the Mahi Mahi are the 4 to 5 year olds usually about 4 feet long and close to 30 pounds Anyway, give it some thought and maybe we can get something together.

Yes it was fun, but I finally got my boat in tiptop shape just a week ago just to see my chances of using it dwindling way too fast. I will just have to get back to Costa Rica where the tuna and Mahimahi season is heating up.

I'll keep my ears open. I have engraved my name on almost everything I carry on my boat.

It has to do with the speed control connection not the contact point or the steering bar. If you try to attach it to a Tohatsu 9.9 tiller, the steering bar would be a problem because these tohatsu tillers do not have a steering bar setup (shaft tube). On a suzuki 9.9 you would have to buy an additional attachment for the speed controller connection. Also, This setup is really for Kickers, not for main engines. This setup works great. and it is a must have have for solo fishermen.