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dbHunterNY Proficient

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fishing with kayaks is definitely the way to go.  you can ease into spots real slow that you couldn't get to with other boats.  in the fall sometimes you get pockets opened up deep into weed beds.  saves casting into the pocket and reeling through the weeds each time.  then I've fished a lot of points that are too shallow for anything big.  fish the ledges on the point and it gives the look like your bait is trying to head or stay into the shallow side versus unnaturally swimming out into the deep.

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wolc123 Grand Master

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That is cool when they start getting into it and putting on their own worms and taking the fish off and such.   My youngest daughter (11) just graduated to that level this year.   She needed a knife to cut the worms up however, I couldn't talk her into pinching them off with her fingernails.     She caught lots of bluegills from the dock up at Alex Bay.  

 

I haven't had much luck on LM's this year, but the SM out in the river were fairly cooperative considering the east wind which blew steady for 5 days.  We ended up with (37) 12-1/8 to 17 inchers for the freezer over the 5 days.   One giant that I estimated at 22", 6-1/2 lbs, broke my jig off right at the boat.  It was certainly above my "keeper" upper limit of 18", so I would have turned it loose anyhow.   I also kept a 36" northern pike that had a large, hanging gut and when I cleaned it I found a SM bass almost 10" long in the stomach.  Almost all the bass had gobies in their stomachs and seemed to be fat and very well fed as a result of that plentiful "invasive" food supply.   We only landed (2) that were under 12" long.    

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We ate some of them smallies for dinner yesterday (the fillets were vacuum sealed and frozen a week ago).  First "fresh" fish in a while and man was it good.  I love venison, but it was time for a change after eating mostly that since mid-October last year.  We baked the fillets on top of a layer of onions and thin sliced red potatoes.   A little bit of garlic salt, lemon pepper, and a sprinkle of cayenne pepper.  Wrapped in tin-foil, 30 minutes in a convection oven at 310 degrees.   I cant remember ever having fish that tasted any better.   

 

The water up in the St Lawrence was considerably cooler than normal this year, and I am sure that was a factor in making the fish "extra-good".   That also made the bass fight less than normal, which was ok with me since only one got away after it was hooked.  The rest ended up in the freezer (fish-heaven).   Also unusual this year was that none of the fish had eggs in them, as apparently all the spawning was completed during the brief "warm-up" we had in May.  I feel better about keeping bass that have already spawned. We are very blessed here in NY to live in a state which offers such an abundance of fish and wildlife.  Even Alaska has got nothing on us here in that respect.         

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The "Ol Battle Ax" ( :D ) and I hit the river today.  After a late start we were finally wetting the lines around 9:30 and I was into a good smallmouth quick.  We only ended up catching 5 but they were good ones!

 

Unfortunately I caught them all despite all my efforts to have the Mrs. do things MY way but alas it didn't work.  :(

 

I have a picture or two I'll load after I get my sea legs back..............................

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I got a couple pics of my wife from her father's day with her dad. They had 19 in the boat I think,they all got thrown back. The biggest was 19 inches.

EDIT,she'll kill me if she knows i posted pregnant pictures of her on the web. :secret:

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Lawdwaz Grand Master

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The "Ol Battle Ax" ( :D ) and I hit the river today.  After a late start we were finally wetting the lines around 9:30 and I was into a good smallmouth quick.  We only ended up catching 5 but they were good ones!

 

Unfortunately I caught them all despite all my efforts to have the Mrs. do things MY way but alas it didn't work.  :(

 

I have a picture or two I'll load after I get my sea legs back..............................

 

I meant get RID of my sea legs!

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EDIT,she'll kill me if she knows i posted pregnant pictures of her on the web. :secret:

 

Pregnant?  I'll show you pregnant.................................................................... :)

 

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Congrats to your wife on that dandy feesh, that must have been a fun outing for father & daughter!!  Maybe it'll be a mother daughter outing picture in 20 years that we're looking at here!

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