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how bout just a pic of the boat? I look forward to those all winter. i'm getting a new to me boat this year that will open up a bunch of new water for me but I'm still jealous of your rig

from the DEC site if you catch them in Lake Ontario you can transport them and use them anywhere in the lake ontario transportation corridor this was a new reg a couple years back. You cannot take them to a different body of water though weather live dead fresh frozen or salted. for that they have to be commercially packaged by a means other than freezing. Collection, Use and Transportation of Personally Harvested BaitfishAny person who has a fishing license1 or is entitled to fish without a license may collect2 minnows (except carp and goldfish), killifish, mudminnows, darters, sticklebacks, stonecats, smelt, alewives and suckers for personal use in hook and line fishing only (sale prohibited) by angling and with the gear types listed below. All other species must be immediately returned to the water. See special regulations for personally harvesting alewife and blueback herring in the Hudson River. Baitfish or other legally taken fish species intended to be used as bait may only be used in the same water body from which they were caught for bait in hook-and-line fishing. These fish may only be used in a water body where it is legal to use fish as bait. Transportation of personally harvested baitfish overland by a motorized vehicle is prohibited except within a designated overland transportation corridor. See dip net exceptions for smelt, suckers, alewives and blueback herring taken for human consumption. Baitfish Collection Table

he could just be luring the angler into the water to eat him

storm is my favorite but have had success on a variety of spoons and sticks combinations that include orange gold black or pink/watermelon. and always have a firetiger/perch pattern. I have decided that color catches everything must suck to be perch.

an interesting thought the herd mentality might actually help if everyone is fishing right on top of each other than the other good perch spots are being left alone. This might serve to preserve the population. If the herd moves than the that opens up the previously pounded grouds to recover. Seneca can be a tough lake to perch fish which only serves to encourage look for boats method which is annoying if your the boat out looking for you own spot. Now to completely push short sighted selfish politics, the alewives are killing the perch population therefore they must be controlled the best way to do that is to stock kings in seneca man I would love to see that happen.

i ended up making it out lauched around 3:30 there is a line of ice bergs and debris coming off the pier and going east. was enough room to sqeek through between the bergs. We headed east dodging ice chunks all the way and set up by the point. started setting up just short of the creek and didnt get the third rod set and the first one had a fish on. ended up being a perfect eater sized brown. we circled there for the next couple hours and ended up getting 6 more hits but couldnt get them to stay buttoned up. saw them hit big bounce of the rod even felt a couple for a sec but than would just pull free. I checked all the hooks nice and sharp just one of those days. at least we had some action so I know the rig is running right. lot of logs and ice chunks out there. Its gonna be a good spring

anyone make it out today or is the river open? going to be leaving around 2 want to know if its worth the drive the webcam looks like the lake is calm

got my fingers crossed for tomarrow afternoon. hoping its open if not there is always seneca

that is a great video except hes a lefty that is definatly on my bucket list. At a pretty decent price for all thats included to. Did I see on the website that rum is included? I'm trying to talk my wife into sending me but its not going well.

i did it a couple times but farthur south to the poughkeepsie area (wife has family there). Tacke was easy for me egg singers barrel swivels and circle hooks found a bait ship with blood worms and was set. find fish on your graph and drift in them with the bait suspended at the depth of fish. got some off of the bottom but did better up high bottom was also more prone to other fish like catfish and eels. put the egg singer on your main line tie on the swivel than a flouro leader than the circle hook. I used my downrigger rods set them in a holder parallel with the water turn on the clicker and put the real in neutral. when they started to hit pick up the rod and when they swim away click the reel in gear and hold on the circle hooks made it easy. It was a blast I wish i could talk my wife into doing again. there is a website stripers247.com that is a great place for some info both on timing the run and how to fish it. we did mid may each time which worked for there.

this weekend my wife told me she hoped this was my last ice trip of the year. I said me to she got all excited until i said that would mean i would have the boat out in two weeks and she just groaned

i was getting excited that I could get my boat out in 2 weeks (maybe) than I woke up and the roof of the barn was gone. the boat was in the garage but the barn that collapsed is next to the driveway the wall on that side is leaning over the driveway my luck it will fall and block the garage as soon as the snow melts. even worse my ice shanty was in the barn. I got a contractor lined up for when the snow melts so still gonna try for big fish friday and insurence covers the barn the ice shanty was the most valuable thing in there so no major loss It just makes this winter seem that much longer first time i've ever really felt sick of winter. no one was hurt and my koi pond is untouched so far (i like my pets) really all in all not terrible I just needed to complain a little. hope the weather works out. trying to get my tourny partner to take the day and fish friday with me. hopefully i get to be more social at the end this year and the wife will let me stay a little longer.

you got to divide it by the number of years involved fishing collections build up over a life time sometimes multiple lifetimes if there is stuff given. Plus I always like to exagerate how much was from christmas gifts or birthdays or bought with gift cards. it makes it sound much better.