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Streamline what devices may be used for ice fishing by modifying the statewide regulation to allow for a total of seven ice fishing devices/lines hallelujah

take up bowling I know it takes you out of the house but in a couple years you can start getting the kids into it something you can share with them in the colder months untill they build up the tolerance to ice fish. its also a great hobby to do with your wife when the kid is old enough to go to a sitter for a couple hours once a week. Trust me it wont take long before your ready for just a couple hours a week alone with the wife. first kid it may take longer to convince her but if you have a second it wont take near as long.

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you can get steel head in close to shore thru november just like a spring brown set up but more reds and pinks. as the water gets colder browns and lakers will move in close as well depending on how late you keep your boat going. And of course seneca is year round for the brave or mentally disturbed. weather permitting i've been out in both december and feburary on senca lots of room to fish

i do almost all my fishing from late morning to early evening there are pleanty of fish to be had in the middle of the day just gotta find the active ones overall it sounds like you fished seneca lake. It has a ton of fish and can give some epic days but can shut you down with no rhyme or reason. I have been re-learning trolling over the last several years and seneca has humbled me more than a few times. listen to the guys here they know there stuff and light line is a big one better action on spoons. I like P line there are many who dont. sonner or later you'll get a program for your boat dialed in and have one of those days where its tough to get all the lines out.

thats funny i wait till the games are on this time of year so i can fish in front of the piers get the whole place to myself. the trick is to dvr the game and not talk to anybody not on the boat with me all afternoon. football is even better when you can fast forward commercials

oh man I caught that in the spring when the water was 39 and had it on the grill within about 5 hours my wife did a simple rub and some fresh veggies on the side i'm dying to get another one now hopefully the spring will grant me the same forutune again next year

a smaller fish is the perfect size to feed two If i'm catching fish all day and had my choice I would keep one in the 4lb range of the target species and let the rest go including the bigger ones my wife and I both like fresh fish but if i freeze it I will never thaw and eat it so there is no point in wasting it. there are some people i can give fish to if I dont think they are going to make it but thats a last resort. this spring I got a coho in the 20inch range i couldnt get that in the box fast enough everything else that day went swiming but that was the best fish meal i've had all year and I would keep another coho that size in a heartbeat. keeping smaller fish in moderation is good harvest practice keeping everything to fill a box regarless of size not so much. All that being said a put and take fishery depends on both put and take

i can match that offer and throw in some kids to sweaten it

whats the difference if you keep it when its 1 year 2 years or 3 years old your still keeping it before it runs the rivers if you keep it smaller that means there is less compitition for the remaining fish so they can feed easier and get bigger.

the water is so cold this year and every thing is so late they didnt have to move south to stay comfy so they are just gorging on bait this year gonna be a nice class of fish for next years derby again. i wouldnt be suprised if there sneaking real shallow at night and eating panfish in numbers. looking forward to the south end winter bite got my fingeres crossed i'm gonna get several trips this year from november till march

i love it when its set up there it is the closest lauch for me so i get the most time on the water. it has also produced what is for me a lake best lake trout and brown trout though i admit i get very few browns on seneca i have to get my fix of those out of i bay in the spring.

this is a great place to learn If I had to start back at my first junk lines I would start with two short cores and splice in some mono between the colors that way with two rods you can run them at several differnt leanghts. they work great in the spring and can be deadly in the fall when the kings are close to shore. in the summer they can double as a swr. i started with a 10 color and will likely not own one again anytime soon I have a 3, 5 and 6 color and with the mono splices can turn the 3 and 6 into a 1 and 2 color I will always have those set ups available. this year i am experimenting with a torpedo diver to run them deeper I have had limited trials so the jury is still out. the flexability is the nice thing especially for a small boat lots of options with only one or two rods. I'm still not sold on copper i own a 300 but it sees limited use. i'm in it more for the sport and end up releasing more than I keep so the copper is not the ideal set up especially i was not able to afforde a super high speed reel.

i ended up with the day off friday so sounds like a good day to go fishing. put the kid on the bus and headed to roys stayed on the west half of the lake with the wind and glad i went out. had the fist fish before i got 3 rods in the water. found schools of bait and pods of fish everywhere ended the day at 8 for 12 with the big one being 12-13 lbs. did manage to get a pair of bows into the boat one about 4-5 and the other only about 20 inches was a battle with the wind but caght fish at all depths lakers on the dipseys back 220-240 and the rigger down 60 took 5 shots including both bows. sorry no pics didnt want to clean fish today so everything got back in the water quick. now i cant decide if i wanna go back there next weekend or if i hope lake o is calm enough for me. anything white spin doc with purple flys took fish.