I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT BUT A LOT FISH THAT COME UP FROM THAT DEEPWATER DIE FROM BAROMETRIC PRESSURE STOMACH OR AIR BLADDER POPS OUT OF THEIR MOUTH. HOW DO YOU KEEP FROM KILLING THEM AND WASTING A LOT OF FISH? I AM NO ROOKIE BEEN FISHING ERIE FOR 13 YEARS NOW. I'VE TALKED TO JASON HEAD BIOLOGIST FOR ALL OF NEW YORK LAKE ERIE ABOUT IT AND HE SAID THERE NO WAY MOST OF THOSE FISH DON'T DIE EVEN IF RELEASED!! I'VE SEEN THEM DIE OR STRUGGLE AND TE GULLS GET THEM. I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOU ANSWER.
FYI, CROSSBOW ALERT!!!
I JUST TALKED TO A DEC OFFICER ABOUT THE NEW CROSSBOW LAWS TO SEE IF KATHY HOCHUL HAD SIGNED THE BILL YET BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET. THESE OFFICES ARE THE HORSES MOUTH AND THE ONES THAT WOULD KNOW. HE AND ANOTHER OFFICER TOLD ME IT HAD NOT BEEN SIGNED AND IT HASN'T EVEN GONE TO HER DESK. DON'T BELIEVE ME CALL YOUR REGIONAL DEC OFFICE AND ASK TO SPEAK TO A DEC OFFICER.
I HAVEN'T FISHED THE SBH IN TW0 YEARS LONG HAUL TO 60 FT FROM SBH CLOSER TO STURGEON PONT. I'VE SEEN A FEW YEARS OUT OF 12 THAT THEY STAYED THERE ALL YEAR LONG BUT THAT'S EXCEPTION NOT THE RULE. IF ANYONE WANTS TO KNOW THE BUFFALO SKYWAY WILL NEVER OPEN AGAIN IT'S BEING DEMOLISHED AND WILL BE MADE INTO A PARK THAT'S WHAT I READ INLINE TODAY!
I JUST READ ON LINE THE 2025 RESULTS AREN'T AVAILABLE YET. CONFUSING TO SAY THE LEAST BECAUSE MY BUDDY SAID HIS SON WON BIG FISH FRIDAY WITH A 9 LB PLUS FISH.
I SPOKE TO JASON HEAD OF ALL THE DEC BIOLOGISTS FOR L. ERIE NYS YESTERDAY. HE TOLD ME THE ESTIMATED POPULATION OF WALLEYES IN ERIE THIS YEAR IS 80,000,000 AND THAT'S JUST 2 YEAR OLD PLUS AND THEY DON'T COUNT 0'S AND 1'S. FYI.
SUPER THANK YOU I'VE ONLY BEEN BACK ON ERIE SINCE 2013 AS I MOVED EAST TOWARDS ROCHESTER!! THIS TIME OF THE YEAR I LIKE TO STAY AT THE CONDO'S AT TIMES.
AGREED WE HAD 4 BOATS GO OUT OF THE CATT TODAY MY BOAT LAUNCHED OUT OF THE STATE LAUNCH NO CLEANING STATION; ALL 4 BOATS GOT THEIR LIMITS MOSTLY BOTTOM BOUNCERS. MY BOAT GOT 15 KEEPERS THREW 3 BACK. WE WENT TO SBH TO CLEAN JUST OUR FISH BY TRUCK HAD TO WAIT IN LINE EVERYONE WAS BRING IN LIMITS OF FISH NO MATTER HOW MANY GUYS THEY HAD IN THE BOAT. IN MY ENTIRE LIFE AND I AM TURNING 79 THIS MONTH AND I HAVE BEEN FISHING EYES FOR 69 YEARS; I HAVE NEVER ONCE SEEN EYES SO FULL OF MAYFLIES.THE BOTTOM OF OUR COOLER WAS FULL OF COUGHED UP MAYFLIES NOT ONE MINNOW!!! THE LAKE IS ON FIRE!! PTL.