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Burtis Bay Perch, Ice Fishing Chautauqua Lake: Video from our trip to Burtis last Monday. Not a very exciting video this week but I figure I'd share it here considering it is Chautauqua lake. Catching the usually dink perch with the occasional keeper-sized perch. Didn't catch any other pan-fish but it was the middle of the day; gills, sunnies, and crappy don't usually turn on till evening when I had to go to work. It was nice for me and my dad to have the entire bay to ourselves for a change anyway.
Well in the sports section of today's Post Journal (Jamestown's paper) there was a picture of a gentleman from Jamestown holding a big musky on the ice. The caption reads "King of the Muskies". No other text is given.That photo is incriminating evidence for the gentleman who caught the muskie and delayed its release by posing for photos. The general regs read as follows:"Fish caught during the closed season must beunhooked and released immediately. Theymay not be handled for any other purpose."As an avid musky angler I want to make a couple points here.Most likely this angler was targeting walleye and hooked this musky accidentally...It happens. Catching a musky that size under any conditions is exciting and likely a once-in-a-lifetime event....I get it. Given the angler likely caught it on walleye tackle it could have been a long fight. If it was a long fight and the fish was kept out of the water for pictures and whatever else, there's a good chance it died post-release.Musky are an important fish in Chautauqua Lake. A good part of our local economy and the lake ecosystem depends on their survival. I encourage anyone who incidentally hooks one out of season to swallow their pride and do whatever is necessary to get them released and back in the water asap. That means skipping the photo shoot or even taking them out of the water. Best case if you're under-tackled may even be intentionally breaking off.Shame on the Post Journal for publishing this photo which may inadvertently encouraging people to break the law.I encourage the DEC to contact the individual and the newspaper.
Well in the sports section of today's Post Journal (Jamestown's paper) there was a picture of a gentleman from Jamestown holding a big musky on the ice. The caption reads "King of the Muskies". No other text is given.That photo is incriminating evidence for the gentleman who caught the muskie and delayed its release by posing for photos. The general regs read as follows:"Fish caught during the closed season must beunhooked and released immediately. Theymay not be handled for any other purpose."As an avid musky angler I want to make a couple points here.Calm down probably his first Muskie, stop being so butthurt. Most likely this angler was targeting walleye and hooked this musky accidentally...It happens. Catching a musky that size under any conditions is exciting and likely a once-in-a-lifetime event....I get it. Given the angler likely caught it on walleye tackle it could have been a long fight. If it was a long fight and the fish was kept out of the water for pictures and whatever else, there's a good chance it died post-release.Musky are an important fish in Chautauqua Lake. A good part of our local economy and the lake ecosystem depends on their survival. I encourage anyone who incidentally hooks one out of season to swallow their pride and do whatever is necessary to get them released and back in the water asap. That means skipping the photo shoot or even taking them out of the water. Best case if you're under-tackled may even be intentionally breaking off.Shame on the Post Journal for publishing this photo which may inadvertently encouraging people to break the law.I encourage the DEC to contact the individual and the newspaper.
I'm at a meeting for work in Dallas and literally laughed out loud just now .. Classics ! Funniest guys out there.
Anyone been by Long Pt. recently? Its a two hour drive for me and I really want to fish there one time before the season is over. Im hoping by end of next week things should be in better conditions.
Just an FYI for anyone planning on fishing the north end this weekend. Mayville is having their winterfest. No ice castle this year but all festivities are going on. Please use extra caution on the ice.