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Wednesday, December 12, 2007OOPS - Missed Anniversary OSR #2-2008
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Luckily I did not miss my wedding anniversary or I would be walking with a limp. I did forget all about the 10th anniversary of our landing the NYS Record Brown Trout aboard the Dixie Dandy. The 33lb 2 oz mega fish was landed on June 10, 1997 by skilled angler Tony Brown, from Schenectady, New York. I stress skilled angler because he landed the bruiser using a 9ft custom rod and a |
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Penn Reel spooled with 8lb test, topped off with 6lb test leader. The lure of choice was a black/white Smithwick Rouge that continues to rank as a hot, hot lure even today.
After 10 years the lunker is still the record brown caught in NYS waters. I believe that some day an even bigger brown will be captured as the saying "records are made to be broken" will certainly come true. In the meantime as you might expect, we are proud to be a part of the record catch accomplishment. A belated Happy Anniversary to you Tony. Way to go!
If you would like to read an account of the event, click how to catch big brown trout for a detailed review of that wonderful day.
Presently, fishing in the Oswego River for browns and steelies is pretty darn good. While only a few well clothed diehards are braving the winter elements they are being rewarded with some hot action. This bodes well for our upcoming spring fishery which will begin for us in mid April.
Last season was a great year for our charter service. The upcoming 2008 season is rapidly shaping up to be as good or better that 2007. I guess we are doing something right, such as catching fish and dishing out an overall good time. If you want to have a wonderful fishing experience, provided by a team that is totally dedicated to providing a first class charter outing, call on us. We have the expertise, work ethic, and personal desire to insure a successful charter trip.
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Saturday, November 10, 2007Dry Dock OSR #1-2007
The Dixie Dandy has been hauled from the water and is snuggled into her winter berth in the main building at Mike's Marina. Once again our 31' JC has performed well and now deserves a few months rest. As we do every off season general preventive maintenance procedures will be carried out. The wear and tear associated with our "fish every day" season schedule requires an absolute commitment to insuring our vessel is fine tuned to the rigors waiting in the form of the 2008 season. Simply put, our customers deserve the best.
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This record low water thing has made it difficult for salmon to complete their migration to the hatchery. While tons of fish returned to the
On another interesting note, the hatchery has already harvested plenty of Coho eggs and could increase Coho stocking numbers to supplement a Chinook shortfall if this should become necessary. Catching more of the speedy "silvers" would be terrific. A huge advantage a stocking program has over a totally wild fishery which is most susceptible to the whims of nature is the ability to make adjustments. Flexibility is the key to success. We should be wary of "wild fish only" methodology proposals for
It looks like the DEC will be ordering a truly state of the art fish marking system which is housed in a mobile over the road configuration. The system is capable of marking 60,000 fish in an eight hour period. This is going to allow us to determine just how many wild fish are returning to the tributary streams. We know that millions are naturally spawned each year but we are not sure how many reach adulthood. The new system will provide the answer. How do you maintain the world class status of the
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007Big Fish/Net Pens ISR #2-2007
We are on the water and I am happy to say that our first few trips have been very, very good. We have been fishing the shoreline from the
Call us if you want to partake of some productive May fishing. We have a few days open.
Our
The net pen program has proven to be a very effective method of growing bigger, healthier fish. Ah yes, the future is bright.
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Saturday, April 7, 2007Let the Games Begin! ISR #1-2007
Even though, as I write this update, it is miserably cold and still snowing, it will not be long till the Dixie Dandy is in the water and fully rigged for the 2007 fishing season. Today I finished the bottom paint trim and even painted the bilge area platform between the two engines. The power plants have been tuned, and general spring maintenance is complete. Keeping her ship shape is the only way to go.
It looks like we will be in the water early next week. Then I will reinstall the electronics, load my generous assortment of tackle on board, and motor the Dixie Dandy out for a shakedown cruise or two, weather permitting. Once I complete those tasks, I run the boat some 13 miles to the Oswego Marina where she will remain till the end of September.
Fishing out of
One of my favorite times of the year starts when boats are rolled from the dark confines of winter storage shelters, to await spring primping activity under the sometimes early season sun lit sky. Old friends return, new friends are made and another wonderful fishing season starts to roll. It is a good life and I am darn lucky to be a part of it.
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Saturday, March 24, 2007State of the Lake Update OSR #7-2007
Each year a
The well managed fishery continues to provide some of the best angling opportunities on the planet. It does not happen by chance; rather it is the result of scientifically sound management decisions. When left in the hands of fishery professionals good things happen. For a charter Captain, the lake offers an opportunity to run a business and provide plenty of fishing adventure. For the weekend angler, fantastic fishing is the norm.
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According to the DEC, the alewife population is buoyed by a very strong year class that hatched two years ago. There are tons of two year old baitfish that are going to provide an abundance of growth energy for the hungry predators that swim the depths. Last year Chinook salmon averaged three pounds heavier than relatives caught the year before. Since bait will be plentiful we expect salmon size to increase once again. In addition, the Coho salmon catch rate was twice the long term average.
Other good signs are, an apparent increase in sculpin, and a round goby biomass that seems to be leveling off. We have noticed that cormorants are feasting on gobies which are plentiful close to the devil bird's nesting sites. This bodes well for fish stocking further west of the
Wild Chinook salmon fry continue to be found in annual netting trawls in the
Finally, we have yet another new ballast water invader, the Red Shrimp. This tiny fresh water critter (1/2 inch in size), prefers shallow depths 160' and under. It just might be a new member of the lake's food web. Only time will tell.
The current snow cover is going to result in a major spring runoff which will translate to excellent fishing. It is looking real good for 2007. Hope you are going to fish with us. The countdown is underway!
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Monday, March 5, 2007OSR #6-2007 Good Comes From Bad
After spending several warm sun filled terrific weeks in
What do I mean by this? Well, I'm going to tell-ya. It is all about the "water run off" that will happen when the tons of snow that now cover almost all of northern
I will be taking part in the Northeast Great Outdoors Show at the
Finally, one more thing. On July 28th, the inaugural Little Salmon River Challenge Tournament will take place. It will be headquartered out of Mike's
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Thursday, February 1, 2007OSR #5-2007 Here we go Again!
Well sports fans, our newly elected New York State Governor has appointed his choice to head up the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. The winner is Assemblyman "Pete" Grannis of the island called
It seems that Grannis has introduced NYS Assembly Bill 1850 which would revise the state definition of animal cruelty to include killing or injuring wild game and wild birds. If passed, this revision will be used to make legal hunting and trapping criminal offenses so says the US Sportsmen’s
On a more pleasant note we are getting closer to the start of the
As I stated in a previous blog, it looks like 2007 is going to see plenty of big fish. There are plenty of plump baitfish schools roaming the depths and a very mild start to our winter will only enhance the condition of the forage population. It is really looking good for 2007.
I have joined the Field Test/ Pro Staff Team sponsored by A-TOM-MIK Trolling Flies. This company has quickly become a major player with regard to trout and salmon trolling on the
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Friday, January 5, 2007OSR #4-2007 Good News
It is now certain that our fish will be bigger in 2007. Results from compiled 2006 harvest data shows that the salmon were in fact larger than their brethren of 2005. We boated plenty of thirty lb fish in 2006 and that was a huge jump over 2005. This coming season is shaping up to the point where we should see sizeable numbers of 40lb fish. This fantastic news is brought to you as a result of a huge hatch of 2005 alewives making bait recruitment that year, one of the largest ever.
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These huge numbers of alewives are now reaching maturity. Simply put, it means that there are plenty of high quality bait fish teeming with caloric energy just waiting to be gobbled up by the
If you are looking to catch a big one, and I mean a really big one, this could be the year.
Of all the great lakes, it is a fact that
WANT A BIG CHINOOK? Fish
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Sunday, December 10, 2006OSR #3-2006 Merry Christmas
As the Holidays approach, it is certainly appropriate to wish you a great holiday season. However, from me, in my anti politically correct temperament, I wish you a very Merry Christmas. I hope 2007 will bring you happiness and a bountiful year of fishing adventure.
Speaking of fishing adventure, the 2007 season is only about four months away. In the next few months, what happens out in the lake from a weather standpoint will have a major impact on fishing for years to come. Mild temperatures will result in warmer water and that helps the survival of baitfish such as the alewife. A bumper crop of alewives would suit me just fine and I am sure Mr. Chinook would smile smartly as he thunders into that balled up school of tasty little fish. The longer the lake stays on the warm side, the better it is for the alewife to prepare for the cold winter weather that will surely arrive, sooner or later. Nature can be kind or she can be brutal, usually we get a dose of both.
Recently, I reported that there were millions of naturally spawned Chinooks swimming in the Salmon River. I have noticed comments from some that these natural fish will add big numbers to the Chinook population. Not so fast I say, since we do not know for certain just how many naturals make it to adult hood. Perhaps there are many and perhaps there are only a few. To obtain a definitive answer we need to count wild fish or stocked fish, one or the other. In the future we may develop technology to tell the difference between the two; however, today that technology is definitely in the embryonic stages.
At present the only scientific way to determine valid numbers, is to fin clip the recently born fish and count them when they return to the tributary streams as adults. Until you do this, it doesn’t matter how many wild fish you think there are, it only matters if you somehow scientifically arrive at their numbers. It is impossible to count wild fish, however, technology exists that would allow us to automatically fin clip thousands of stocked fish. This would provide a huge amount of data that would allow fishery managers to project scientifically valid results. Then and only then will we know the effects of wild fish production.
By the way, that technology now exists in the form of a state of the art fish marking system which will cost about 6 to 7 hundred thousand smakaroos. It would be money well spent, especially, when you consider the wasteful pork barrel projects that our country endures.
NYS is hoping to purchase such a system which can be used to the benefit of all types of angling pleasures not just those of the Chinook salmon. If we get this device the entire NYS angling community wins, and we all know how nice it is to win.
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Wednesday, November 22, 2006OSR #2-2006 A Really Important Advisory
This is to let you know that I will not be participating in the Springfield Sportsmen's Outdoor Show in February 2007. My bride, my two dogs and I will be in Florida and I have no desire to return to the North until it warms up a bit. Can you blame me?
I hope you will go and enjoy the show and perhaps you can help dispel the unfounded rumor that I have retired. As soon as word got out that I would not be exhibiting at the show, it seems that a competitor started the retirement rumor. They even had my boat for sale. This is nothing more than wishful thinking by a buffoon or two. Most professional captains at the show will tell you that I am still fishing; however, a couple of the "in need of bookings" guys need to be corrected.
I will continue to exhibit at The Great Northeast Sport show in Albany, NY, March 16, 17, and 18, 2007. It will have warmed up a bit by then, I hope.
Charter fishing is not only for the young, it is also for the young at heart. Since I have been lucky enough to have taken part in quite a few birthday parties, young at heart becomes more and more important. Charter fishing is still my passion and my many years spent on the water is why you can call me "CAPTAIN EXPERIENCE," or if you prefer, "CAPTAIN NOT RETIRED!" See you on the water in 2007.
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