The lake was totally on fire from as soon as guys could get out until the bait moved in, it is getting a little harder now as they are out a bit deeper and they're finding bait, so the metal things are not quite as attractive, but big boxes appear to be the 2019 story, like in 2018.  The big problem unless you rented a slip is getting in, many of the launches are closed, and many that are open require two people and the use of boots, and it is 5 mph limit and no wake within 1000 feet of shore, and all the boat mounties are out to make sure people follow those rules.

We my one striper charter friend splashed down yesterday and boxed out with kings on a shakedown trip by 1 PM. . 120fow-80' down in Oswego. Today they did a brown shakedown and boxed out by 11am.
Tomorrow he starts his client trips and is pretty much booked till September.

Well it appears that there will be plenty of Salmon sniffing the tribs come Sept.I'm surprised that they are off the big O this early,I thought they stay west until later and then migrate east to the SR late AUG/Sept???

Last 2 maybe 3 years, with the record high lake levels, they been slaying then in close. Probably currents , cooler water, nutrients and the abundant alwives that always seem to be the wolf cry.
I know for fact, there are a ton of healthy salmon out there.
The lake boom is on the last 3 years like it was in the 80's heyday.
Only difference now is there are fewer fish in that big big pond, so if they get plucked out before they reach the rivers than the trib angler has fewer. If the hatchery gets their quota at the new limits ( which they have) then all is happy.
Remember, it was always a lake fishery in the beginning and they are in glory once again

some of you may have read this on LOU, its written from my local rag. I don't have any inside knowledge as to whats really happening , only what the article is posting.
If this is true, its sad and going to get ugly..
 
https://www.hudsonvalley360.com/article/ecos-forced-cut-back-enforcement?wallit_nosession=1

What is he thinking?A total waste of man power and it will really get the "lifters" a boost to "lift"!I don't understand any reason for this.

I fo0rwarded it on to our Local Fisheries Board.  Scary stuff here in the Emperor's, I mean Empire, State.

Thanks L-13.
The confusing part of this article is the definition of " state land " and " public land "
While they seem to mean the same in the article, I'm not sure if it's the same on paper.
Isn't dec access " public land " but not state land ? My undertakings are places like the salmon river are not " state land " so the dec would still have jurisdiction.
Areas like a state launch would fall under this action. So while you may be on said " lake " the dec can patrol but once inside the " state" confines of the launch, they can not.
Sadly, it could mean many over the limits may occur because there will be nobody there to check

I don't know a lot from the article, but I forwarded it to people who are pretty known by the legislative contingent around here so we can find out a little more.  Actually, until the transfer recently, all the DEC access to the SR was private land, with easements.
 
I wonder how much of this is coming out of the valient attempts by ENCON to stop the wholesale slaughter of out of season, undersized, and over limits of Striped bass and tautog down in the NYC area, "Stop all this "persecution of the poor" or whatever, they need those fish to survive! 
 
I am sure that we will request a visit from the Region 8 Lieutenant who has been visiting our fisheries advisory board to detail enforcement efforts on the Genesee River, which is DEC Public Access, but is in no way public land.  Once we get the full scoop, the pens will get going and the letters will start to descend on the folks we send to Albany.

The 2018 SOL report from the NYSDEC LO Unit has been put on the Internet, just in time for you to read!  http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_pdf/lourpt18.pdf