old man

Quite a washout today. Water is up over the dock and 0 visibility. Went out for a bit and added a minnow bucket and beach ball to my booty. Lot of stuff floating around.

i set a new personal best for getting wet this morning. Still no fish. Picked up the kayak in the photo. It's at 5620 east lake road if anyone is looking for it.

Slow here so far. Haven't seen a fish yet. Snagged a cell phone that still worked. Called some 900 numbers and threw it back.

Ouch. The smaller ones are tougher than they look.

Thank you

I am staying at conesus for a week starting saturday. I read there is a blue green algae outbreak and swimming ban. Any info out there?

that's a fine half day of fishing right there! Nice job.

Thanks

Looking good! What's that gauge in the back of your boat?

Great fish,congrats!

There are tons of small to medium pike all around the castle,if you can stand the traffic. There's always one or two in the creek mouth behind bolt castle's boathouse. If you need to entertain some family try casting in and around millionaire's row. Your guests can gawk at the yachts and mansions while you catch a bunch of small pike. And wherever there are lots of small ones a big one shows up now and then.

oh good,it's not just me

53"?,5 muskies by 5pm?, many boats with 3 or 4 fish? Lord do i suck!

Interesting stuff here. I started using a butt can a few years ago after reading they leave chemicals in the water detrimental to fish. I always take the front treble of any bait that comes with 3, never hooked one on a front hook and it just makes a mess in the net. The hooks i leave on all have the barbs pinched off. As for water release it's not for me. I bust my tail for the few muskies i catch and i'm getting a photo unless it's a real dink. I use a go pro for this and get nice photos with the fish out of water about 10 seconds. I don't like jet skis or wake board boats with big stereos any more than any other fisherman but i respect their right to be on the water. I feel overall muskies have it pretty good with regulation,stocking,and angler attitude. Pike on the other hand get a raw deal in new york. If we had a limit of one a day and a 36" minimum we could all enjoy an amazing pike fishery on hundreds of waters and the cost to the state would be $00.

I had as many weeds on my deck as the weed choppers brought in. Not sure why they were even out there. Maybe they're paid for and have to go through the motions?

By the way, two of the weed choppers worked lighthouse point and irwin's bay today. I thought the weeds were pretty minimal for this time of year but what do i know?

I still managed a goose egg today. I fished from 6 til a bit too long after the storm hit. Nothing but bass for me.

There are lots of small to medium pike all around wellesy island and in lake of the isles. You can fill your boat with pike in eel bay. Big ones are tough to come by. The drop offs into deeper water have bigger ones but far fewer numbers. A muskie there is a long shot at best. Like kevin said you may have more fun targeting bass. Worms,minnows,crabs in 25fow will produce 4lb smallies all day. Keep your bait 2-3 feet off bottom to reduce the gobie bite.

it was my wise crack that prompted the question so i'll try to answer. The angler has a bass style lip lock on the muskie and is using a towel for protection. I have never seen this attempted and i said i hope the towel was kevlar as a joke. I don't know of anyone who uses any cloth to handle muskies. Cloth takes off slime and that's a no-no. Judging by nitromusky's response the guy got bit. I apologize to the guy for joking about his misfortune. On the other hand i would trade a few stitches for that fish any time. As for the point system,go to the nymusky69 website and read the open tournament rules. And when you get your first keep your hand out of it's mouth.

Nice fish. Hope that's a kevlar towel