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    perch $25 lb.

    Sk8man replied to W.W.IV.'s topic in Ice fishing

    Ditto
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    Have a great season Billy.
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    Kingfisher - It has been mentioned several times that the sale of perch is only ONE factor in this situation. Nobody said that by eliminating this ONE factor it will totally solve the problem. Basically you are taking the position that there is no problem and asking for scientific evidence that it exists. It would be great if a competent scientifically based body would take this on and run all sorts of acceptable studies and formulate some rational conclusions but this isn't being done and as far as anyone can see there are no plans to do it by anyone and denying that any problems exist and putting our heads in the sand will not accomplish anything. I sincerely hope that you and others expressing similar views are correct in that no problem actually exists and it is all a figment of some folks imagination because they are hell bent on imposing their will and philosophy on you and trying to take away your "God given" rights and depriving you of the opportunity to be a venture capitalist. If however you aren't correct in your "assessment" of the situation and things continue to deteriorate it could be too late for any type of intervention. This is not a solitary issue relating to one local body of water (e.g. Seneca) as other lakes are under these "pressures" as well (e.g. Honeoye and Canandaigua, and Keuka for example) but perhaps at different rates or stages.
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    Thx Hop
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    Ummmm I think you forgot to add the price
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    Ditto. It is also gratifying to see that you have the support of those Sandy folks....another indicator that there are some really good generous folks out there.
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    I can see that you didn't take your psychotropic medication today so there is no use responding.
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    And there my friends is the voice of experience
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    Ahab - although you make some interesting points in your argument woth considering your denigration of young people and short sighted view of influences of folks who may have moved to the area or perhaps just weren't born here and blaming them for having views which oppose yours is truly ignorant as well as arrogant. I respect your right to voice your view as well as other folks who may have very different views than my own oir some of the others here and I would defend your and their right to express them as well but is it really necessary to demean or belittle people as though your own viewpoint is more valid than theirs or blame others who may not have lived their whole lives in the area for what you perceive as a threat to your own views? It is unfortunate that divergent views can't be expressed without the polarization and belittling of others.
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    Yup.....Good going John
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    Good one Jim
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    The ones pictured appear to be left to right: #22, #71, #31, and #44 I believe but could be a 22 hard to tell for sure rom the angle. bandrus Ed - The old guy could have sold them up that way because I know he also frequented some other tackle shops out of the area. I talked with him probably 25 or 30 times over the years when I'd run into him.
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    Ed unless someone bought the dies after the guy died they were all originally made at his home based shop at the south end of Seneca and they were $1.75 each in the mid to late 70's ....kind of a bargain at today's prices but then again I remember buying Sutton's for $2.25 each...sometimes it pays to be a dinosaur.....for awhile anyway
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    Good spoons. They were made by a guy who lived near Elmira. I can't remember his name but he frequented the tackle shops around Seneca lake including my friend's Fisherman's Friend shop near Waterloo. I usd to run in to him there fairly often. He machined his own stuff and put the dimples and swirls in the material and polished it etc. The basic shapes and some sizes were modeled after the Sutton's but the finishing wasn't actual silver nor did it look like it. He had spoons in the #11 (smallest), 31, 22, 44, 71,and 88 and finishes in plain silver, plain brass, swirl (both in silver/pearl swirl and brass swirl), hammered silver, and hammered brass. At one point I had dozens of them but over the years many have disappeared and I doctored up a bunch with tape etc. I caught some huge lakers with the (large) 88's on Seth Greens on Owasco and Seneca. The #11 shaped a little like the Sutton#6 is still my favorite rainbow and landlock spoon. The guy was in his 60's or so back in the 70's so he is long gone by now and I don't know if anyone ever bought his dies etc. The red eyes are a current add on by the way as is the ladder tape None of them ever came with any tape or artificial eyes. They came standard with trebles which I felt were very weak so they were always replaced with SS singles
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    If you were out there today you are one hard core dude .
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    This truly is a special and unusual forum and unlike some others I've seen and people seem to feel a part of things here and generously share information as well as their particular skills and talents....it is rare in today's world. It is especially gratifying to see charter guys mixing up their ideas and experiences with recreational sports fishermen...that too is rare in a forum format. I should add too that Chad Lapa has done a wonderful job designing and maintaining this website which is no small task and the moderators do a good job of keeping things from deteriorating when folks occasionally get wound up over something....they never appear "heavy handed" or "controlling" as on some websites keeping it an enjoyable experience for all concerned. Sometimes we also get wrapped up in our own little "local" worlds and concerns and we forget that there are many folks from distant lands around the world and other states etc.either just "lurking" or taking an active part in things so it is an important platform for sharing knowledge as well as familiarizing folks with the resources we are so fortunate to have here and that we share with our Canadian partners. We have a lot to be thankful for as Pap has mentioned and hopefully the future will be bright for the folks new to the sport and that they will long benefit from the information being shared by the folks on this forum.
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    #'s 2, 3, and 6 for the Finger Lakes....all should work real well on Lake O
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    I have known some of the conservation officers in DEC section 8 for many years and they are some of the most hard working guys out there. When most of us are at home at night or odd hours or holidays (for us) for example many times they are out doing their job just as are the true majority of state law enforcement officers (e.g State Police). They don't have the easiest jobs either in current times. The folks to direct your anger and displeasure at are the incompetent legislators and the Emperor (Cuomo) himself not the"worker bees" trying to cope with the budget cuts, short staffing issues etc. they should be receiving our full support not unfounded criticism. We do need to have the laws enforced but enough folks to do it is what is lacking.
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    Good one Justin! That motor of yours looks really sweet! Glad to see the gas tank situation is well in hand....shame you had to go through that. I haven't forgotten about our trip by the way. Thanks Pap same to you and yours. Really looking forward to this season too.
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    Thanks.
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    I think I might have screwed up taking mine out of the barn too early this time. It has never seen snow on it before
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    :yes: and it is taking its toll too.
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    Some types of catfish (e.g. Flathead will mainly if not only feed on live bait Bullheads (brown bullhead and yellow bullhead) on the other hand are true bottom feeders and will eat dead stuff as well. They are sometimes mistaken for one another but they generally live in dfiferent habitats (bullheads in brackish or muddy water and flatheads which grow much larger than bullheads are found in clearer water (e.g. near dams etc.).
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    Separate subspecies
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    :lol:
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