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Great day, Bob! Awesome pic of your Dad with that brown. Love Owasco!

A lot of great info here. Just wanted to mention the LL I caught Friday had a lamprey on it. But in general, I would guess you're right they are probably harder for the lamprey to get to vs. the trout. Totally agree about the overpopulation of alewives... saw many floating over the weekend.

For comparison, I have not seen one lamprey on Cayuga this year, or the 2nd half of last year, and I fish it every week.

All 5 fish I caught in 3 days on Seneca had lampreys on them, one of them had 2 lampreys and they were small lampreys which means they are quickly multiplying. One laker had a massive wound from a large lamprey as well. It's bad. DEC needs multiple years of effective treatments before they completely take over the lake.

I fished Seneca Big Fish Friday, landed 2 small rainbows and one LL salmon 6.74 pounds. Saturday, I had another big landlocked, maybe bigger than the day before, but broke my line halfway in the net. The rest of Saturday brought only one 15" laker. Sunday morning landed a 5.6 lb lake trout, and then nothing for 12 hours. Kicker motor started acting up, as wind picked up. Tough weekend but man, those salmon are super aggressive if you can find them. A lightning bolt of excitement, all of a sudden, in the midst of next to nothing. Good luck to all and congrats to the winners!

Looks like a brown trout to me. The 1st pic almost makes it look like a LL, but that tail is a brown trout tail. I've had them jump several times, not super often, but sometimes. And yes, the 3rd pic is a rainbow. Nice day on the water!

Thanks for the reminder, I honestly needed it.

Actually, I love it! And it's hard for me to sell. But I acquired a 2006 Honda 8hp, had my eye on a 2 cylinder for awhile.

Haven't timed it, but I'd say at least 2 hours, maybe more. Really easy to refill and it also has a connection for a portable tank.

2005 Yamaha F4 outboard, excellent condition. 4hp 4 stroke motor with internal gas tank. long shaft, runs perfect, incredibly fuel efficient, extremely lightweight low hrs, regularly changed fluids, good to go. Comes with an extra brand new impeller, which I purchased for it but haven't installed because the motor pumps water great. Selling because I upgraded to an 8 hp. $675 cash Ithaca, NY

Just curious, what were his thoughts/reasoning for coming to that decision?

Come on guys, can we rally some energy to convince Bear to hold the spring derby?!?! We could all use some extra fun and we can still social distance at the weigh station. The NLTD is still on for Memorial Day weekend.

Is the B & B spring derby happening? Hope so!

Wow, that's massive. Congrats! North or south end?

It's a rainbow. 100%

Pike on the south end too.

I appreciated your initial post Bob stepping up and you're right Cuomo took it too far closing boat ramps. I'm glad he quickly turned that around. I think everyone's trying to navigate the best decisions they can through a situation that hasn't been seen in a century. Fishing will help keep us afloat in many ways through it.

Here's a couple of nice pike I caught over the past few weeks on Cayuga's south end. These were the first pike I've ever caught in the Finger Lakes. I was targeting trout, and these toothy critters showed up. Both 32", very healthy and released.

This site is more fun when guys talk fishing. The ramps are open, quit complaining and get off yr asses and go fishing.

Ah, I see now they only make this model in a 15" short shaft. On the 3.5 they offer 15" and 20". I can only use a 20" on my boat. Good luck with the sale.

Long or short shaft?

I'm sure it'll depend on which officer you're dealing with. This undersheriff had pretty lenient statements, but I wouldn't bet on his friendliness from others. statement from a Jefferson County Undersheriff: “If we get a complaint, the first thing we’ll look to do is education and try to gain voluntary compliance,” he said. “Everyone’s intentions are in the right place but in some cases (they’re not considering the consequences).” “Say if a couple (that lives together) launches a boat by themselves, I don’t see a COVID-19 violation there,” he said. https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/04/coronavirus-ny-temporarily-suspends-use-of-all-its-boat-launches-for-recreational-use.html?fbclid=IwAR2Vq6xJwMFHgibizrb2Es3yYCgTSVFAFmHU-PMwatYt7c_y12wDFrIEseE

T Falls and Treman were open the last few days too, but then they both closed yesterday.

Both Treman and T Falls boat ramps on Cayuga remain open so far. I called Treman a day ago, and they said it could change but right now they're open.