2017 live from the lake , ocean , pond , stream, river thread

[Steve D]

15 hours ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

I don't buy those mercury studies. My understanding is they test the entire fish and if they only tested the fillets it there would be a fraction of the contaminants. Maybe someone with some knowledge can weigh in


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I do not have knowledge on this subject but here is some "state" info from the board of health for what is worth:

https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/outdoors/fish/health_advisories/

Finger Lakes Region Advice

Don't see your waterbody listed in the table?
If there is no specific advice for a particular waterbody, follow the general advice, which is to eat up to four, half pound meals a month of fish.

Waterbody 1 (County)	Fish	Men Over 15 & Women Over 50	Women Under 50 & Children Under 15	Chemicals of Concern
All waters NOT listed (Finger Lakes Region)	All fish	Up to 4 meals/month	Up to 4 meals/month
Canadice Lake (Ontario)	Lake trout	Greater than 23", DON'T EAT; Less than 23", up to 1 meal/month	DON'T EAT	PCBs
	Brown trout	Up to 1 meal/month	DON'T EAT	PCBs
	All other fish	Up to 4 meals/month	DON'T EAT	PCBs
Chenango River (Broome, Chenango, Madison)	Walleye	Greater than 22", up to 1 meal/month; Less than 22", up to 4 meals/month	DON'T EAT	Mercury
	All other fish	Up to 4 meals/month	DON'T EAT	Mercury
Irondequoit Bay (Monroe)	White perch, White sucker	Up to 1 meal/month	DON'T EAT	PCBs, Mirex, Dioxin
	Lake trout	Greater than 25", up to 1 meal/month; Less than 25", up to 4 meals/month	DON'T EAT	PCBs, Mirex, Dioxin
	Carp, Channel catfish	DON'T EAT	DON'T EAT	PCBs, Mirex, Dioxin
	Brown trout	Greater than 20", up to 1 meal/month; Less than 20", up to 4 meals/month	DON'T EAT	PCBs, Mirex, Dioxin
	All other fish	Up to 4 meals/month	DON'T EAT	PCBs, Mirex, Dioxin
Koppers Pond (Chemung)	Carp	Up to 1 meal/month	DON'T EAT	PCBs
	All other fish	Up to 4 meals/month	DON'T EAT	PCBs
Lake Ontario 2 (Niagara, Oswego, Monroe, Jefferson, Orleans, Wayne, Cayuga)	White sucker	Up to 1 meal/month	DON'T EAT	PCBs, Mirex, Dioxin
	White perch	East of Point Breeze, up to 1 meal/month; West of Point Breeze, DON'T EAT	DON'T EAT	PCBs, Mirex, Dioxin
	Lake trout	Greater than 25", up to 1 meal/month; Less than 25", up to 4 meals/month	DON'T EAT	PCBs, Mirex, Dioxin
	Carp, Channel catfish	DON'T EAT	DON'T EAT	PCBs, Mirex, Dioxin
	Brown trout	Greater than 20", up to 1 meal/month; Less than 20", up to 4 meals/month	DON'T EAT	PCBs, Mirex, Dioxin
	All other fish	Up to 4 meals/month	DON'T EAT	PCBs, Mirex, Dioxin
Onondaga Lake (Onondaga)	Walleye	DON'T EAT	DON'T EAT	PCBs, Mercury
	Largemouth bass, Smallmouth bass	Greater than 15", DON'T EAT; Less than 15", up to 1 meal/month	DON'T EAT	PCBs, Mercury
	Carp, Channel catfish, White perch	DON'T EAT	DON'T EAT	PCBs, Mercury, Dioxin
	Brown bullhead, Pumpkinseed sunfish	Up to 4 meals/month	DON'T EAT	PCBs, Mercury
	All other fish	Up to 1 meal/month	DON'T EAT	PCBs, Mercury, Dioxin
Rushford Lake (Allegany)	Walleye	Up to 1 meal/month	DON'T EAT	Mercury
	All other fish	Up to 4 meals/month	DON'T EAT	Mercury
Seneca River, downstream of Lock 24 at Baldwinsville (Onondaga)	Walleye	DON'T EAT	DON'T EAT	PCBs, Mercury
	Largemouth bass, Smallmouth bass	Greater than 15", DON'T EAT; Less than 15", up to 1 meal/month	DON'T EAT	PCBs, Mercury
	Carp, Channel catfish, White perch	DON'T EAT	DON'T EAT	PCBs, Mercury, Dioxin
	Brown bullhead, Pumpkinseed sunfish	Up to 4 meals/month	DON'T EAT	PCBs, Mercury
	All other fish	Up to 1 meal/month	DON'T EAT	PCBs, Mercury, Dioxin
Skaneateles Creek, Skaneateles Lake Dam at Skaneateles to Seneca River (Onondaga, Cayuga)	Brown trout	Greater than 10", up to 1 meal/month; Less than 10", up to 4 meals/month	DON'T EAT	PCBs
	All other fish	Up to 4 meals/month	DON'T EAT	PCBs
Susquehanna River (Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Tioga, Otsego)	Walleye	Greater than 22", up to 1 meal/month; Less than 22", up to 4 meals/month	DON'T EAT	Mercury
	All other fish	Up to 4 meals/month	DON'T EAT	Mercury

[grampy]

Round two of Saratoga Lake on Friday.  Well over 30 bass boated. Couple pike thrown in along with some good sized rock bass. So much fun just being out there! May be fishing with a member here, up there soon if we can match up our schedules!  Hoping to make it happen!

[Paula]

23 hours ago, turkeyfeathers said:

Bait all set


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I never knew they had vending machines for fishing

[The_Real_TCIII]

Had a decent morning on the stream considering nothing was rising. Got five browns to eat and also bonus, a wild brookie! I love those voracious little monsters, they're not very common in the streams I fish

That caddis is as big as his head!

[wolc123]

 

3 minutes ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

Had a decent morning on the stream considering nothing was rising. Got five browns to eat and also bonus, a wild brookie! I love those voracious little monsters, they're not very common in the streams I fish

That caddis is as big as his head!

Cool looking fish.  My older daughter and I were out on Erie for a couple hours, just before lunch (she got up late and I had to get in early).  The smallies were hitting ok on the shoals in front of the Lakawana windmills.  We got enough for one quart-sized pack of fillets (2) 17", and (1) 16".    That is probably the last time I will be able to get out there this year, so that will probably be it for the "cleaner" fish.   They sure were healthy looking, fat and fiesty fighters.    All the rest of my bass are going to be the pcb/mercury/lead-laden ones from the Adirondacks this fall, unless maybe we can squeeze in a late summer / early fall trip or two down to Findley or Silver lake.      

[turkeyfeathers]

Caught 9. Missed a bunch. Littlest panther martins made. Lost 2 10-11" fish I at least fought for a few seconds. Most casts were flip bail, grab line with left hand and under hand slingshot pitch cast. Nice thing is hook gap so small when draped over branch I could gently reel and plop it into a hole.
Wiscoy creek


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[BizCT]

Caught 9. Missed a bunch. Littlest panther martins made. Lost 2 10-11" fish I at least fought for a few seconds. Most casts were flip bail, grab line with left hand and under hand slingshot pitch cast. Nice thing is hook gap so small when draped over branch I could gently reel and plop it into a hole.
Wiscoy creek


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I use sawbellies bigger than those pea shooters! Lol


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[turkeyfeathers]

I use sawbellies bigger than those pea shooters! Lol


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Some dang pretty native fish though. They smack that spinner pretty hard for their size. Can't wait to hit em again.


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[doebuck1234]

Have plans to go out on coleman ram-x with neighbor and hit up bass pond that i caught the slob bass in.just waiting for him to get up!

[Water Rat]

[doebuck1234]

Fished from 830 to 1130.caught two nice keepers and lost another.caught atleast 20 smaller bass aswell.first one i put in boat was 5lb 4oz 21" and neighbor slammed a nice 5lb 1oz 20"

[grampy]

Where exactly did you say that pond is?.............grin.

[doebuck1234]

Haha is actually an old pit or something like that.neighbor has been going back there sence he was a kid.just down rd from me.hard to access and deff cant fish it by shore.decided to weed out a couple bigger ones

[doebuck1234]

Only bait we use in there is a red and white jitterbug topwater.they crush it!and i love topwater fishing

[Buckmaster7600]

I heading out on lake George with my daughter.


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[Buckmaster7600]

fish don't want to play yet but it sure is pretty out.


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[grampy]

What a cool picture! There is your beautiful pot-o-gold under that rainbow! Good luck out there, and keep safe.

[BigVal]

Just a life vest? She should obviously have arm flaoties on as well. 

Jk good luck out there making me rethink this work thing today. 

[turkeyfeathers]

Cattaragus in Chaffee/Sardinia again. Nothing happening but as always , had fun.
Wiscoy at Wiscoy falls. Saw one trout trying to get up the big falls , ain't going to happen.
No fish caught but daughter said a few times " I really enjoy doing things like this with you " Priceless!


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[Fletch]

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[BizCT]

Cattaragus in Chaffee/Sardinia again. Nothing happening but as always , had fun.
Wiscoy at Wiscoy falls. Saw one trout trying to get up the big falls , ain't going to happen.
No fish caught but daughter said a few times " I really enjoy doing things like this with you " Priceless!


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TF - I got a pink/black ugly stik if your daughter wants it?


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[turkeyfeathers]

TF - I got a pink/black ugly stik if your daughter wants it?


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Oh man. She'd love it !


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[BizCT]

Oh man. She'd love it !


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Consider it payment for the jerky. PM me your address


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[Zem18]

You finally moving up to a big boy pole Biz and retiring the pink one?

Kudos for sharing with TFs daughter!

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[BizCT]

You finally moving up to a big boy pole Biz and retiring the pink one?

Kudos for sharing with TFs daughter!

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Lol. Bought for my wife in 2009, thought it would get her to fish more and it did for that year and that was it. It's been in my rod rack in my garage ever since so when I saw TF's daughter with pink on I figured it would be better used by her. It does come with some fish scales on it, but that's a sign of success!


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