Lucky13

"It won't hurt too much" LOL, I think I heard my Dentist say that once! " Less tissue damage by making a small incision in the skin around the hook then the hook will come out easier ! " Don't you have to be an MD to make an "incision"? I have had great luck removing and having hooks removed using the fish line method, but generally using smaller, lighter wire hooks than the irons on Magnum spoons. The method is improved if a second hand is employed in pinching the entry wound to make it oval shaped and allow the barb to exit without catching the skin (as much). I think the line works better than pliers because you don't want to mess around with this, and have to repeat the anticipation, and the pliers can slip off the hook shank, 50 lb won't do that. And as Ska8man points out, if you are alone, you are SOL.

Maybe they have been pounded the last few years. Are those bass in yer Avatar?

Yes, you should be able to get them at Mitchell's Bait on Lake Avenue, about a long stone's throw from the Charlotte Pier. He DOES NOT carry licenses, and unless you already have one, a NYS Non resident should be part of your gear, but the town Clerk in any town around here should sell a license.

Not knocking the Oak, but you said Rochester. If you are staying in a southern suburb, you are looking at 1-1.5 hrs travel time, each way. If you have four hours to fish, not a lot of it is used fishing.

If you can drive from the mouth of the Genny to the Oak in 1/2 hour, you are definitely exceeding the speed limit. It is about 50 miles, and not all of the parkway rides like a superhighway!

Hang that one out for this bunch, hoooooo boy!!!!

Sam Zucco at Dreamcatcher Charters runs a 4 hr "mini" trip for $380.00. Generally you wan to have 3 or 4 people to make a charter cost effective. If the river is down you could walk in to Seth Green Drive off St Paul Street and fish for walleyes down there, check the Tributary regulations for hook size etc., the restrictive regulations may not kick in until later in August. This is river fishing with a good deal of current, snags etc, but can be productive of Walleyes, Channel Cats, smallmouths, and now and then a drum. This is the same water you would fish for Salmon in September through October and steelhead when you can get at it in the fall, winter, and spring. Walleyes are not common off the piers. Bass and Drum could be dropshotted along the edge of the pier, on the lake side, tubes twisters, worm tip, etc. People either cast close to the pier and work the lure back parallel to it, or just drop in the indentations and move the jig up and d own for a while near bottom.

The piers at the end of the Genesee are usually fished for smallmouth bass, perch, and drum in the summer. But it can be brutally hot out there, so you probably want to go early or late. A lot of folks vertical jig as the major structure is the pier itself. Inland trout streams near Rochester are limited to Irondequoit Creek up in PowderMills Park, and Oatka Creek, where there is a no kill artificials only stretch in Oatka Park. But August is the worst month of the season for trout, the major hatches are done and the water is very warm. IF you can spare the bucks, a charter could be a very productive trip, opportunities for salmon and trout.

https://www.uptodate.com/contents/soft-tissue-infections-following-water-exposure I worked in Public Health. I did the background investigation of a local stormwater facility where an individual had cut his thumb while fishing. 5 days later he had to have it amputated due to a severe Aeromonas infection. I had to catch fish to submit to a laboratory for testing (Please don't make me go into the briar patch!). We found that the fish had tumors and high levels of pesticides, but Aeromonas is ubiquitous in aquatic environments. Anymore, with the "flesh eating" strains of staph and the other antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria, cuts have to be treated rapidly and vigilantly. If I were going to gill a lot of fish anymore, I think I'd glove up first.

I learned from spending time in the "Molds and Fungi" Capital of the world, the Adirondacks,. that any cut needs immediate attention, soap and water followed by Neosporin or triple ointment, and covered with a band aid, or I will be in a world of hurt by day 2.

People around Lowville have front lawns, too. Why should the rural areas be despoiled to generate power for the masses in the cities. Build the towers in the urban areas that will use the power, always seems windy to me at the top of a tall building. Oh, I forgot, NIMBY!

The video " celebrates" a very different insect, smaller , more numerous, more persistent, and the bites are much worse. Be thankful we don't have them here (yet)!