suttontroller94

New mallard limit sucks. Killed 2 first thing then had to watch greenheads decoy the rest of the morning

This 2 bird mallard limit sucks. Spent yesterday on Seneca and my buddy and I were done by 720 with our mallards. Could've killed 4 bird limits for 4 or 5 guys easy. Spent a little while killing mergs after our mallards were done so we didn't have to leave early

Pretty good weekend this weekend. Killed a 10 man southern zone limit of 50 geese Friday. Alot slower Saturday but still scratched out 10 between 9 guys. Went and hunted a loafing area this afternoon and killed 5 Canadas a wood duck and a mallard between 2 of us and a buddy showed up later just before the mallard was shot. 67 bird weekend isn't bad in my opinion!!

Club foot on the banded leg?!?! That's awesome

Well said!! Always curve balls in waterfowl hunting. I hunt spots for deer that my uncle and dad hunted the same trees 30 years ago. Doesn't work that way for ducks and geese. My best duck swamp is 3ft low this year and the blind I normally hunt is 60 yards from even the edge of the water. Time to put in the leg work and find something new for next weekends western zone opener

I'll take the comfort of the A-frame for as long as possible until then!

A-frames are pretty awesome! Let's see how many years we get outta them before the birds key in on them like they have layouts!

Nice fish but that's no bow. That's a landlock salmon!

71 total entrants this year again! Exact same amount as last year however alot of new faces! See you guys tomorrow afternoon! Tight lines!

You're the man Mike!

We're around 30 boats now if I had to guess and still getting entries until noon tomorrow. I'll post a final count tomorrow afternoon! Looks like a great turn out. Had over 23 people register today alone

Weigh in starts at 3 after everyone checks in. We do this because it allows everyone to see each box of fish

At this time we aren't looking at other weigh in locations. This has a bit to do with the later weigh time to potentially make it convenient for people coming from farther launches. However the sportsman's club is a great location for the west side because it's close to deans and not too far from all west side launches. I understand the concern though and I am sorry it couldn't be easier for everyone but it's tough on a 40mile long lake

tick tock! We have received donations from Brian Gambell of gambler rigs who has donated now for all 3 years of the tourney. These are beautiful sets of micro gambler rigs! Harvey O'Hara donated some awesome downrigger weights for the second year in a row! Scott Baldwin of Reelrage trolling spoons has donated a bunch of awesome spoons in various colors aswell! Don't miss your chance at these great prize packs! These packs will be split up and drawn for door prize raffles! This gives everyone a fair chance at going home with a smile on their face and some new gear for the boat! I urge everyone to take a look at these local businesses from these great guys that all push amazing product!

The silvers are harder than normal to come by this year. The south end is FULL of short landlocks as well which makes targeting decent silvers a bit harder. Just when everything is running right almost every rod will fire with landlocks 17" and under. Had to grind from 545 til 1030 sunday to catch a brown and a landlock that were legal. Caught lakers in the mix but definitely a challenge. Can't help but think it could have something to do with the "off" color of the water aswell. Had a decent spring with some quality silvers buy it's been tricky since the lake colored up after the heavy rains in June. Hopefully it gets better from here on out!

Yes you can!

Thanks Harv!

Thanks Brian! I'll send you a message!

Just over 2 weeks left!

Bump! Now is a great time to start registering guys and gals!

I agree about how the over harvest and pressure are going to take a negative effect on the lake. Especially now that ALL of the other finger lakes are struggling and there are far more boats on Cayuga. Changing the limit to 5 fish each may not have been the best option. I know the boat I've been mating on is one of the charters you're talking about and we do encourage catch and release however as you mentioned if they are allowed to keep a limit you can't deny that to them. In my opinion I would like to see a 3 Laker limit again and maybe even entertain the idea of only 1 fish over 28inches. Alot of people wouldn't like it however protecting the strongest of our finger lakes for future generations needs to be a priority.