justtracytrolling

Captain Larry thank you for the help! Gambler, I ate the first one i caught outta the river and deep fried it was ok. We ate every last piece....had four kids to feed then on 1 income. Everything i caught we ate except carp including summer river catfish which was a staple as they were easy to catch. Bottom feeders from hot shallow water from right below the sewage treatment plant.....yum! Now I can eat as much walleye as i want so im fussy and seldom eat anything else. I have had 2 guests in 4 years that took 40 inchers to eat....both loved them, but I know people that love lake trout! 1 of the guests prefers bass to walleye so their opinion doesn't exactly carry much weight!

40 inch fish are fairly common now i can only imagine how much this would help. Id love to see more 45+ fish as they are tough to come by now. They really fill out if they live long enough. Still wish there was a better fish landing area along the causeway so shore guys could have a better chance of not beating fish on the rocks for those that do want to release fish.

Welcome pm sent...ditto what old man said and add the first 400 yards of the west shore...sinking lines and big white flies...

Onondaga county is the only county for Otisco....I know plenty of residents and can get done whatever is needed...just need direction as politics etc is not my forte...

Im from 7r and thats where our farm is..lots of state land few deer and tons of permits including 2nd permits. My lease is 7s...tons of deer...little state land and many working tilled farms...few permits and no 2nd ones. I give up trying to understand....

I just got off the phone with Dave Lemon our region 7 fisheries manager and he asked how the tiger musky fishing has been. I told him it has been stellar for most guys and especially better fish. I told him i felt raising the limit from 30 to 36 inches was the catalyst, and asked what the odds were we would see it raised to 40". He is all for it, but was met with plenty of opposition getting it to 36 so he felt it would take time but doable in the future. So it seems to me if we push a little, and get Muskies inc involved especially, maybe we can speed up the process? Any ideas? Captain Larry? Anyone else agree with me at least?

I just got off the phone with Dave Lemon region 7 fisheries manager and wanted to share a little of our conversation with his permission. I shared with him again our concerns with the stocking cuts and explained to him it seemed to many that as soon as we started sharing catch info via the angler diary program stocking was cut. He assured me that simply put the 50 day fingering stocking program was so successful that a decision was made to stock more water using half the fish we would get. On the face of it this sucks, but the fish are still being stocked and the net result should be more walleye fishing opportunities for everyone. The one new piece of info i got, at least new to me, was that the region 7 crew will be assessing yoy survival every stocking year. This way if there is a bad year Dave will be able to get us fish the next year instead of skipping a year. While there is no guarantees this plan is sounding better. Dave is also going to get us fish if there are surplus fry on the off years. Lastly, i discussed some undersize fish i recently caught and a few from last year and he believes, as do I, that i have actually caught walleyes that were NOT stocked as there shouldn't have been 7-8 inch fish last year with no stocking or any 12-13 inchers this year for the same reason....yet i caught them.... The DEC seems committed to walleye being a part of the fishery and hopefully that doesn't change.

Marking em good! Looks like big walleyes to me!!!! Real big

Too funny!

Its time to think about finishing off the freezer with fall walleye not perch! Just kidding both are awesome....i was shocked at the number and size of the skaneatles perch...

Im referring to braid....if you are talking flouro/mono im not the person to answer. As far as red disappearing first that happens deeper than most people fish when casting unless water is stained.

As far as trolling goes ive used green the most as its the most common, but have used red, yellow, and white. I dont see a difference in catching fish. I use 6' seaguar blue label LEADER tied to a barrel with a clinch knot and barrel to braid with a Palomar. In fact i know of a few Erie captains that use different colors to help know which line goes to which rod in a tangle or fighting fish around other lines. I think line diameter as it relates to diving depth makes a bigger difference than color. If you are casting in crystal clear water perhaps line color makes a bigger difference though i havent really seen that as long as a leader is used.

I hope we dont see it show up on Otisco....walleye fishing may have been slow recently, but we sure have been enjoying the water.