Reel Doc

Nothing better than sunrise out on the water. Great pics!

Looks like an excellent 3 days!! Nice pics!

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Another beautiful fish. WTG

Nice looking fish. What do you mean by a Coho rig?

What a beautiful fish. And to catch it on a beautiful day. Thanks for sharing the pic

I noticed that too!! What are your "GoTo" Spoons as it seems you have many choices!!

Some great looking fish!! It's been a Winter/Spring with super weather weekdays and not so good weekends. I'm so jealous of all who can get out on the weekdays!! Tempting to retire sooner rather than later.

Nice fish. It seems that Spring fishing Ontario can be like a box of chocolates....only been doing it for 4 years now and in addition to Browns have had Atlantics, Coho, Kings, Lakers, Perch, and a Small mouth. Never caught a Walleye any time of year so waiting for that!! I suspect hooking a Walleye that size in skinny water put a good bend in the rod.

Beautiful fish. I'm jealous after spending the day in the office.....

Point/Counterpoint. With the number of invasive/stocked non-native fish in the Fingerlakes and Great Lakes, these ecosystems will never be what they were 1 or 2 centuries ago. Gobies are sensitive to and typically are killed by botulism and predator Salmonids that eat them do not typically contract Botulism. If we fully cook our Salmonid catch, no human risk. Also, Gobies do consume significant numbers of zebra mussels. It takes an invasive to control an invasive......too bad we haven't found one to control the lamprey. In the end, I applaud the DEC for providing us these Wonderful lake fisheries despite all the issues with invasive species, including plant invasives.

As far as the salmon/trout fishery goes, does it really matter if the bottom bait fish are Sculpin or Gobies? Their life cycle and habitat seems identical, unlike smelt vs alewife.

It is saying a lot about climate change when the ice is sketchy at Magog. Did some ice fishing up there in the 70's and ice was 3 plus feet thick!! Fond memories as a young teen catching perch and smelt in a solid wood shanty in below zero temps. The wood stove kept us warm and the stories from the adults kept us laughing all day. Enjoy that free time in retirement to get out on the water. I look forward to the luxury of choosing to fish on calm days rather than hoping all week for nice weekend weather.

Wanted to get one last trip out of Taughannock before the lake rises and the boat won't fit under the bridge. Good timing to get out today as lake is up nearly 2 feet since last trip. Made it under with a solid 6 inches to spare. Weather forecast was spot on for strong winds so the game plan was fish tight to the West shore. Started about a mile North of the Boy Scout camp and went South for the morning. Lakers started things off hitting downrigger spoons, then some decent sized Landlocked Salmon followed suit. Marked some groups of fish several times but it was not a day to go Crazy Ivan as the wind was too strong. Lines on the board were quiet until a Brown took a stick off the 2 color. The clouds broke up and the late morning sun seemed to shut off the bite, but we considered the morning a success, even if my first mate slept for most of the trip......

Those Connecticut lakes are right at the top of New Hampshire so I suspect nice scenic fishing there. Never been but spent time a little West of there fishing with relatives in Northern Vermont streams and beaver made ponds for wild brook trout. Also a few trips on Memphremagog. New England states do have some nice freshwater fisheries and then there are always ocean spots nearby too. Thanks for reaching out with some info. Post us a pic next time you hook up with one of those New Hampshire Landlocked salmon.

Being a UConn alum, I know you had quite a drive to get up to Ontario. Glad to hear your persistence paid off in some fish AND you made it back to Port safely. Where are there landlocks in NorthEast Connecticut?

Don't you all get a little nervous adding another knot and create another line change? When the wire curls start from rod break downs I figure it's a signal that it's time to cut back a few feet of wire and retie to the terminal swivel.

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Attaching the summary of results for Cayuga. If anyone is interested in the entire report, send me an email address and I'll forward the entire 40 plus page document. It includes results for Cayuga, Owasco, Skaneateles, and Otisco. I encourage everyone who fishes the Fingerlakes to become an angler cooperator. It isn't hard to do and the data becomes more accurate if additional anglers make reports.