Getting the itch

[BigVal]

Have one of the boats ready to go for small water (usually Chautauqua) can't wait to get out. Might hit creeks for steel this Friday. 

[The_Real_TCIII]

Have one of the boats ready to go for small water (usually Chautauqua) can't wait to get out. Might hit creeks for steel this Friday. 

Anything you'd be willing to share about finding crappie on that lake I'd love to hear! All I ever find are tiny perch


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[doebuck1234]

Oatka creek bowerman rd area and a few others stocked on march 31st.im not waiting that long though.the other day i posted i held off.its driving me nuts!very nice smallie btw!!

[stoneam2006]

Have one of the boats ready to go for small water (usually Chautauqua) can't wait to get out. Might hit creeks for steel this Friday. 

I can't wait to get my boat out there this year to fish. In process of getting it all rigged now. Hope for some eyes outta there

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[rachunter]

On 3/18/2017 at 9:46 PM, doebuck1234 said:

Told me if i caught another big fish he was gunna throw me in the water.BOOM.another slob.not as big but fun!

not sure if it's the angle,but it looks like a pug face bass[short top lip]?

[doebuck1234]

Ha.lip was a bit disformed in front.not sure.assuming he was the true meaning of"rippin lips" at one point.just healed weird.same fish in pic below

[BigVal]

3 hours ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

Anything you'd be willing to share about finding crappie on that lake I'd love to hear! All I ever find are tiny perch


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[BigVal]

2 hours ago, stoneam2006 said:

 

I can't wait to get my boat out there this year to fish. In process of getting it all rigged now. Hope for some eyes outta there

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I hear ya stone I guess it got hot last fall for eyes. Last spring I fished it for eyes twice when I was camping there and found some toward long point. Normally the bite early in the year for Chautauqua eyes is hotter at night. Trolling sticks is pretty productive.

[doebuck1234]

12 minutes ago, BigVal said:

I hear ya stone I guess it got hot last fall for eyes. Last spring I fished it for eyes twice when I was camping there and found some toward long point. Normally the bite early in the year for Chautauqua eyes is hotter at night. Trolling sticks is pretty productive.

Never caught an eye before but hear alot about them.last year while trout fishing i believe i hooked into one.In village of scottsville im close to the mouth/genessee river and have seen them in there standing up on george bridge looking down.have seen pike pulled out aswell.caught a few smallies too!Someday would like to get into a spot thats teaming with eyes.would be a hoot by the sounds of it

[BigVal]

10 minutes ago, doebuck1234 said:

Never caught an eye before but hear alot about them.last year while trout fishing i believe i hooked into one.In village of scottsville im close to the mouth/genessee river and have seen them in there standing up on george bridge looking down.have seen pike pulled out aswell.caught a few smallies too!Someday would like to get into a spot thats teaming with eyes.would be a hoot by the sounds of it

Yea buddy I got more into it last season. Always fished.for them but made my big water outfit more friendly for trolling and it's awesome! Good days on Lake Erie are lots of fun and gives you a few nice meals if you'd like as well.

[doebuck1234]

Looking forward to seeing some pics this season hopefully!!

[stoneam2006]

I hear ya stone I guess it got hot last fall for eyes. Last spring I fished it for eyes twice when I was camping there and found some toward long point. Normally the bite early in the year for Chautauqua eyes is hotter at night. Trolling sticks is pretty productive.

Yea buddy if mine just bought a cottage on the Lakeview end in Sept so we didn't fish much just took kids tubing and jet skied I work in olean with alot of guys who fish it successfully so hopefully one of them can help me get dialed in for that lake. Hopefully we all here can help each other out as the season rolls in and get us all in on the bite

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[BigVal]

Got out today for some early action. 

 

[grampy]

Way to go Val! Nice! 

[ManicOutdoorsman92]

Very nice speckling and color, nice fish.

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[ManicOutdoorsman92]

With the rain I'll probably try and get out for some steel on lake O tribs when it comes down some

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[The_Real_TCIII]

This rain will have all of our stockers in the Atlantic Ocean by the end of the week

[turkeyfeathers]

21 minutes ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

This rain will have all of our stockers in the Atlantic Ocean by the end of the week

Every year !!  They're stocking the Little Buffalo on Tuesday. They stock it and floodwaters for days after. Those fish won't hold over

[ManicOutdoorsman92]

Defeats the purpose you'd think, makes me wonder how many make it to the next year

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[The_Real_TCIII]

They do a pretty good job staggering the stockings at a lot of the creeks, holding off until late April and into May

[turkeyfeathers]

Just had the NYS list of stocking but link from DEC didn't work  

 

Edited March 25, 2017 by turkeyfeathers

[doebuck1234]

Looked at creek today and its rollin now!

[doebuck1234]

Wtg val!i was really stupid for not going last weekend when i was going to!!!could still try it but doubt itll be any good

[turkeyfeathers]

Just had the NYS list of stocking but link from DEC didn't work  
 

http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/30465.html


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[doebuck1234]

Thanks TF.was searching it as i saw ur post