Kevin J Legg

I've been chasing ducks , deer and turkey with limited success. Hunting ducks Wed., Thurs and Friday and headed to Syracuse Sunday and Monday so I don!t think I'll get a chance to hit the river this week. I hear they are hitting in Ogdensburg.

Haven't been since full moon.

We got 4 mallards and a woodie yesterday morning and a woodie and a mallard last night. Last night after we unloaded or guns, the ducks swarmed the roost. Hundreds of woodies and mallards arrived minutes after legal shooting time, many landing only a few feet away. It was a bit frustrating but a great show, We plan on returning on an overcast or rainy evening and hope they arrive a few minutes earlier. This morning we pulled and paddled the canoes into a huge marsh. It was a lot of work for this old arthritic guy and we only got 4 woodies and a mallard for our effort. All considered it was a slow opening weekend for us but I feel fortunate any morning I get to see a marsh come to life!

Checked out a couple trail cams and got some nice photos of turkey, coyotes, and deer. Here are a couple bucks.

Nice bunch of walleyes! You fishing BRB, Sackets, Charity, or out by Calf and Gallo?

ProfT and I have done well all summer fishing steep drop offs with lots of current in 30-55 fow. We both use heavy bottom bouncers. Others use jigs and jigging spoons and a few use down riggers. You really need to know the water you're trolling and have great boat control to fish effectively a you can early looks a lot of gear. If you are running reef runners and husky jerks they likely are not near enough to bottom. I catch some in 20-25 fow at night longlining deep divers but many more are caught deeper using bottom bouncers. It's different fishing than running long lines off boards in May and late fall where you're targeting fish 5-25 feet down, perhaps suspended over deeper water. We also generally only fish early morning and evenings and seldom fish more that 2-3 hours. (Usually less) I'm also not sure how the current runs where you fish but it is running hard where we are catching them. Also weeds don't seem to be a key as fish are generally on rocky areas with little or no weeds. We often mark bait balls but less often mark the fish. I believe they are often hugging bottom.

Roybee, I'll be winding down my SLR walleye efforts but still hit them occasionally. Bow hunting, ducks in Canada and NY, and turkey are next up and more geese when they reopen. I will also likely fish for trophy walleyes at Quinte and Ogdensburg later this fall. What a great time we've had fishing the SLR this summer. Probably the best year I've ever experienced.

I rook my nephew and had a limit by 9:00 then cruised back to the launch watching the eclipse. What a perfect night to spend on the river. It certainly lived up to my expectations and the fishing was good also.

Sitting in tree stand this morning will fish tonight.

With early goose season over we were going to hunt Canadian duck opener but decided to wait till we got better weather (wind and rain). Hit the river from 5:00 till 7:0 and caught a limit of walleyes. All eaters. Fishing was a little slow smith cold front and north wind. Gong to hit it tomorrow night with full moon, red moon, super moon, and lunar eclipse all occurring simultaneously. Should be a great night even if fish don't cooperate.

Off course the geese are in migration mode this morning, last day of early season. I saw several hundred in a field I could hunt tomorrow but a day late. Oh well, fortunate to get them yesterday as the farmer disced the barley field we hunted yesterday.

Very nice to see your into them. Great fishery for eyes.

Hunted with Alan, Michael, Gabe and Bailey the wonder dog. Foggy morning made it challenging at times but ended up taking 49 birds. Nice way to end the early season.

I'm gearing up for duck and bow season. Hopefully have a goose hunt lines up tomorrow.

Fished evening tonight as mornings are getting pretty cool. Good bite on. 7 keepers and a short with a couple more dropped. We were off the water by 9:00. Great to get my wife and Jim Murphy (a high school buddy that move to the area) out on a beautiful evening.

That is a real pig! congratulations.

Fished with Mike Ringer this morning. Kept four 24" , dropped a big one and released two shorts. A couple other hits. Should probably have goose hunted as there were 150 in the field I was going to hunt. They disappeared yesterday but we're back today.

I'm headed out this morning. Hope I can find some.

I fished the lake on Friday on the Canadian side up by False Duck and only caught 2 walleyes and a drum. Weeds were even an issue there. Getting more ready for waterfowl and bow season.

Nice catch. Haven't fish smallies much at all this year. Uses to catch them a lot but now I generally catch walleyes. They sure are fun in that depth water.

One even had a band.

If we had shot a little better on the first couple flocks we would easily have limited. We ended up with 28, still a great two man shoot. Bailey the wonder dog and Gabe the goose whisperer did their typical stellar job.

Prof T and I also got eaters yesterday morning.