salmonboy41

I cant speak for LOTSA or ELOTSA but the Niagara county fishery adiversy board was not notified. And we get all of the stocking notice emails for area 9 so it's not like they dont have the email list.

Didn't know about this at all either and then saw some random comment by bill hilts on fb about how it went. Definitely pissed about the lack of communication from the DEC. Thanks for posting the pre recorded link.

i no longer push my clients to get into the derby because of the removal of the steelhead division.

The DEC is either iin creditably smart or in creditably stupid.

I like your idea of partnering with BPS and see if the event could be televised. Also i don't think Lakers should be allowed. I believe there should be a tournament or 2 for Lake trout but they shouldn't be apart of this tournament. I like the no observer idea and just have boat checks but with the boarder issue i don't see how this is possible. I don't think that teams should be allowed to go over into Canada, as its a US tournament so US waters. Also i don't see how Canadian dollar entry fee being on par with US dollar fee is fair. As it will only cause the overall payout to be smaller and cause US teams to basically pay more.

I think this is a key part of this. Catch and release is fine but the more the rules go toward catch and release only the more this fishery will become an elitist fishery only just like how the Atlantic Salmon fishery is. So i see this as them starting down the road of a fishery that's for everyone to a fishery for only those with extremely deep pockets.

You can also go and fish the main part of the salmon river, there is normally bass and a few trout around in there, and you can stop at the hatchery as well. Even tho there wont be much going on at the hatchery at this time it is still cool to see.

I'm looking to get new Canvas drop curtains for my boat and I was wondering if anyone could recommend someone in the Pulaski NY area.

I would go with electric downriggers as i find that on the east end you end up fishing 100 plus feet down that time of year to get to the fish. It also maybe beneficial to take a charter for your first time. It would help shorten the learning curve and may save you some money by showing you what to buy and what not to buy. Or if you are thinking of doing this just as a one time thing it would be a lot cheaper to charter then to buy downriggers and all the lures needed for salmon fishing.