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Thanks , Clint. You and I caught steel in a place that's very good in high water.  Pretty safe wading there.  Hope you get to go. I read a few reports that say fish , but as RG has said many times, gotta take those with a grain of salt. Good news about the egg take.

I got one there last year at 1700 and thought bout going back, but every time I get a free night it rains, nice days I am either caught at work or busy.

UGHHH.  Well todays east driven rain and a visit to an upstairs room that is seldom used showed a wet spot on the floor under the window.  As the room is unfinished I quickly buzzed off the sheetrock and it is running behind the flashing under the dormer window when water hits the corner of the window.  Not something you want to see after 20k is spent on your new roof, but sadly enough it may be the window was not flashed properly either. The roofer is coming out and will stand behind his work if need be, but my feeling is more window than roof. We will see when he gets the siding off.
 
 
 
Well double ugh seems a spot on the ceiling I had assumed was from the previous ice dams from before the roof was indeed a new leak. So there is a leak at both dormer windows. That is too much coincidence for me to believe that his flashing around the window lets east driven rains in. Been close to 2 months since I found the first spot on the ceiling. Now there is another right next to it.  The roofer called back ad hopefully he gets here quick. Things like this bother me and lack of sleep is not fun.
 

He did put flashing under the winfow. It's a dormer. I removed some sheet rock and it seems only bottom corner is leaking .but it is coming in behind his flashing. We had no issues prior to the new roof in these areas For both dormers to leak in about The same area leaves me to think something is up on his end

Anyone fishing????? The weather in SE Penna. is warm and humid and I'm spending too much time with yard work,it's really getting old and time to think about a move into a smaller homestead!

He came back and supposedly did it right. He did use the sticky tape this time around all the corners and bottom. Hose test shows no leaks. This guy offered no excuses and took responsibility for what he did wrong and told me he rushed the first fix. He has always been out the day after I call. Yes it is custom made standing seam and the flashing is bent right into the panels.
 
With the rain and other farm business my fishing has been limited.  looking to get out opening day fr walleye this weekend coming up. Severe t storms for tomorrow????

Water is running at 2500 today.DSR is still reporting Steel being caught there,also some Atlantics are around!That flow is a little too much!!1

We got spared the brunt of the bad stuff . It rained hard and the wind blew, but that's about it. Lights flickered briefly. It really wet out there and the lake continues to rise

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Checked out the lake today. Couldn't walk out on the Selkirk pier due to high lake levels. I had heard a month or so back how they intended on keeping the lake levels higher than they have the past decade so I suppose the coastal flooding/erosion threats are going to become common.

How do they regulate the lake level????

Yeah it's pretty bad. The islands in the SR estuary are under water. Was over by the chicken shack today and the little salmon estuary is bloated. I remember about 5 years ago they had levels so low that some docks on sandy pond were not usable. This higher level will open up alot of the swampy lagoons to some good game fishing though :D

It is unbelievable how much water is up there right now.

Very true lucky, but I'm sure the folks in politics who were not in favor are saying "I told you so!!!"
2 weeks ago I think we were near 6" above normal. Now we've gotten another 4" in the past week so saturation is off the charts

Hey folks. I been basically living on the water in the boat and haven't been able to log on from phone. The weather finally quit raining a few days ago and the river became fishable again. Many linesiders have been caught in the past 4 days , just not by me.
Today we got the skunk off the boat.
Sadly it's going to blow out again this weekend and I fear by the time it clears again the season may be over.
Not sure if I'm fishing this weekend as it would be nice to see my wife again and sleep in a king size bed .
Hope everyone is doing well .
Peace & Tuna

Not much to say. Either rains, windy, or I am at work. Trying to get the garden ready  between the showers. Saw my first hummingbird today, that's a good sign. 

Not that it matters a great deal, but 26" fish are  in the 5-6 year class. Still considered schoolies, but most definitely  fish that travel  out of the river after the Spring. Some as far as the cape and beyond. They get pulled into the Hudson by the lure of food, not so much by the spawning urge.  I did hear of pretty productive fishing at the dam. I don't think it was well advertised. With the high  turbid water and low temps, you are right about the spawn being screwy. Hopefully it was productive. Saturday, they dropped the upper river almost 3' and the smallmouth fishing above Troy went on fire. How that translates to the lower river , I haven't a clue, especially as it's darn near over and done with the stripes. I have mixed feelings about the slot, knowing how tough stripers are and how the mortality rates aren't as   low as CandR freshwater bass . The initial surveys are showing an increase in young of the year, tentatively attributed to the slot.  Taking out future spawners may be a mistake in the long run. 1 fish a day may be a better call, with a tag system that allows you no more than 10 fish in the 30"+ range.  No laws are good if they are disregarded and disobeyed. At this point in the game, I'm far more worried about environmental issues and the continued slaughter by the commercials, which is severely downplayed. They haul more fish out and return more dead than a whole flotilla of rec boats. If stripers were given gamefish status, all would change drastically. At this point, that looks unlikely.
     ADK's should be starting in and looking good. I've got a great ultralight kick boat rigged up and ready for the ponds, but choosing between stripes in the suds and  mountainy, woodsy, brookie beauty is another issue. For now, I choose the coast. Memorial weekend, then 2nd  and last ones in  June penned in for now.  July and August will be hike and fish time for me this year, I think. Fish early and late, hike through the day to get to new water.
    Best of luck, HT. I hope all your favorite places produce as they always have. I still think you should catch some blues to chuck on the grill to go with the clams.  They fight like hell on light tackle and are pretty tasty with lemon butter and onion. The breachways are often lousy with them lowlight on the drop.  Thanks for stopping  in and letting us know how you did and what's up. Best of fishing to all.
   

I don't really know a great deal about the striper fishery as a whole. Thanks for the info Charlie. My limited information is they usually reach spawning age around 7 years but may at age 4. What you said makes since as the slot falls between 30-41"