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Bob, Jim has all the submission forms. I can send emails to John Haffner to see if he or his fishing partner can send a picture of the 51.5" fish and to Dan to and ask him to send pictures of the three fish he caught and also to Ed Cragg to see if he or his client can send pictures of those fish.

There were 18 anglers and 8 fish submitted.

Picture is taken of measurement and witnessed by other participant on boat. Also a picture of angler with fish, usually. For a tournament with substantial prizes, you can also have an object such as a sticker or pin that is issued to participants at the start of the tournament which must be in the picture.

Dan Lacko took 1st place with 3 fish. Largest he had was 47". There was a tie for 2nd place with 26 points. I don't have the names of those two. They agreed to add 2nd and 3rd place prizes and split the amount. One of them had the largest fish, and won the big fish pool, which was a beautiful 51.5 " fish (rounded up to 52" for points). He was John Hafner's partner. The other angler caught 2 fish for the same number of points. He was fishing with Capt. Ed Cragg. His first fish and the big fish caught by the other angler were both caught at 8:30 am.

I am wondering the same thing. Jim and I have to be at the launch at 6am to sign people up. Hope it is worthwhile. I believe one team is coming from the Chautauqua area. That is all I know of so far. We were there on Wednesday. We had the lake to ourselves. It was dead calm with water temp. of 52* to 53*. Saw one big swirl and a few nice hooks but no takers except an over ambitious 10" perch. BlueEye might not be there unless he is planning on a double header. I think he is fishing with Joe in the NMA TWMT on the Niagara on Sunday.

It is Allegheny Reservoir, part of the Allegheny River. I believe they get muskies in the river in PA. Popular for muskies on the fly. I am not sure about the Reservoir or the NY portion of the river.

Yes, next Sat., Nov 5th. The tournament is a Muskies Inc. Chapter 69 tournament so it uses Muskies Inc. points system (4 points for a 30" fish and one point for each additional inch). You add points for all your fish. 1st through 3rd place awards are awarded by number of total points. Entry fee is $25 for Muskies Inc. members with an additional $10 for non-members. There will also be a Big Fish Pool for $5 per angler. The longest fish caught by an angler entered in the pool takes the pool. Here is a link to the complete rules. Tournament hours are 7am to 3:30pm. Registration will be between 6am and 7am at the launch on the morning of the tournament. Anglers fish entry forms must be turned in by 4:15pm and prizes will be awarded soon after. Depending on weather and turnout, we may have a cookout and a raffle table at the pavilion in the town of Wayne at the north end of the lake. No alcoholic beverages are allowed there.

I agree with pap. This is very new knowledge and there may be elements of this knowledge that are yet to be known or discovered. I think I read somewhere that there are even smaller parts of DNA that are involved with triggering reactions in genes (turning them on and off) that are present but may be currently dormant. It may be that these other parts can also be triggered by external stimuli. Messing with this stuff may produce extraordinary advances but also may have the potential of causing undesirable or unforeseen future changes with global implications. In actuality this is like messing with evolution. So we must be very careful with this science. Also, there can be unknown reactions within an ecosystem if an invasive such as the zebra mussels are eliminated. It could cause unanticipated events such as other aquatic species to flourish, change/adapt or die off. There is also research being done in the medical field in regard to using CRISPR to alter human genetics for multiple reason such as creating more desirable genetic traits and fighting genetic related diseases including cancer. But they must be very careful. The earth is a dynamic environment that is constantly changing and evolving in many ways. Some changes may be good and some may be bad, depending on perspective.

It will be interesting to see what they do with it. Since it is DEC and not Parks Dept., it might be just minimal development.

Welcome Rob, This is a good place to to learn about the fishing opportunities we have, meet other anglers and learn about the efforts that go into providing and maintaining our great fishing resources. Please be very careful about using live bait to catch tigers if your intentions are to release them. If a tiger swallows the bait and hook, there is a very high probability it will die after it is released. This defeats the purpose of catch and release to provide future opportunities to catch a larger one. Please read the Musky Catch and Release string pinned to the top of the Musky, Tiger Musky & Pike (ESOX) forum for information on successful catch and release of muskies so they live to fight another day.

Yea, I think that might be a newer setup with the neutral button. Is there a friction knob? (to add friction so the throttle stays where you put it)

Could b a Health Dept. or FDA violation if they are being sold to public without proper approval.

If the cable is working freely, maybe it is the friction adjustment on the control assy. If you have had the control assembly apart, it is possible to cause it to bind if you didn't get it reassembled correctly. One thing I found is that you don't have to remove the screws for the manual (warm up) idle speed lever when you take it apart and if you do, they must be reinstalled before reinstalling the cover. The cover should fit back on with no gaps around the seem, without having to use pressure to close it, if everything is aligned properly. I am talking about one for 1990 outboard but I think the control lever assy. may be the same for an I/O.

The poachers get big bucks for the eggs on the black market. Not for bait but for human consumption. That is where the authorities need to concentrate their efforts in order to make a difference. If they have no place to sell them, they would not be poaching them. I don't know if they would be able to make a difference that way. Just like trying to control drug trafficking.

I ran across this Boat US article from last year. http://www.boatus.com/magazine/2015/april/does-your-boat-scare-the-fish.asp?utm_source=membership&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=eline_102016 It actually raises more questions than it gives answers. I just thought it would be a good subject to talk about here to discuss the various areas of concern that were brought up in the article and possibly other thoughts related to this subject. If LOU members can bring in their experiences or point to any research or articles related to this subject, maybe we can find some answers to some of the questions.

Cool!! I wonder if any of the other tags have been reported caught..

From the comments here, and from discussions I have seen in the past on this subject it seems that south of the border we were taking measures to control them when north of the border, nothing was being done. Now it looks like the situation is turned around and they are taking measures to control them north of the border while efforts are now being blocked to the south. Since they are migratory birds, it seems like it would make sense to have a coordinated effort to control them. One of the things that may have been a contributing factor in their population explosion and their impact on fish populations, could be the clear water due to invasive mussels and other factors. The clear water may be making it easier for them to devastate fish populations in some areas. I wonder if there are less cormorants around waters that are naturally turbid.