This was not my best week to take my last vacation week of the year. Started on Sunday on Lake Chautauqua in N.Y.; miserable conditions due to high winds. Simply could not take advantage of the wind, (even with the drift sock), to slow down enough for walleye presentations. Then me and the boys headed for the Niagara River at Lewiston, N.Y. Stayed in the Arkpark Hotel, (great rates), and went out on the river for 8 hours on Monday. We were blown up river against the 5 mph current of the river, making presentation really tough. Didn't want to brave going out to the bar with that wind; it would have been a lost cause. No fish except for a couple bass. Was gonna do it again Tues., but when we got up in the morning, the forecast was 15-30mph winds, cold, rain and possible snow showers. We fired up the Jeep and brought the boat down to Tionesta, where we'd never fished before in the reservoir. Guess what? Wind!!, (and only a few small perch). Wednesday, I helped the boys down at Freeport when we met the PA Fish Commission truck with 1400 Muskie fingerlings that the boys stocked in two trips. (Most of those muskies were 10" or better). Soooo, that made Friday our best fishing day weather wise, so me and my youngest put 8 hours on Shenango with my boat yesterday. We put in at Clark at the Corp launch by the bridge. (There were docks there in the morning; gone when we came back at 4:00PM). Couldn't believe the clouds of bait fish and other bait balls everywhere suspended at 10'-15' over the 22'-25' bottom, with some very large hooks down near the bottom, but we couldn't buy a hit. We managed a couple of bass and two channel catfish, one of which made me question the integrity of my Cabela's 7' 1/2" IM7 rod, as it was bent into a U and creakin' in the reel seat, but it held. Here's hopin' for more warm weather in the coming month.