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3 Brown's and a northern this afternoon . Water clearing up a little Same Orange head , white body . FUN!!

I don't know if you have a 9 to 12 ft steelhead light action rod , but the last few years my best way of fishing is a light jig under a float. Just off bottom. Land 2 nice Brown's and lost 2 more the last 2 times out in a few hrs total. 1/ 32 oz head with a crappie style body Twitched back slowly under a weighted float . Orange head / chart body . I am in the stream but in frog type water about 8 ft deep . I do quite well doing this , especially in cold water . Might be worth a try .

A Krocidile spoon outfishes a Cleo for me hands down . Not sure of the weight , 1/4 or 3/8 I think in silver prism with some blue , green . If Water is cloudy brighter stuff . I like to use jointed rebels or rattletraps if it's dirty . Water clarity dictates color / size .

Did anyone else notice the marquee photo backdrop of the poster ? A fly fisherman. Imagine that .

In the immortal words of Randolf Duke , " I DEMAND AN INVESTIGATION !! " Anybody get that ?

I recall some guy on here keeps saying we would make a great 51st state. Now who was that ?

Is the LOC private ?

I listen to the meeting last night that was posted on here . Very informative and sounds like the DEC has a good handle on things . It confirmed a lot of my suspicions . When they raised the steelhead limit from 18 " to 21" and the 21 % catch rate increase was interesting. Sounds like the tribs guys want to up the limit to 25" to further help .Sounds like the lake guys are against that, as I am . One guy confirmed the copper / lead core thing. And the fact that stream guys are 85 % c & r . Also the " education" initiative to curb the unethical behavior. I guess what bothers me the most about the ongoing discussion on her at nauseam , is the disdain some have on here for the tribs fishery . Fact is , you can't have one without the other . Like it or not , we are all on the same team . We need as many guys doing this as possible to insure funding and improvements. All the woes of the lake are not the tribs guy doing . Some are . But lake guys need to take some responsibility also . I have done both ,a lot , and can count on one hand the trib trout I released that I thought would not make it . I wish I could say the same about the released summer lake fish . And from the sounds of the baitfish assessment , the average size of the fish is here to stay .

There is a lot of long copper lines being used these days . That might have something to do with it also .

The fishery isn't healthy ? You think it's bad on the tribs now , you should have seen it when the " cricket " was the bait of choice .

Only a matter of time .

Unfortunately , all those crowds are good for the fishery . Every out of state licence or dollar spent at a tackle shop, restaurant ,motel,etc means sales and state income and licence taxes and fees . And that's why our governor continues to fund the program . Also why DEC writes tickets and local judges have a hard time convicting . They don't want to chase away paying customers .

Off the Fort in the Niagara jigging for Lakers , a totes boot , right the through the toe . My fishing buddy who is now deceased , laughed for 2 days . And never let me forget about it . Also a few seagulls and a cormerant got tangled in a flat line but got loose .

Got 3 1 trolling 2 in the creek

When Los Angeles , Chicago , and New York city are running the country , God help us . The majority of the population lives there. And can we say they are " smarter" with what goes on in these places ? I am more concerned about this GREEN NEW DEAL that is coming . They want us to use no fossil fuels . If and when this gets implemented at least in some part , the price of gas / diesel will skyrocket . What will that do to our fishery and economy as a whole when gas is $5 to $8 ?

And we are run by downstate . And there now is a democratic majority in the state legislature . A few backroom deals are made and it passes . We are the back 40 of the state . God help us if the Electoral College is not used anymore . The country will be run by the population centers . States like Wyoming and South Dakota will have no voice . Have I ever mentioned we would make a great 51st state ?

Actually not really , rolmops . I'm this big of an a..hole all the time . Especially when it's about stuff like this .

There is freedom of speech , unless you are a kid on a bus talking about fishing . And God forbid someone gets offended. Then you can't talk about that anymore . And there are a bunch more examples . Like praying or saying Christmas in school. There is no true freedom of speech anymore. Get ready for 1984 Facecrime.

Banrus is right on this one It's a new day. People are looking for a reason to be offended . Our kids are programmed in school. And Cuomo cozys up to the environmentalists like he did with the lake level thing . We have to watch out . This could be another way to chip away at the second amendment . Did anyone see the environmentalists want to give Lake Erie human rights ?

If this passes , it will be the beginning of the end of the stocking program as we know it , IMO.