DEC Atlantic salmon stocking proposal MUST READ

[GAMBLER]

2 hours ago, Chuck Smth said:

What about the Seeforellen brown trout?  Anybody else been fishing as long as some if us and remember the predictions of 50# brown trout swimming around? What ever became of that one? 

They didn’t do well and the DEC scrapped the program.  

[DaBinskyRules]

On 7/12/2022 at 2:24 PM, King Davy said:

For Gambler, Brian of course there wasn’t 2700 Landlocks in the Oak two years ago. But there were a few hundred that were caught several times. As far as misidentified, people usually confuse a salmon as a brown trout not the other way around. 

 

The St Mary’s is a multifaceted fishey loaded with everything from Kings, coho’s  pinks and Atlantic Salmon as well as steelhead, kamloops rainbows walleyes, bass and tons of white fish. It’s has alewife, smelt, a huge caddis and Hex hatch. 
 

Right now the river is filling up with LL’s. Around Labor Day the Pacifics arrive. Then steelhead. 
 

Why the river is so successful for all these species is the St Marys drains Superior into Huron so water temps are favorable . And you are catching these fish while the big ships are transversing the two lakes. 
 

it took Roger Griel the lead biologist at Lake Superior State University nearly 20 years to create this highly successful LL program.

 

Lake Michigan is also having success with LL’s. All of the Great Lakes programs are members of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. GLFC’s mission is to kill the sea lamprey, and restore native species to each lake. Before everyone gets crazy about the current lamprey infestation, remember our rivers went two years without TFM treatments due to Covid and closed borders. The TFM team is from The Soo and the St Marys river area.

 

There is a new Sheriff in town. Bureau Chief Steve Hurst has revised fishery management plans for all of NYS. Lake Ontario and all the inland waters. And he is keen on trying to rehabilitate native  species not just in LO but the ADK, Catskills,  Finger Lakes, Tug Hill etc. 

 

Love Stripe Bass and they are a formable foe in the salt. But I personally wouldn’t enjoy them more in LO than the Chinook’s. Besides traveling to the sound to fish for them and the tuna’s

gets you a shot at some of the greatest fresh sea food on the east coast.

 

Lots of opinions on the LL program. Make yourself heard and respond to the public comment period.

Salmon River last summer had lamprey treatment done by staff from Lake Champlain. Are they not who usually does the treating?

[Gill-T]

Caught this legal sized striper this morning off Jersey shore. 9.5 lbs that gave a nice fight BUT …….nothing like the equivalent sized king.  For inquiring minds, caught it on a max scent power worm 🪱 off the beach at low tide. 

Edited August 2, 2022 by Gill-T

[Gill-T]

[relaxer]

A whole lot better eating though... grilled, fried, baked, or par-boiled and turned into a "crab cake" style fish cake.  Almost impossible to ruin a rockfish.