How was your season? Slowest ever for me.

[fishfish]

I fish only weekends but it has been the slowest , worst fishing I have seen in front of Rochester area for trout and salmon.

 

[rdebadts]

I had an unbelievable April and May, then very slow from then on...

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[sszoldra]

My early season was really good also, but the last 2 times out I've been skunked.  The weather hasn't cooperated either.  I don't drive the 5 hrs up unless I can get at least  3 good days fishing in a row during the week, and the blows have made that difficult last few weeks.

[thork9]

Third year of bad.

[rdebadts]

So to put it into perspective... April and May I AVERAGED 10 fish a trip (short trips, I never fish past noon)- since mid June that number is probably 3 fish a trip. I don't think I forgot how to fish, so...

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[Rich s]

sad to say as I love the folks and community but I'm pulling my boat out of Mexico and moving west next year .

Edited September 4, 2016 by Rich s

[TileMan Dan]

I'm considering doing the same next season. Gonna do some research over the winter.

[thork9]

Wonder what the slips cost west I'm paying $600 up here, but I'm leaving.

[ghostrider]

Well said Rich s i know the brown fishing has not been good eighter going west in the spring. Camp will be quite till fall.

[Adk1]

Rich s how far west you thinking

[finsntins]

same story for us,last 2 years tough,but this year has been terrible,we also will be doing research this winter and try the west end next year.

[GAMBLER]

Fishing from May to the first week of August was way better than the past two season for me. I fished way less lake trout than normal. With the kings around all summer, we left them alone for the most part.

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[skipper19]

Had a couple good weeks in July at Point Breeze....the rest...mehhh!..no so much...water conditions haven't been the same past 3 years ago on the west end. Seems like a lot of unpredictable current, less well defined and consistent temp breaks on the surface. Certainly less fishing boat traffic this year than past at Point Breeze. Noted parking spaces even on holidays. Noted almost entirely empty parking by noon, everyone gone.

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[chucknmel]

​I had awesome trips from may till mid august. But since they started staging the kings have lockjaw however the brown and steelbows have filled the void.

[Rich s]

As if things can't get worse. Yet to catch a mature salmon in 9 weekends and have 6 day planned starting Friday . Looked at forecast and sat-Sunday look ugly with 6-9 footers .

This year went from bad to worse . Bring on the ice !!!

[rdebadts]

My few days of good stager King fishing was a super fast flurry of activity followed by hours of nothing on either side. Really gotta make your bites count when they are like this.

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[KilliansRed]

My year was good, got a 19 pound king in May which according to some guys is rare. June and July were great then August sucked and September has not been much better. As long as I have one or two good days I'll be happy.

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[Gill-T]

Always game in Niagara county. 2013 was last year of fin clipping pen fish. How many clipped fish did you see this year? I saw maybe 5-10? This was the year class of pen fish that were in their pens when all the south shore ports saw VHS/winter kill Gizzard Shad die-offs in spring. Pier fishing should be slooooow if those pen fish became infected. 😩😩

Edited September 6, 2016 by Gill-T

[Fat Trout]

My few days of good stager King fishing was a super fast flurry of activity followed by hours of nothing on either side. Really gotta make your bites count when they are like this.

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Yep.  either you start in the right place with the right Sh*t or you grind it out for 1.

[rdebadts]

My few days of good stager King fishing was a super fast flurry of activity followed by hours of nothing on either side. Really gotta make your bites count when they are like this.

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[KilliansRed]

Always game in Niagara county. 2013 was last year of fin clipping pen fish. How many clipped fish did you see this year? I saw maybe 5-10? This was the year class of pen fish that were in their pens when all the south shore ports saw VHS/winter kill Gizzard Shad die-offs in spring. Pier fishing should be slooooow if those pen fish became infected. [emoji30][emoji30]

I caught 2 clipped fish, and over 60 naturals this year. I was speechless at the ratio. I assumed it would be about 50-50. Hope this trend continues so we don't have to worry about stocking in the future.

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[Fat Trout]

I caught 2 clipped fish, and over 60 naturals this year. I was speechless at the ratio. I assumed it would be about 50-50. Hope this trend continues so we don't have to worry about stocking in the future.

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always the possibility that those fish you caught aren't pen fish but also aren't natural....ie stocked elsewhere.   As I understand the clipping game they were doing for the salmon river was finished a few years ago.   you may be catching hatchery fish earlier that were planning to end up further east eventually. 

[Gill-T]

Correct. Canadian fish, fish stocked off piers (not pen reared) and Salmon River fish will not have clips.

[KilliansRed]

Shouldn't the ratio of clipped vs un-clipped be closer than 30 to 1?

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[Kooter469]

2013 Haywire Crew couldnt go wrong. It was my 3rd year owning the boat and we were putting fish on the LOC boards and catching 5 to 6 fish each trip! Well we have struggled the last three. Granted i do not fish like I used to due to the Band getting married and Babys and myself included. But ya i dont know anymore. Glad me and my Boy are on the Pen Rearing Board for Orleans County but its tough. I got skunkd 3 out 7 trips this year and 2 out 5 last year. I think im a better fisherman than i was in 2013 but boy it dont show. None the less excited for huntin, snowmobiling holidays and then Pen Project! Keep your head up and your not alone.

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