OhioFisherman

https://www.afs-oc.org/wiper-caught-in-lake-ontario/ I don't know if any of our states stock Wipers or Striped Bass where they could migrate to the Great Lakes.

They have stocked them on the San Fran Cisco California delta system which has access to the Pacific, Tactical Bass has some videos of them catching them there. Did they ever occur naturally in Lake Ontario? Migrate to spawn that far? A big fish with a big appetite some water systems aren't going to support too many different species like that with out causing the collapse of native species? Just my view, a less risky species? Blue cat get huge, and they don't generally roam all over a water system and various depths? Spotted bass?

I have seen comments here on some of our local state boards with people wanting a return to the 10 fish limit for Walleye on Lake Erie, it's just my opinion it is a bad plan, better to try and keep the population stable and make some wiggle room for years that may have a poor spawn? Never fished the Ohio River and the club I was in used to schedule a bass tournament there once in a while, noted for smaller bass from what I saw in club results, just a long way for me to drive to catch bass I would cull on other waters here.

https://www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/topic/476245-15000-striped-btass-released-into-lake-champlain/ This was the only mention I could find of Striped Bass being in Lake Champlain, and it appears to have been an April Fools joke? I have never heard of Stripers being there, but I certainly don' t know for sure.

Glad to hear you are still going strong Connie! Keep at it!

I have only fished soft water, and can't do that anymore, never had any desire to go walking on frozen water.

I have ordered from Ali and Ebay, never tried Wish and really have no particular reason to. With Ali the stuff I ordered was usually dirt cheap, and with the free shipping a lot of them offer makes the price way better than most places stateside that have a minimum order to get free shipping. Quality? some of the things I ordered weren't bad, but you really can't expect to pay 4 bucks for 100 hooks and get Trokar or Gammi quality?

Tennessee Guy used to post them all the time, some huge pike, but like some us age has idercaught up with us? We never considered a pike good sized until it hit the 40 inch mark, but fishing pressure has had an effect too?

29 years at this address and I can't ever recall a trick or treater here, last night we had snow and 50+ wind gusts, the snow didn't stay just some flakes to let us know what's ahead. Bad place for trick or treating here, no street lights and homes and driveways are a good distance apart, and a 55 mph speed limit and no sidewalks makes safety a serious issue.

The transom and decking on my 1987 smokercraft needed replacement, I did the front deck but got too sick to bother with the rest so I sold it. Mine looked like an easy fix for the transom, I would be leery of doing it any other way than original, a lot of stress back there, in the water and trailering. Don't know enough about Coosa board to comment, but 500+ a sheet seems pricey to me.

I had the 1987 edition, back then they called it a 17 footer, but it was 16' 8", only 73 inches wide. Had mine until 2009, but it didn't see hardly any use after 2003. No hull or rivet issue, with a 35 hp for power it didn't go fast enough to get beat up. All my decking and transom needed to be replaced, started on it but got too sick to finish.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Lund+Fisherman+1800+Transom+Replacement It looks like you aren't alone with the transom problems, and they can happen on any brand. You might take a look at the sites and see if anyone has an answer?

http://ontariofishes.ca/fish_list.php It's a bit of a hassle, but if you go down the list and pick out a known baitfish it will give you it's range.

http://www.ontariofishes.ca/fish_detail.php?FID=16 If that helps?

Just my opinion, if you have never seen a shad die off at a lake you fish regularly? there are probably none in it. We don't have threadfin shad this far north in Ohio, gizzard shad only, and all the lakes they are in have partial die offs. Your laws up there have changed over the years, any baitfish a bait store sold may be in your waters? The only way to be sure about the type of bait fish would be to fish for them or net them, but watch your laws! Every shad I have ever caught here was accidentally snagged.

It seems like it took them longer to hit the 10# mark last year?

https://www.cleveland.com/sports/2019/10/lake-erie-walleye-steelhead-trout-gather-near-shore-and-surprise-muskie-fishing-report-for-oct-25.html?fbclid=IwAR0xQ-HxNergWj1Vm6S6vEYafcxn2pbnN2UIxxBIDvvuvF9MzOva79Y9b1k I have lived with in 25 miles of the lake my entire life, and this is the first time I have ever heard of any one in this area intentionally targeting muskies on lake Erie here, even incidental catches only seemed to get reported on every 25 years or so.

They are catching Steelhead around the river mouths here on Lake Erie, I would imagine they are farther along that far north?

No disrespect intended, but even some of our favorite bass lakes for tournaments could have widely varying results from tourney to tourney and year to year. If your going to travel for a trip you would like better results?

I don't know if I could or would judge a lake on a 3 day trip.

https://www.cleveland.com/sports/2019/10/lake-erie-walleye-perch-fishing-blown-away-by-big-winds-fishing-report-for-oct-18.html?fbclid=IwAR316UpCoYe6aYOIkxYpa0seNYuJgFNYAXwSH1X1t6jTQrj9R47RKnMVteI That storm affected the opening day of the Fall Brawl, from what I could see only two fish were entered on day 1, that changed on Saturday with quite a few entries, although I don't see any of them counting in the end results. http://www.lakeeriefishingderby.com/2019-standings.html

John, no real answers on that from me, but the commercial fishermen always claimed they weren't taking enough Walleye to hurt the population either? With the years of experience they have netting perch and today's electronics it seems logical that they could decimate the population? I can recall Emerald Shiners being hard to find during the heat of the summer here at times, but it seems to me that is becoming more common? They were always the go to bait for us for Perch on Lake Erie. Erie’s Central Basin Lost Perch by Paul Liikala – Great Lakes Angler

https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/living-story/8204981-an-invader-in-our-waters-the-round-goby-is-in-little-lake/ A good article on that?

? At least it was a female?

Creek Chub or a member of that species.