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With all the boat launch closures , can't the state or county do something to make some of these launches usable ? Seems to me it wouldn't take a whole lot to get at least 1 ramp in some of these launches usable . The water is going to take till mid August at least to come down enough to be usable . So no boating for most this summer ?

Thanks

Anyone out there in LOU land a rep or contact for Rhys Davis ? I'm trying to contact them .

All I know is green = good fishing, like the old days .

The reason I think the water is green is the nutrients that are in it that support the bottom of the food chain . I'm curious to see what happens moving forward . Think about it , high water 2017 , fantastic king fishing 2018 . Best since pre zebra . My have nothing to do with it but it might . No mind you , I'm not a marine biologist or an environmental scientist , or do I play one on TV . But my guess is the folks who proposed this in the first place are . Obama, Cuomo and others just used that to push it thru for the economic windfall.

Environmentalists were pushing the 2014 plan for environmental reason . They said the current policy was hurting the ecosystem of the lake . I haven't seen green water like this since pre zebra mussel . And the 80s . And the fishing as well . We use to get spring kings along the entire south shore . After the zebras showed up , the spring kings migrated to the west and and the lake erie /Niagara flow . We had that dark black dead water. . Something to consider .

Memorial day after noon run High sky , lake flat 4 lake trout East wind picks up with 1 ft chop then, 1 Coho , 1 rip on a dipsey 220 on 3 setting took out 150 ft of line and got off . Flashers and my new rig for all but the dipsey bite ,which was a die hard . Marking fish but not a lot of bait Great weekend of fishing.

4 for 6 this morning 3 nice kings ,a skipper ,and a steelhead All hits on the Gary D rig . All hits 60 to 75 ft . Had yesterday's favorite down and a few different spoons . No hit on spoons so I put out a second rig. I was bent over to clip up into release and the rainbow hit and pulled it out of my hand .

Hey Kenny , Ain't the same without ya out there . I'll be back at it this morning . More experimentation with the tube . They seem time like it .

Went out first light again A little more choppy than I would like to see it but I gave it a go . Busted out the Gary D rig and it did not disappoint . 3 of the 5 hits I got were on it with a king pushing 20 were it's result 2 more little guys on a die hard . 70 to 89 ft 35 to 65 down Nice green water

I figure 32 2x6x 16 joists and decking 3 4x4x12 legs 900 " deck screws 30 lags Would be 48 ft long approx by 3 ft wide Make in sections so it could be used again as needed . Do 1 ramp

I watch people launch and load their boats at the Sandy launch guide a bit . You can't tell me that the town or state can't make a dock elevation of about a foot and a half from dry land to the end of the dock . What's it going to take , 500$ worth of PT 2x 6 , a couple of 12 ft 4x 4 and 15 # of deck screws ? The least they could and would take maybe 4 hrs .

Using small boat tactics , Went out first light . One heck of a scum line at 50 ft . Fish were just outside of it . Went 8 for 11 . All salmon but 1 Laker . A few teen size . Fish were 25 to 65 ft down for me Die hard was best .

Why would you use braid as backing on a mono rod ? I use 20# big game as suggested . Then when fleas get bad , I splice in 150 ft of 30 or 40# ,then 25 ft 15 or 20# tippet . My wire rod has braid backing . I use power pro or suffix but I would think any major brand is good . Here is my trick to get max amount of backing and braid, wire on perfect . This is where those old trolling reels with bad drags come in handy . Reel onto your good reel the tippet first , then the 30# splice or your wire , then fill to capacity with the backing till full . Transfer that to one of the bad reel . Transfer that to the 2 nd bad reel . Then transfer from the 2nd bad reel to the good reel . It is now filled perfect . It's,a lot of trouble , but it works . Got sick of under or over filling .

Within 15 miles of Brockport are the LO tribs as stated , probably your best bet . Stay off the lake , no need to be out there . Good mix of everything . Black creek in Bergen , largemouth and pike . The canal , there is a widewater between Holley and Hulberton I fished as a kid a lot . The spillway just east of the lift bridge in Holley . Canal tip, anywhere there is a change . Concrete to rock , bridge enbutments, etc . bounce small jigs from shallow to deep or small crank baits . Lot of small mouths and some walleye . Largemouth in the widewater . The Quarries in Hulberton if they aren't posted . Some pig largemouth in those . Hard to catch . This should keep you busy for the summer .

Also , I had a good conversation with the slide diver guy at the Niagara show . I said I used dipseys and walkers for my flashers . He said with the rod length leads with the dipseys , it would restrict the circle the flasher, especially the 11" , would make . Makes sense as I use 25 to 35 leads for flashers off my riggers,. Some guys are using 15 ft leads on their dipsey and hand lining the fish to the net . F that , might as well use the slide diver with the ultimate ring .