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If 5 LOU Members can agree on a Beckman Musky Net,Salmon Net or Walleye Net I can give you via email [email protected] the LOU pricing. The nets must be ordered in lots of 5 Nets and can be mixed in Style & Size to get Free Shipping. Then the Nets would have to be Drop Shipped to one address for all to pick their Net up from or we would have to all meet at somewhere like Gander Mtn once they arrive to pick them up! Last year LOU members purchased 87 Nets! (I will take orders until May 15th) http://www.beckmannet.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=3&product_id=31 Musky http://www.beckmannet.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=74 Salmon http://www.beckmannet.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=2&product_id=19 Walleye Capt. Larry

ifishy,Closed March 15th http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/31423.html Ileagal to target fish durring a closed season! The season is closed for Northern Pike from March 15th till the 1st Saturday in May to assure they have a sucessful spawn.

Chautauqua County Fishery Advisory Board and Chautauqua County Federation of Sportsmans Clubs have Voted to send a letter to NYSDEC Region 9 supporting 3rd Saturday in May Opener and Dec 15th Closing of Inland Muskie Waters with a Sizelimit of 42"! They will also send letters to NYSDEC Region 6 supporting Upper Niagara River & Lake Erie July 1st Opener and Dec 15th Closing dates for Muskies with 54" Sizelimit!The NMA will Vote on their position on April 2nd as well.

Chad, The Lure's are valued at $20 to $35 each with custom painting! I can signup New Members via my droid phone at the NY Muskies Chapter 69 Meeting April 15th,members bring new members,new members come to the meeting on your own! Some lures are valued at the same cost as your membership dues to Muskies Inc,now that's a deal! There will also be a very good raffle table of lures at the April 15th Chapter 69 Meeting as well.Those who want to signup for the NY Muskies 69 Chautauqua Musky Tournament to be held on Chautauqua Lake on June 29th(NY Free Fishing Day) can signup at the NY Muskies Chapter 69 Meeting,$40 Entrant Fee,$2500 cash payout(with 100 full field),$1500 towards Bait Fish Purchase for Pendergast Hatchery to raise the Muskie Fingerlings an extra 2 to 2 1/2 inches before Stocking the NY Inland Muskie Waters! We should be able to take credit card payment by the meeting date or you can pay with check made out to NY Muskies 69 or by cash.

I will have the Hard Copy of Larry Ramsell's "A Compendium of Muskie Angling History 3rd Edition" and "Muskies On The Shield" by Guide Dick Pearson at the April 15th NY Muskies Chapter 69 Meeting,chapter members can check out the books and return them the next meeting!

Next NY Muskies Chapter 69 Meeting April 15th,7:00 pm at the Moose Lodge,5375 W Henrietta Rd, West Henrietta, NY I will do a Seminar on Chautauqua Lake Muskies. I will also make this offer to Chapter 69 Members, bring a new person that becomes a Chapter Member and I will give you a Free Crankbait,pick from a big selection of quality brands,Depthraider's,Believers,Swimwiz,Hi-Fin Trophy Diver Jtd,Newman12"Jtd,Manta's,Radkies,Suick's,Stud Dog Spinner's,Durst Painted,MRG Painted, Dutchfork Lures Painted,etc..Also anyone that comes to the Chapter 69 Meeting on their own and joins I will give You a Free Crankbait as well! For those who live to far from Rochester,NY to drive to the NY Muskies Chapter 69 Meeting April 15th,signup for Muskies Inc. Membership at www.nymusky.com click on membership,designate NY Muskies Chapter 69,then email me your Muskies Inc.Membership Number(March 29th tru April 15th signup period) and I will email you back a list of available crankbaits & lures that you can choose one Free and I will mail it Free!

Tony,Headed there now!

Your missing Findley Lake(purebred stocked last three years),Allegheny River(Olean section),Grassy River,NY State Ditch,Olean Creek and a couple other smaller creeks. Sizelimit is now 30" on all Inland waters except Chautauqua Lake,40" is better then 30" ,but I would rather see 42" or higher!

I did not go to the Lockport "State of Lake Ontario" meeting because I went to the one at R.I.T. in Rochester,also had Erie County FAB meeting the same night!

Back in October,2012 the NY M.I. Chapter 69 was contacted about NY Inland Muskie Season Changes by the NSDEC Region 9 Office,they wanted our imput on starting & ending dates and size limit.The board of directors sent in a recomendation for 1st Weekend of May Start & Dec 15th Close with Sizelimit of 42" for all waters currently having 30" Sizelimit.We were countered by the NSDEC with Memorial Day Weekend to Nov 30th with a 40" Sizelimit.We sent a 2nd letter after a Membership Vote to the NYDEC recommending the 3rd Saturday of May to Dec 15th and 42" Sizelimit.The NYSDEC was concerned about Dec 15th because of possible Ice on some northern lakes that have muskies and they did not want to encourage Ice fishing for muskies.The NY M.I. Chapter 69 countered the denial for extension to Dec 15th by the NSDEC by telling them they could put special regulations on those northern lakes that might freeze by Dec 15th and close those waters on Nov 30th.So as of now the NYSDEC is staying with Memorial Day Weekend to Nov 30th and 40" Sizelimit.This will go up for Public Review on the NSDEC Website www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/27068.html sometime in April we believe.When up for Public Review you will individualy have a chance to voice your opinion via email.If everyone asks for the 3rd Saturday in May there is a posability the NYSDEC might agree to one week earlier Opener then Memorial Day Weekend.Everyone should ask for Dec 15th as well,tell them that by the Inland waters being open until Dec 15th this will spread the muskie fishing across all NY waters,take some pressure off the Great Lakes Waters for those 15 Days of December. When the NSDEC puts the Inland Muskie Season Proposal up for Public Review I will post it here.We will also ask that more muskie fingerlings be stocked as well because of the extra days of fishing pressure.But most likely the muskies will be all done going through the spawning ritual and will be in post spawn period and may not feed well at the end of May!

Bison City Rod & Gun Club 9th Annual Jimmy Griffin "Teach Me To Fish" For Kids & Parents, FREE Sunday April 28th,2013 Where:Bison City Rod & Gun Club, 511 Ohio Street, Buffalo, NY Who: All Kids, 15 years old & under are invited to Learn About Fishing How: Rod / Reel demonstrations, Free Handouts, Free How-To Brochures Free area fishing maps for everyone, Free Sahlen's Hot Dogs!! Time:2:00 -- 5:00 PM; Open To Public Drawing Prizes: Fishing Hats,Power Bait, Lucky Fish Hooks,50 Rod/Reel outfits given away Free! SPECIAL EVENT: 6 Learning Stations,Kids Feed 10,000 Baby Steelhead at the floating fish pens! Questions: Call Dave Barus 597-4081

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This Tuesday March 12th go to the State of Lake Ontario Meeting and voice your opinion on the Great Lakes Muskie Season! Tuesday, March 12, 2013: 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. at the Carlson Auditorium, in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science building (76-1125) on the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) campus, Rochester, Monroe County. The meeting is co-hosted by RIT and the Monroe County Fishery Advisory Board

The last I heard the NSDEC is leaning toward Opening Inland Muskie Waters on the 3rd Saturday in May and Closing Nov 30th.The Closing date may be able to be Dec 15th depending on the Great Lakes Waters if they close on Dec 15th.

The NSDEC wants to have Uniform Dates for the NY Great Lakes Muskie Season,they are now leaning toward Dec 15th Closing for all the NY Great Lakes Waters with a 54" Sizelimit.The next NMA Meeting on March 5th is very important,we need to have enough fishermen there at the meeting supporting Dec 15th to make this final.This will be better for the Whole Upper Niagara River & Lake Erie Fisheries,spreading out the fishing pressure from just the Canadian Waters across both the Canadian & NY Waters,less stress overall! Also the 54" Sizelimit just about makes sure every muskie swims back home! Capt. Larry

Thank You for letting us know,I will start on the Erie County FAB and Federation of Sportsmans Clubs to start working on keeping the Three Rod Rule! Capt. Larry

Yankee Troller, I hear you but just like the NY Safe Act,Prince Coumo pushed the Fishing & Hunting License Changes as well with out the NY Conservation Councils Imput. I have clients from out of state complaining as well,even with the Non-Resident Fishing License dropping from $70 to $50 some are not happy.Some only fish for 5 days a year in NY,5 Day use to be $35(now gone) only 1 Day $10 each or Full Season for $50,so it cost them $15 more.The state knows more Non-Residents will now purchase a Full Year for $50. Everything is made to look like everyone is saving but they will make more money to the Conservation Fund and still will not spend it where it was intended to be spent. Capt. Larry

I'm going to start a NY M.I. Chapter 69 Muskie Book Library,at the Chapter 69 meetings you can check out books to read and return them at the following months meeting.I will start with a Hard Copy of Larry Ramsell's "A Compendium of Muskie Angling History 3rd Edition" and "Muskies On The Shield" by Guide Dick Pearson. Capt. Larry D. Jones NY M.I. Chapter 69 Reg. Rep.

They hoping a non-resident fishermen will now purchase the seasonal $50 fishing license, since mutiple days at $10 for 1 Day Fishing License adds up.No other option!

Looking at the size of glove fingers that shows the no elbows out infront hold I would say about 48" at around 31 lbs.