steelhead'r

Vinnie, I can't get used to Vincent, That was before DEC put in those Trout and salmon for alewife control. I thought those fish in your back packs were salmon not pike. Yes I have those blue ball tip ups. Doug and I were at Cranberry this morning jigging for perch. Nothing caught

I remember shooting carp w/ the bow in the 60's at Russell's Station. The water level was about the same as it is today. Using concrete structures as my reference points. The sadest thing is that Russel's is closed. No warm discharge and no more fishing. People fished there every day of the year. Remember the commercial with the indian with a tear in his eye. Me too when I drive past there

I know. Those hatchery people might know what fish is what when they are under 9 inches but it takes a real management person to ID big fish

Nice bird. To be honest with ya I would rather turkey hunt than fish. Forget my handle and my past career. Did I just say that

You doubting me? You hatchery guys can only ID trout if they're under 6 inches. Us management guys know the fish in all sizes

Sounds good to me

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name:Steelhead'r ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s):4/15 Time on Water:8:30 - 12:30 Weather/Temp:pcloudy Wind Speed/Direction:10mph NE Waves:<1' Surface Temp: 41-47 Location:Webster park to Genny LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 2 Total Boated:2 Species Breakdown:6#Atlantic, 2# BT Hot Lure:Perch & pink stickbait Trolling Speed: Down Speed: Boat Depth: 7'-20' Lure Depth: ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS boat ran great, I haven't lost it ====================

My computer isn't the best in the world and the middle picture is very dark. Can't make out the face. The outline of the person looks like Brian and if it is I would put the sun behind him to darken his face

6am - 10am lite east wind to strong SE 30-50fow west of port. 2 steelhead (~3 lbs) on orange stickbait. only one other boat far to the east

The small ones taste better

First time out on the big O this year. Been getting turkeys in SD. One coho on orange stick bait 14 FOW surface temp 43. Fished 7-12 Darn easwinds. But NY turkey opens tomorrow. Hot Dang!

And they think March Madness pertains to basketball

I hear ya!

Sounds good. I'll bring the donuts

Coffee and donuts? Sounds like a state worker

Hey Al An's boy. It sure does beat working. This is the guy who use to work for Web, now retired. I was wondering when you were going to get out fishing. You probably were running truck loads of fish around.

Is this one of Al An's boys er men. This is Web's retired boy. Glad to here from you on this site. Enjoying life. Lots of turkey hunting less fishing til now.

Really! I fished the shore at Russel's first lite and lost one steelie(dark). I then walked onto summerville pier (8AM) and saw 4 guys fishing - Nothing caught. Saw 5 boats on the lake. This is the last sunday in April, the weekend that the original ESLO derbies were held. There would have been many hundreds of boats out and more than a hundred anglers on the pier. I stopped turned and with atear in my eye walked off. Nothing stays the same.

The Seth Green rig was used before depth finders downriggers and temp gauges. It originated on the finger lakes for lake trout. Anglers knew the fish were somewhere deep. The only way one could affectivly troll for them was to cover as most of the water column as possible. Most rigs consisted of a heavier braided line with bead swivels every 10 feet and a heavy sinker (16 oz or more) on the bottom. The line was attached to a large spool ( some used a victrola record player) and was let out by hand. 10 to 15 leaders were attched to the swivels. Lures were generally silver flutter spoons. Usually 5 spoons were used since the then Conservation Dept law was 15 hook points ie. 5 treble hooks. Inorder to use a second rig after the first rig was set, a plastic jug was attached to it and let out a hundred feet back or so. The line went back a 100feet on the surface and then down with the lures. The second was then set and left straight down from the boat. There was no real playing with fish since it was a hand line with a heavy sinker attached. The fun of the setup was to keep all the leaders from getting tangled. History class over

Steelhead! What else?

Seneca Lake but it has to be open water. I been waiting for 25 years for the north end to freeze again. Lots of fish and big ones. Doesn't freeze much due to large size, deep and salty :?

I can see that marking fish or clipping fins could be fun to some people. However when you do this you could screw up studies by DEC and OMNR by giving them false data. Keep this in mind

Been doing that for decades. Remember they have a better chance to survive in the lake than they do in the cooler

6am - 11am. 80 - 110 FOW. Down 75' - 85'. 8 for 9. 7 BT, 1RT 4lbs - 8lbs. one on wire - 2 setting back 175' rest on riggers. all on spoons black with glow/lazer and green/pink. all catch and release

Line counters on reels and downriggers are not accurate scientific measurers. So you're fishing and you hear a report of 4 mature kings off a plaid dipsy # 2 setting, 160 feet of wire. So you put on a plaid dipsy and set it on #2 and 160 feet of wire and nothing. So you play with it awhile and you have to let out 175 feet of wire before you connect. Now you're cooking. You set up that same rod and tackle with the same settings that YOU caught your fish and go from there. The name of the game is repeatabilty of the program that works for you.