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#1 ·
No threads. They are killing the saugeyes South eastern, one would thing walleye would be hitting good too, eh? :D
 
#5 ·
They're spawning, just starting! Jacks can be had on lures, bigger females-well, who knows? If anyone is catching, as you observed,they ain't telling anybody! Don't want Anybody "catchin their fish"!! Weather been crap for weeks, could be the better fishermen(?) aren't out in it, waiting on nicer days!(Of course that will be too late for the spawn bite!)
 
#11 ·
Some of those look like females all swelled up w/eggs. If so, they ain't spawning yet.
 
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i just spent about 3 hours from midnight till 3am casting F11's and renoskys at several locations from shore, state park, spillway and walnut run. i had one on and lost it on my 3rd cast. i figured "man this is gonna be a great night" about 3 hours later all i caught was frost bite (i think, my fingers and face are stinging). It was so cold The rods guides kept freezing up. wind gust had to be 30 mph, id cast towards 10 o'clock and my bait would land at 3 o'clock.. but i will be back out tomorrow after work. too windy to even think about a boat tonight and tomorrow is suppose to be the same.
 
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View attachment 257659 View attachment 257660 i just spent about 3 hours from midnight till 3am casting F11's and renoskys at several locations from shore, state park, spillway and walnut run. i had one on and lost it on my 3rd cast. i figured "man this is gonna be a great night" about 3 hours later all i caught was frost bite (i think, my fingers and face are stinging). It was so cold The rods guides kept freezing up. wind gust had to be 30 mph, id cast towards 10 o'clock and my bait would land at 3 o'clock.. but i will be back out tomorrow after work. too windy to even think about a boat tonight and tomorrow is suppose to be the same.
you are one dedicated man! brrrrrrrrrrr
 
#37 ·
I am guessing you are talking about steelhead fly fishing.

I don't keep steelhead. I don't like the taste. But, I like catching them. Going to hit the river in the morning.

I catch more walleye in a year than I will eat and let some go.

"fluflu feather fishing guys" is a stupid comment.
 
#33 ·
just spent well over an hour at the causeway casting floating stick baits along the rocks... waste of time, the water is very muddy and i couldn't even raise minnows to the lantern. guides kept freezing up again too. think i'm going to wait until monday before i go again. water temp has also dropped by 3 deg. be careful lots of ice on the rocks.
 
#40 ·
Seems to me that stripping the eggs and fertilizing on the spot makes sense as the fish are returned to the lake. These fish as well as those being stocked make for a decent population. I do believe that Mosquito could be a super walleye lake if a size and limit were set and enforced with periodic on the water as well as launch point checks.
 
#43 ·
I for one, don't mind being checked by dnr. A show of presence,may give some, pause in the way that they feel that they can do whatever they want! Seeing the damage and trash is upsetting enough. Let alone watching them keeping every fish they catch, no matter what the law's say. I fished a lake that had signs stating that it is illegal to fish off the courtesy docks. DNR,was directing boat launches and loading. People still tried to fish the docks, most were sent away,but one cast, was $150.00,no license,was $75.00. One officer was busy writing summons to appear in court. No one was exempt! They were all given a vocal warning. But as we all know, some are always going to push the limits. And all boats were checked, coming and going. Looked like the Circus came to town! But you really didn't have to wait very long to launch or load.
 
#45 ·
Good! My BIL and have been checked and surveyed several times at Pymy. Turns out they were busting members of the straw hat and beard brigade, aka "the blue scourge" left and right! Why? Because they were violating the law. But they complained about being picked on, and we know how it goes with a "vocal minority" these days! So, enforcement efforts were throttled back. I didn't like that. I want them to bust as many stinking poachers as they can, and I don't care what they look like!

As far as the surveys went we told a couple of guys we were in favor of the 9" crappie limit that had just gone into effect in many Ohio lakes, and wished that Pymy would get the same. Our personal size limit is 10". As far as I'm concerned if a crappie ain't 10" it ain't worth cleaning!
 
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