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We have 59 Tourney Entrants,the NMA purchased Two Entries for future raffle tables at the NMA Club Mettings! Capt. Larry

Nitro, That would be good if you can get to Saltfork. Then I will not have Bob & Zach knocking each other down running for the first rod that goes off. We would also have good showing from LOU at the Saltfork Tourney! Capt. Larry

We had the Early Tourney Entrant Beckman Net Drawing Tonight at the NMA Meeting.Early Sign Up Beckman Net Winners: Joe Hetzendorfer,Paul Frustero,Mel Lindquist & Chuck Battaglia Capt. Larry

Nitro, Your hand held mobile device broken? Get your boat ready,grab a sleeping bag,family size tent has room! Chad,You & Joe can make this one as well. We could have a big LOU Group in this Tourney. Pure Bred Muskies Now! Capt. Larry

May 7th when it Opens! Pike season is closed in April but good pike fishing starts with the season opener on the 1st. Saturday in May and continues throughout the month Capt. Larry

Nitro, Grilled Steaks friday night! Warm Weather! Muskies---Muskies and More Muskies on your line!!!!! Capt. Larry

Ok, the weather report 10 days out has 65 degrees + for Saltfork Lake Ohio area.Time for a few more of you LOU fishermen to get your boats & tents out and join Bob,Zach & I at the Saltfork Spring Muskie Tournament.Would be nice to have two or three boats from LOU fishing the Tourney.They have been catching muskies at Saltfork all week. Why wait till June,go catch a PureBred Muskie now! Since I can't drink anymore I can be the bartender at the campfire! Capt. Larry

Bob, I believe Zach and I are going down on Thursday night.So when you drive down to Saltfork State Park we will be at campsite G-15 close by the boat launch.Just come in to the campsite,I'll keep a fire going till you get there.Bring a sleeping bag we will have a big family size tent.We can talk before we all set out for Ohio! Capt. Larry

Nitromusky, Nothing is stopping you from blowing off work and bringing your boat down as well! Capt. Larry

Bob, Yes the offer still stands! You can either ride down with us Friday morning from my house,leaving at 9:00 am,or meet us down at Saltfork friday night or saturday.They are catching muskies all over Ohio right now,I saw pictures of fish from Westbranch,Peidmont,Alum Creek,Leesville,Clearfork.Prymatuning and Saltfork Lake yesterday,a couple fish were 50" as well! Capt. Larry

As of Sunday April 3rd we have 53 Entries to the Tourney that are in the Drawing to Win (1)One of (4)four Beckman Magnum Finsaver Nets.I must wait for the snail mail Monday morning to see if anymore Entries arrive with April 2nd post mark,if so they get added in for the Drawing.Tuesday night I will put all the names into a bag shake it up and have different people at the Niagara Musky Assoc. Inc. meeting Draw for the four Beckman Net Winners. __________________ Mostly Muskies Charters & Guide Service Captain Larry Jones Web Site: http://www.mostlymuskies.com

Six rods for two persons trolling for muskies,Yes! Capt. Larry

Zach, Don't sell all the baits at the campfire friday night at Saltfork State Park, we need some to Win the Tourney with! Bob! "Your Going"!

Two days left to get in the Tourney early and be in the Beckman Net Drawing,48 Entries so far! Capt. Larry

Bob,after work on friday or early saturday morning drive down to Saltfork,if we are already out fishing call my cell and we will come in and pick you up.Bring a sleeping bag ,we will have a big tent setup.Will only cost you the gas to drive to Saltfork and return ,a little food money and $12 Tourney Fee! Capt. Larry

When I talk with Mike Clancy or Larry King about natural reproduction on Chautauqua Lake,they say every shocking study done in the past few years looking for young of life musky fry,they have only seen yearling musky fry that have been stocked.This means near Zero natural reproduction,I don't know where this 15-25% number keeps coming from,you talk with the experts they don't say those numbers at all,there thinking is next to no natural reproduction.Now Cassadaga because of natural springs and gravel does have 15-25% natural reproduction. This is why stocking the largest musky fry we can raise is very important to maintain the fishery. Capt. Larry

Bob,You could go along with Zach & I to Saltfork the 15th,16th & 17th of April,you would have to sit Shotgun,unless you ride in the boat! Capt. Larry

They treat the eggs at the Prendergast Hatchery now with Iodine to kill VHS,just incase it ended up there via equipment and work clothing that may have been used on other VHS conaminated waters.But I was told they would never purposely bring VHS contaminated fish or eggs into the hatchery system.They also have a fear of genetics between fish fry being altered by birds moving fry from one ouitside pond to another,if to different strains were in ponds outside.Our best approach is to keep on the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Agency about building a Hatchery for muskies,walleye & perch on the Buffalo River,using Power Project money.Also the St. Larry & Buffalo Harbor need habitat restoration for more successful spawning of purebred muskies. Capt. Larry

Ok, You vented! The Hatchery Personel & ECO are two different Divisions of the NY DEC and are under different direction and funding. Having said that most of the decisions made for the Hatchery are not made localy at all,but by the Warm Waters Fishery Dept. of the NY DEC in Albany.So was the case to use a trout feed pellet instead on brine shrimp to start last years musky fry,by the time they found out the musky fry were not eating the new feed pellet,it was to late for most of the musky fry by the time the brine shrimp was delivered,over half had died.The hatchery personel at Prendergast are good at what they do,if left alone to do it their way. Capt. Larry

Myself and others were not happy with this move to get replacement musky fry from a Pa hatchery to stock in Chautauqua and iother NY waters.When they got the Pa musky Fry they were small for late july fingerlings,only 3 to 3 1/2" long.That to me put up a red flag because Pa collects muskie eggs for their hatchery earlier then we do here in NY,so they should have been bigger then ours. This brought about talk between some of us that the Pa musky fry may have been small because of genetics.By the time the Pa musky fry were weaned off pellets and moved outside it was late in the season and they were not going to grow to get to the normal 9-10" stocking size.Even if we gave them extra fathead minnows the water temps were already on the down swing and the musky fry's feeding had already slowed down,they would have seen very little extra growth if we gave them extra minnows.I took a of flack for not purchasing extra fathead minnows to feed the Pa musky fry.At the same time others from the Cassadaga Lake Assoc. were voicing their opinion that they did not want the Pa musky fry stocked in Cassadaga.From what I was told that the left over musky fry from the local batch did get good size ,around 10", and were stocked in Chautauqua Lake.Where the majority of the Pa musky fry were stocked ,they are not saying.I was also told by someone the excess of the Pa musky fry were dumped in Chautauqua down by the Prendergast Launch. Hopefuly we get a good egg collection and hatch so we can get the musky fry outside on extra fathead minnows this year.Every cold day is a few days later before the water temps get warm enough for the muskie spawn to start.The later the eggs are collected,the later they are hatched,the later it is before the musky fry are weaned off brine shrimp to pellets and finaly outside to fathead minnows.If it gets to late August instead of late July before the musky fry are moved out when the water temps start to go down,the growth rate will be shorter because as the water gets colder the musky fry feed less.The best growth rate of the musky fry will happen when eggs are collected early enough have a hatch and weaning to fathead minnows by July.along with extra fathead minnows purchased by the Bait Fish Fund tossed in at the warmest water period where the musy fry are eating machines. We need a warm spring soon! Capt. Larry

Only 3 Days left to get your Entry Fee in for the Beckman Net Drawing! Capt. Larry

I will be fishing the Willamatte River the first week of September this year for Silvers.Also on the Columbia River by Bouey #6 for Kings. My brother Dave goes to the lower Columbia River every September for Kings,this year I'm going out to join him. Capt. Larry

Because of VHS in the Larry they will never bring eggs from the Larry to Prendergast Hatchery. Capt. Larry

The NY DEC Musky Tag Progam on Chautauqua Lake was stopped because it cost more money in administration costs then the money brought in by fishermen purchasing the tags.Lots of luck talking them into any new tag program.We can't even talk them into basic changes to any fishing regulation,because of the costs to add,setup and print in the NY State Fishing Regulations Book. Capt. Larry

Prayers on the way!