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    lol
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    Ah, there you go! We've highjacked the Goby/Great Lakes thread! Sorry David! Heaing about those numbers of fish from GBay makes me think the zebra mussel/Goby combo has had a positive impact up there as well. At least on the smallie population. 20 years ago, the lower GBay area had good numbers of smallies but you had to go through a pile of 2lbers to get your one 4-5lb fish. Back in the late 80's when the now gone GM Pro Bass series held an event out of Midland's Wye Heritage Marina, a respectable 5 fish weight was 12-14lbs and 15-17lbs meant you'd cash a cheque. Oh, and all the top place finishers that year locked through to GPool to get off the Bay!
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    I've never fished it but here's a starting point...if you're fishing largies, don't be afraid to fish shallow, regardless of water temp. Docks, trees, shoreline weedbeds will all hold fish. If it's smallies you're after, go deeper, say 15' and out. Target any lake points, dropoffs, islands, etc. Change depths until you find them, then fish that depth in other places around the lake. Have fun and good luck.
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    Fantastic numbers and yes, catch and release works! Good on you for doing your part! The old Cotton Cordell Big O crankbaits were/are dynamite baits. I still have a few knocking around and my favorite colour was a dark perch with a florescent orange strip. Crank it hard until it hits rocks, and stop...because it floats, it backs up in the water like a crawfish. Wham...smallies nail it on a slack line. Good times on GBay.
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    Nice smallies! I fished Honey Harbour a lot about 18 years ago. Gobies were not much of an issue back then.
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    Viagra Falls!!!
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    I'll have two of what he's drinking!! ^^^^
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    You never know but I doubt it. I'm far from a biologist, but I'd have to guess that with lakes the size of our Great Lakes, the change cycles would be very very long. I could see small lakes being much more fragile whereas when they experience minor fluctuations in baitfish populations or water quality issues, the overall health of the lake suffers more quickly. Pure speculation on my part. The other thing we'd have to know is the spawn rates of gobies. I read they are very prolific reproducers so could smallies really eat them into a decline? But the other real beauty of the Great lakes is the water flow...no one lake is a stand alone segment. This has to aid to the collective health of the lakes. Maybe?
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    Looks dead??? Lol Not sure how you can tell by looking at a small patch on the side of a fish. Bass roll up on the surface of the staging tanks all the time.
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    Take lots of pictures and measurements of the new lure for your reproduction. If it goes bye bye, you'll only have the old one to go by.
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    I hate chain walleye
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    There has to be fish eaten in ALL stages of the food chain...including fry. We want giant balls of baitfish to support the gamefish until someone makes a video of baitfish eating gamefish fry. What did we think they were eating?? Gobies can only target bass when they are bottom fry, whereas perch, bluegill, bass, pike, etc., target baby bass long after they can swim freely off bottom. Besides, the shear numbers and size of smallmouth bass that now exist AFTER in introduction of gobies suggests the fry that are eaten are well worth the sacrifice. Shorten the season because of gobies in a fishery that has thrived because of gobies?? Seems hardly logical.
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    That is a very health looking fish! What area of Erie were you fishing? Asking because that's a largemouth.
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    I agree, if only from a marketing standpoint(catch a fisherman lol) Any dark coloured crankbait will work because it's a reaction strike. If you watch any videos on gobies, you'll see they move about the bottom but not very fast. A better alternative is a dark swimbait...you can switch up the jig head weights to match the depth + let it soak on the bottom or rip it. Much more versatile that a deep diving crankbait.
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    That's it right there Ohio...gobies do not have swim bladders and therefore cannot get off bottom(there's a hint for all you drop shotters ) Unlike shiners and shad that require chasing which burns calories, gobies are relatively easy prey. This is why slow dragging a tube jig is so effective. Smallmouth are sight feeders as well so you know that compliments of the zebra mussels, the crystal clear water helps them locate bait from long distances. The zebras are fair though...they also help shred my flouro just to keep things even!
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    Oh man you missed a GREAT summer in Southern Ontario!!!! Hot, humid, hotter, humid, traffic, thunder, no rain, humid, dead lawn, traffic = morons, hotter than before, smog. shoulda been here!!
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    Or those that are very expensive and come in a plastic bag with a twist tie!
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    lol Hadn't thought about Eels Lake in years. No use to you, but I have some old photos of my parents at Eels holding up lake trout. Circa 1959. I do remember going once as a kid and catching smallies on jitterbugs though! Good luck!!
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    Great tool for fisherman that take the time to determine patterns. Having the capability live on the water enables anglers to search out new water quickly based on discoveries made that very day. Very cool. I don't see the Chonger Waypoints button??
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    It's easy to mix up lakes, especially here in Ontario!! I was speaking to a client yesterday that has a cottage on a small lake between Gravenhurst and Arnprior () ...it now has a secretively good musky population because years ago, the MNR stocked it with musky after confusing it with another lake of the same name!!
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    All the MNR has to do is announce they are a special strain of panfish and they're protected. They'll be gone by spring.
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    We can expect to see the new Live Target Goldfish soon.
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    Oh boy dryer sheets!! lol My wife used to put dryer sheets everywhere! Closets, storage boxes, blankets....then we got a new puppy that LOVES eating dryer sheets. My backyard started looking like someone was testing out a t-shirt cannon! No more dryer sheets.
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    So glad you recovered and that's great advice. Something I sure need to listen to. Thanks and congrats on a great summer with your family!
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    Some great ideas here guys! The Irish Spring idea is great even if you don't have a rodent problem!! Who sells moth balls?
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