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Thanks troutbum, it is a homemade bouey picker upper. sometimes Ill chuck out colored boueys when I mark large groups of fish then I can continue my troll and go over them a few more times without messing with the electronics. Problem is cant reach the water to well and the hook and stick make up for my short arms. As for the alge bloom happens every year, oneida lake is one of the cleanest fresh water bodies in ny. Tuna if ya get free come on up and catch some eyes with me, I got some great new music for fathers day, a few cold ones, a good time is guranteed to be had!

Please 'scuse me.  As the largest boat ever to grace my fleet is a 12 footer with about 1 foot of freeboard, these are problems I have never had to face.  With a real ship, it makes sense to have a dedicated tool rather than improvising with a paddle or a net handle.
 
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Hey all, managed to get out this morning with a buddy. It was lighting and pouring last 15 minutes of the ride to the marina. Stopped while I was dumping 10 gallons in the tank, and never started again. Managed a limit and tossed 20 back, it was his first time out on the lake. Largest was 19 and the algae bloom is gone lake was really clear for as bad as it was last sunday, still alot of junk floating around.


There shing away from the perch color and starting to hit a shad color.

Nice catch John.

Awsome John.    Chance of T storms, this heat ,and my nephew being out of town has kept me in.  The heat saps me bad and the air on my tow rig has decided it does not want to work .   I need to take it to the dealer as it is still under warranty and see what they say.     Only about 3 weeks till my Quebec trip and countin down and trying to decide what I want to take.   There will be 3 of us in a wide 16 foot boat.   Not too bad,  but we decided any year may be the last year we can do something together  as they are both pushing 70 and one is not in the best health.  I am going with the father of my first ever girlfriend as we have remained  very good friends throughout the years and he is the one who turned me on to fishing in my teenage years.  It will be our 15th or so trip up there. 

Clint your a lucky man, Ive always wanted to fish in canada. In three weeks Ill be at darien lake suffering thru a big time rush concert. Have not seen a concert since the dead last played rich stadium in buffalo, the kid talks mom and dad into seeing a boy band. If you cant find a partner shoot me a pm, I fish alone 75% of the time, as much water as they are releasing I was half tempted to go up to the slammin with the drift boat and pull some plugs! Fish on

Pretty sweet stuff John.. Glad to see some good fishing adventures >>Really hope to get up there for some of that with you guys..
I was just working on the upload from my relief long weekend.. Not nearly as pretty as those Oneida eyes but I managed 2 small blue fish on the line in minimal effort.. I called clamming "catching" but the wife kept saying we don't catch them.. ummm seems fun ..
 
So here was home for 4 days:
A lot of effort for just a bed.. A boat would be nice :)

 
Happy Independence Day:
Fireworks were awesome and everywhere for 4 nights..

Traffic after sucked ;(
 
Nice blue water right at our foot steps : Fish Here ?

Well no fishing here as it's well respected by boaters and folks enjoying the day..
 
Here was my clamming home base.. Tunes ,brews , blue water and good eats :)

 
Not bad for relaxing and "catching" food..

 
 
 

I figured it might be best to upload the above before all is lost ;)
 
So..
Hit the inlet just before sunset and chucked big surface plugs.. Not a sniff but it was fun:

Waited through the magic hr,, even a boat decided it might be time,, Nope..

 
I fished this same place the next eve and scored 2 small blues on a spinnerbait.. Sorry no pics..
 
Great place to vacation and had a blast relaxing outta the tourist traps

HT- Good to hear and see that you had a great time. 
As I told my wife on the ride home from RI last week if I was to move out of NY that is where I would like to go. 

Great pics Tuna and those clams looked delicious. We are truely blessed to be able to enjoy trips like these and the great folks that come with them. Thinking of good folks,  where is Fichy? Charlie if your lurking tight lines brother!

Hearing and seeing reports of monstrous Kings being taken out on Lake O.  A 38 lbs+ fish was taken off Oswego this week and a 36.5 lbs fish leads the LOC Tourny.  If this is any indication of what is in store this fall I'll be needing heavier tippet to battle these brutes.