Conesus

[old man]

i grabbed this from another site. Says the pike are in the inlet.

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[old man]

The pike at the top of the shot is a nice one. Hope she does well.

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[solgrande]

very cool ...i was thinking about that yesterday,wondering when....

[mostlymuskies]

Time for my annual trip to the Inlet for therapy,just seeing all those big northern pike gets me jumping for 1st week of May!

[old man]

There are some underwater videos posted at "conesus lake fishing forum"

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[HybridHunter]

Ohhhhhhhh boy! I'm looking forward to taking a drive shorty when ice heads out here and watch them.

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[briggsy218]

walleye should be in this week was gonna take the dog down today and check but it never stopped f---ing snowing here on the hill

will post tomorrow if they show up as i will stop on  my way home from work.

[old man]

I went there this morning. Water is muddy. Lots of pike,didn't see any walleye. Tons of dead carp in the marsh.

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[muskiedreams]

old man, Out of curiosity, what would you say the pike size range and average size was?

[mostlymuskies]

Go up to Clear Creek just up the road the walleyes are stacked there.

[old man]

I saw some that looked about 10 lbs. no giants,but the visibility was not the best. There were a lot of 4/5 lb size fish around. Thanks Larry,i'll check that out. REALLY ready to get out and fish!

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[old man]

ten pound pike face planting the dam, doh!

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[old man]

They're no salmon

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[muskiedreams]

Has anyone ever seen one make it over the dam?

[old man]

Not me

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[eatsleeptrout]

No... but maybe if the eagle gave one a ride in it talons

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[eatsleeptrout]

It's*

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[Phisherman585]

Has anyone ever seen one make it over the dam?

Yes I have seen a few make it. Water has to be right tho.

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[old man]

looks like these muskies have it down

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[HybridHunter]

I was just looking at that pic. Awesome

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[old man]

Just thinking and i'm no biologist but would some kind of ramp or fish ladder in the conesus inlet be beneficial? Maybe MI69 could help with it? If so,I'm in.

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[muskiedreams]

I am not sure. It seems like there may be a reason they don't want the fish to go beyond the spillway. They have a marsh area on the other side of the road that is engineered to be pike spawning habitat. It is actually almost like ponds but they are filled up in the spring and later after the pike spawn and the fry hatch they are drained.  I just found out about this a couple months ago. See the link below. I am not sure about what their strategy is for the walleye or what the ideal spawning and nursery habitat is for them. They may need the moving water.

 

Management of constructed Northern Pike spawning marshes in Conesus Lake.

Edited April 11, 2015 by muskiedreams

[muskiedreams]

Heading down there now from Rochester. Will be wearing a black NMA hat.

[muskiedreams]

There were a lot of walleye and a few pike in the creek and there were quite a few pike above the spillway circling around. They must have been able to get up there when the water was high. Most of the pike were in the 20" to 30" range. The largest ones I saw were probably only around 36". Tons of dead carp in the marsh.

[old man]

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