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  1. sandwick50
    Nice, Kev, you’re a fish catching machine!
  2. sandwick50
    The North Country is a special place. Great memories of fishing with my Dad, growing up in the booming metropolis of Hermon!
  3. sandwick50
    Amen to that!
  4. sandwick50
    Same for me, used to be turkey fanatic but just got out of it. Love my spring panfishing. After a 12 year absence went out this year & had success on the 5th day, 2 days after eye surgery. Blurry vision but made a good shot. This 71 year old geezer was pretty excited.
  5. sandwick50
    Yes, federal, but the point I was making is that f&g violations, fed or state, have been handled this way since time immemorial. Politics got nothing to do with it. Ask your local ECO about local courts, he/she will tell you.
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    Fishing & hunting violations have routinely been thrown out or slap on the wrist forever. Why? Because violator goes in front of local judge. “Hey, Bill, how ya doin?” says the violator to the judge. Not guilty, next!
  7. sandwick50
    And still gets to keep his fishing guides license. And, after probation is up, right back to waterfowl guiding. What a joke.
  8. sandwick50
    Nice going, Johnny. What depth you finding them?
  9. sandwick50
    https://www.glangler.com/blogs/articles/slip-float-lakers-lake-trout-by-matt-straw
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    Brother in law lives in Ithaca and would like to get into fishing. Figured I’d start him out with perch. I know there are traditional hot spots where people congregate. I was wondering if there are locations where you could just work the shoreline with electric trolling motor using a jig & a bobber. Seems to me a year or so ago there was a few posts regarding this subject. Maybe that was a post spawn thing. Thanks for any tips.
  11. sandwick50
    What’s a slider, a type of jig?
  12. sandwick50
    Kudos to all you guys for your conservation ethic. Just wish the DEC would listen, but alas, they’re tone deaf most of the time.
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    Wis & Minn are light years head of most states when it comes to panfish management, specifically bluegills. In-Fisherman has had some great articles on the subject. Their research has proven that fishing pressure, specifically removal of the large parental males, results in stunting & overpopulation. Common opinion is that stunting & overpopulation results from not removing enough fish. Wrong. Both states have for several years had restricted bag limits on select lakes, with either a 5 or 10 fish limit. The results have been positive, with average significant size increases. As a panfish fanatic, I am fully supportive of this proposal. But, like others have mentioned, what about perch?
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    From DEC’s Resident Population Canada Goose Management Plan (2011): The first resident geese were birds released by private individuals in the early 1900s. When use of live decoys for hunting was prohibited in 1935, captive flocks of domesticated or semi-domesticated geese were numerous (estimated at more than 15,000 birds), and many were liberated in parks or allowed to wander at large (Dill and Lee 1970). From the 1950s through the 1980s, wildlife agencies in many AF states were actively involved in relocation and stocking programs to establish resident goose populations, primarily in rural areas. Nuisance flocks in urban/suburban conflict areas were a primary source of birds for these programs, which were highly successful and were mostly discontinued by 1990. Populations of resident Canada geese have increased dramatically in recent years across North America (Ankney 1996, Nelson and Outing 1998). The dramatic growth and importance of the AFRP was not fully recognized until recently. The first management plan for these birds was developed in 1989, when it became apparent that they were contributing significantly to sport harvests, and human/goose conflicts were becoming more common, especially in urban/suburban areas. In the 1980s, biologists also became concerned that increasing numbers of AFRP geese might be masking a decline in the number of migratory Atlantic Population (AP) Canada geese as measured by the Midwinter Waterfowl Survey. Banding studies have confirmed that resident geese are not AP geese that simply stopped migrating north to breed; they are distinct populations with very different population growth rates, management needs and opportunities.
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    Those birds in your pond are in all likelihood resident geese, not northern Quebec (AP) geese. Those are the geese they’re trying to protect. Identical in appearance, unfortunately.
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