Ballyhoo

[Captain Carl Bish]

Ballyhoo

Is there any interest in fresh, brined, flash frozen Ballyhoo?  I'm thinking a pack of 10 would sell for $15 delivered to point breeze.  If there is interest, I'll research the possibilities.

[Decoy Hound]

I'd be in to give it a try if you could get it to you Olcott.

[TileMan Dan]

Works good. Just brined some up recently myself.

[chinook35]

Can they be filleted to make bait strips ?

[TileMan Dan]

Absolutely


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[fisherdude]

does it have to be vhs tested to use in NYS 

[chinook35]

Any fish that is brined doesn't have to be tested. Only if frozen only like Rhys Davis


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[fisherdude]

i can take sawbellys brine them and use on any lake then  hmmm 

 

[Captain Carl Bish]

Never mind.........forgot I was dealing with NY....Reality check...just remembered why I left!!

[bandrus1]

bait regulations are good for all of us

[Lucky13]

You all definitely need to review the baitfish regulations.  I would say a call to NYSDEC would be warranted before bringing Florida baitfish into NYS Waters, as the language dealing with Marine species is as clear as the Genesee River in March! 

 

Alewife is limited to the following lakes:

Alewife: Canandaigua Lake; Canadice Lake; Cannonsville Reservoir; Cayuga Lake; Cayuta Lake; Conesus Lake; Hemlock Lake; Waneta Lake; Hudson River downstream from Lock C-4 and its associated dam in Stillwater to the Battery at the southern tip of Manhattan Island; Keuka Lake; Otsego Lake; Otisco Lake; Owasco Lake; Lake Ontario; Lake Erie; Lamoka Lake; Pepacton Reservoir; Seneca Lake; St. Lawrence River; Niagara River; Mohawk River, and all waters in Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester counties.

 

The regulations are challenging, but where I fish in the 'daks, we get checked quite frequently, for species,  and the dated receipt.  

 

 

[Lucky13]

Sawbelly = alewife

[garrymny]

How could a brined fillet cause a problem? And I don't think herring are native fish to Ontario are they? And yet they can used.

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[chinook35]

I spent much time going back and forth with the DEC in Albany. I have an email from them stating that ANY baitfish preserved by brining can be used in NY waters. Their problem was with bait that was only preserved by freezing Which does not kill VHS virus


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