Flea season is here!

[Chas0218]

I have been out on the east end and between the tree pollen and fleas my lures are getting dirty.  Fleas were barely sticking but were clumped up on my knots and a little on the 12lbs. flouro leader.

 

I was running 30lbs. PP braid on my main-line and nothing was sticking to it yet.

Edited June 19, 2014 by Chas0218

[Rich D]

Chas, I have not seen any fleas out there. Only thing we are getting is the cotton wood fuzz. I don't think the water is warm enough yet for the fleas. JMHO. Lots of cotton wood out there on the temp break today. Good Luck

Capt Rich

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[King Slammin]

I have seen a lot of cottonwood as well but no fleas yet. Havent even been able to fish below 50' down yet, the water has been so cold.

[Legacy]

I have seen a lot of cottonwood as well but no fleas yet. 

 

[dvdegeorge]

Yes to cotton wood no fleas yet

[thumbburn]

_{cotton............ no fleas..........ccooooooooooooold h2o}

[MikeyP]

Most likely cotton. I saw loads of it yesterday on the water in Oswego, but no fleas on the lines.

Edited June 21, 2014 by MikeyP

[Mortigan]

No fleas off Sandy but practically a carpet of weed/algae/moss from 40-60 fow.  Gummed things up as bad as fleas but easier to remove and not as smelly.

[Chas0218]

Where I was fishing the surface temp was 66°

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[Chas0218]

I'll have to get a picture for you guys next time im out. There wasnt a large amount but the acumulated around my knots and where the fluorocarbon is tied to the split rings on my stick baits.

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[MikeyP]

I'll have to get a picture for you guys next time im out. There wasnt a large amount but the acumulated around my knots and where the fluorocarbon is tied to the split rings on my stick baits.

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 You should know what a sea flea looks like so if you say you had them on you knots then who am I to say you didn't. 66 degree temps isn't even close to the temps in Oswego/Mexico at the moment. If the water doesn't start to warm up soon we might not see fleas until August! Lol.

Edited June 22, 2014 by MikeyP

[Xxx]

You should know what a sea flea looks like so if you say you had them on you knots then who am I to say you didn't. 66 degree temps isn't even close to the temps in Oswego/Mexico at the moment. If the water doesn't start to warm up soon we might not see fleas until August! Lol.

That wouldn't hurt my feelings one bit. Of course this year I'm loaded for bear with Blood Run sea flea, but hey, the line fishes the same!!!

[MikeyP]

That wouldn't hurt my feelings one bit. Of course this year I'm loaded for bear with Blood Run sea flea, but hey, the line fishes the same!!!

 You know pap I also have the blood run and I used it last year. It works great, but I did notice that it stretches a little more than I like. Did they correct that this year? Either way I like it much better than Cortland's flea line. Cortland works fine, but I just don't like the oval shape.

[Xxx]

You know pap I also have the blood run and I used it last year. It works great, but I did notice that it stretches a little more than I like. Did they correct that this year? Either way I like it much better than Cortland's flea line. Cortland works fine, but I just don't like the oval shape.

I don't know if they corrected this or not, as this is my first go around with this line. I bought it in March of this year.

[Tim Bromund]

You sure it wasn't cottonwood fluff? It has been particularly bad this year.

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[baitrigger]

Fleas have been light the last couple years and i expect that will continue this year. We trolled from wilson to the line yesterday. No fleas

[Chas0218]

You sure it wasn't cottonwood fluff? It has been particularly bad this year.

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No it was fleas, although you're right there is a lot of of the cotton wood fluff out there. I was actually pulling lines every hour to clean off what collected.

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[BigMac]

We had fleas in 30-60 fow today on the north shore by Kingston

[liphooker]

We were running 12 lb mono last week out of Oswego. We had fleas on the lines but not enough to be concerned with yet. I was actually surprised to see them given the water temps

[Silver Fox]

Havent seen a flea trolling 20'-450 this past weekend.