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The NY shore had a fantastic year on Lake O this year, while we on the north west side were not so lucky. I have been noticing and commenting on the shortage of bait fish on our end of the lake for the last 3 - 4 years. It appears that others may now share my opinion. If lower stocking means long term recovery, and not a repeat of the Lake Huron scenario, I'm all in. https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2018/09/28/lake-ontario-salmon-and-trout-fishing-alewife-surveys-dec-stocking-plan-sport-fishing-rochester/1457993002/ Science is telling fisheries managers to cut back on stocking so that the adult alewife population can rebound. There were poor survival rates of the lake's main forage fish in 2013 and 2014. In addition, survival rates for a bumper 2016 alewife crop were worse than expected, and below-average production in 2017 “exacerbated forecasted declines.’’ I assume the Ontario response will be similar. Except of course for Atlantics, no doubt they will still dump millions of them in to stew to death as instinct calls them to the hot July tribs.....