OhioFisherman

Ike with a 5.11 smallie, that's more like it.

One of the local grocery stores had a sale on whole boneless ribeyes for 4.99 a pound right before grilling season started here. I bought 3 and we cut them into steaks and vacuum packed them. Now that summer is here they are around 9 bucks a pound, more than I would pay.

Brian, I watched a couple of hours of the live feed, the two guys they were focused on were definitely smallie fishing. A lot of follows but not many bites between 12:00 and 2PM or so. I think both were a long way from the ramp, an hour or so? No clue, that would sort of be an entirely new deal for me fishing in that type of constant current, I think someone mentioned it was 5mph? Lake Erie and most lakes here can get a bit windy, but we don't have anything with a constant current like that. Even one of our area rivers wasn't bad unless there was a heavy rain, but it is nothing like that river. I have seen the Niagara from Ft.Erie to the Falls, I can picture that being challenging also to fish.

Looks like 20# bags will be in short supply again today. Some of the guys I watched were fishing a lot shallower than I would have expected.

I am not sure how your system works up there, so things may be different. I fought two tickets here in Ohio where the officer was clearly wrong, neither were for speed. You go to court and plead not guilty? The officer is not there, they schedule you to come back another day for a hearing, and the officer is there. I drove an 18 wheeler for a living, keeping unjust points off of my driver's license was important to me. In both cases my tickets were thrown out, I ate the ones I deserved. In both cases I had pictures that proved the officer was wrong, but he got paid to show up in court, and I didn't.

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LOL Brian, I have been to the deep south once in my life, the Tampa Florida area in August, that was a mistake, way too hot and muggy for me, I thought I was in a jungle. I am sure it's probably a lot better in the winter though compared to here. Give me a Canadian summer any day!

All the southern gentlemen that love the weather? That might change if they spent a winter there? LOL

Didn't see pictures of the water, but wind and the current have been an issue both days. Seems like some guys have been feeding smallies to musky? LOL

http://www.bassmaster.com/tournaments/basstrakk A lot of zeros in the fish count today, yesterday that didn't seem an issue? Never been there, I can imagine that wind and current could change a pattern in a hurry?

Hmmm... A 6.3 largemouth is big fish so far today.

" possessing non-baitfish species " That was a concern for me when I bought bait in Ontario, I don't recall ever getting a receipt for a bait fish purchase, but once you have them in your boat? A species that isn't a bait fish in on you? Is a moon eye a bait fish? I had never seen one until I bought bait in Ontario, and it didn't look right, so I didn't take it. I knew smallies and trout weren't bait fish. Perhaps some confusion could be avoided by allowing non residents to catch bait from the water they are fishing?

Big bass so far is a 6# largemouth.

http://www.bassmaster.com/video/evan-williams-bourbon-bassmaster-elite-st-lawrence-river-weigh live weigh in

http://www.crvownersclub.com/forums/26-racks-hitches-towing/21284-towing-capacity-cr-v-any-year.html

KVD is a way down too, stuff happens to your spots daily.

Leader board estimates? http://www.bassmaster.com/tournaments/basstrakk

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While I don't doubt that tourism may play a part? I found it odd that it was mentioned and not farming?

Old, once again the rains started here shortly after planting in my area. I imagine Toledo, a good distance west of me experienced the same thing? A lot of the problems seem to be from runoff from farmers fields. " Lake Erie BloomsA record outbreak of blooming microcystis occurred in Lake Erie 2011, in part related to the wettest spring on record, and expanded lake bottom dead zones, reduced fish populations, fouled beaches, and the local tourism industry that generates more than $10 billion in revenue annually. " Funny that they didn't directly mention farming activity?

http://www.19actionnews.com/story/29646787/toledo-residents-rush-to-stores-for-bottled-water-following-mayors-watch-announcement http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/29644881/mayor-hicks-hudson-says-toledos-water-is-now-in-a-watch-category https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcystin " Microcyctins can be produced in large quantities during algal blooms and pose a major threat to drinking and irrigation water supplies, as well as the environment at large. "

" Isn't 5lb/20" considered a trophy? " It depends on how many you have caught? a nice fish either way though.

I wonder if the bait dealers pushed for that too though, I can recall a few times going to a bait store in Ontario for minnows and getting little smallmouth and trout mixed in with them.

Didn't Ontario ban non residents that paid for a fishing license from catching their own bait?

I am guessing a real worm would require a lot less movement than a plastic one? It does have a natural scent and look to it?