old man

Can't wait for september. The 30 days each year i appear to know what i'm doing.

nice to see some are being caught. Work is killing me this month;i haven't been out in weeks.

that's a pretty one. Looks heavy too.

I took a whack at fly fishing about 15 years ago after reading flys could catch fish when all else fails. If you want to try it practice from a boat so you won't have all those trees behind you. It won't take long and you'll have it down. I got pretty good at it and caught some pike that way but only when they were on anyway. When i broke out the fly rod during a shutout day it didn't help. There is just no esox magic bullet. When they're hungry they eat anything,when they're not you get blanked.

Damn! Nice one!

I'm with you,why none in the middle ever? Seems like a trout troller would hit one now and then but you never hear about it. I know a guy who claims to have had a smallmouth bit off by one out of sodus but no proof. In the mid 90's there were reports of musky at oak orchard. I tried there a bunch and caught lots of pike but no musky. I think a lot of musky sightings are reported by folks who saw a northern and don't know the difference. Life would be better if musky would use the whole lake but i have yet to see proof.

Got a pm from a lou guy who gave me a craigslist link to someone looking for a yellow kayak at conesus. I gave him the address and e-mail of the rental owner. Thanks to this site someone got his kayak back.

Which brings up my favorite question;there are muskies in the rivers on both ends of ontario but none in between. Why not? Why not in braddocks or irondiquoit or sodus? If they were in the big water the trout/salmon guys would get one now and then. Thoughts?

young pike for sure

15 years is a long dry spell. My advice is start casting. I know trollers get more fish but they miss out on boatside hits;nothing like it. Stay in 10 fow and cast whatever looks good to you. When you run into a hungry one it will eat anything. I catch one there about every other time i go. I caught my first and biggest musky trolling but after catching my first casting i was done with trolling. And when casting you will never pull a fouled bait around for an hour.

In the south end on the west side is a pricey looking home with hideous pink trim. I raised a nice tiger there twice last week in about 4fow near his dock. Someone needs to catch it.

By the way,Noyes urgent care in Genesseo is awesome. In and out in 30 minutes. Back in time for happy hour. Jack Daniels;for fast temporary relief of just about anything.

no,it was on the trolling motor at the time. Would have been way too much foul language to post anyway.

yeah,some of those bass boats seem to take run and gun to another level. I might run around more myself if i had a 300hp ranger. Looks like a fun ride. I'm back home after a so-so week there. Bite was streaky for me. Caught 2 small tigers and a fair number of pike. None over 30". Never fished there during summer before. Awful lot of angler pressure there.

I'm fine. It was slow this morning. Missed a pike and a tiger,caught nada. Someone was talking about thermocline here so i checked the temps. At 9:30 in 50fow in the south it was 70 on top,60@35',and 52 on the bottom. That's from the temp gauge on my camera,for what it's worth.

We were catching pike in the slop at the south end this evening when i took one to the head.even without a barb i couldn't get it out. Had to go to urgent care. Hated to lose more hair. Not that much left.

catching sunnies off the dock with 80 lb test line. No snoopy poles for my grandkids.

Oddly,not a single bass yet. Usually bash 'em here by accident.

the white one? We're getting a pike about every 2 hours. One dink tiger today. Everything we caught has been real shallow and on spinnerbaits.

things are looking up;pike are hungry. Caught 3 in real shallow,3/5fow. No big ones or tigers. Conditions are pretty good considering the storm.