Sk8man

Thanks Gill-T very informative but very disturbing as well.....

Just a word of caution regarding the "magical spoon" theory The FLT spoons have an exceptional paint job and are eye catching, Great Lakes spoons work great on the Fingers and Lake O and Sutton's have been the mainstay on the Finger Lakes for a hundred years or more. None of these spoons is "magical" in terms of catching fish. They all need to be run properly and at the right speeds and depths to consistently catch fish and it takes experimentation and the actual experience of testing them out and trying different setups with them to actually know what works most effectively. It is also a big question regardless of the specific spoon or color or size etc. whether these are a the critical variables regarding whether they work or if it might be merely the correct action of the spoon at the right speed and being close enough for the fish to see it (and light levels) and appearing "vulnerable" to the fish whether out of a feeding or aggressive response. A lot of the "hype" about spoon colors, crazy names etc. is primarily marketing hype to attract buyers and that applies to all lure companies and I'm as guilty as the next guy of biting on it . It will not be any one lure whether stick or spoon that will be consistently successful unless they are run properly. I too have various "go to" spoons when things are challenging out there but I have also had "identical" spoons perform differently and have different results so experimentation is critical.

This topic obviously carries a lot of emotion beneath it and the unfortunate part of it is we have little functional control over much of it so the threatening nature of the fishery going sour can easily obscure the fact that we need to remain united and respectful of each other in our quest for information and solutions to this highly complex situation. It isn't fruitful or productive or fair for that matter to cast blame on anyone at this point as there are too many unknowns for one thing. It also is not right or even logical to blame the DEC guys out in the field either as they are mere pawns in the "chess" game that the State managers play on their big monopoly board and even they are at the mercy of his royal hindness (spelling intentional) King Andrew. it might be wise to stay within the realm of information sharing and bouncing around ideas instead of casting blame on anyone or any entity. We all have a lot yet to learn about this.

Fjaq you have a PM

The cormorants are doing their stuff on the Finger Lakes as well now. IT is hard to believe those lousy things are protected.

Nice going John PM me where you saw the perch guys

WTG! Geez Sean she is right up there with her granddad already