ONEIDA LAKE DIEHARDS THREAD...

[KingPerch]

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/1868-two-nations-made-treaty-us-broke-it-and-plains-indian-tribes-are-still-seeking-justice-180970741/

[KingPerch]

https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Treaty_of_Fort_Stanwix_(1784)

For those of You who would like some info in Re: to the treaty of six nations. I’ve done some research and still looking into this topic. It sure beats the bull crap that is going on in our country these days. 😎

[Chowdaire]

This is the most concentrated mud line I’ve ever seen down the center of the lake. I’m over 3 miles from the canal.

[filetandrelease]

 Nice stripe😃 , cool pic chowdaire

[reeleyz]

Awesome pic Chow!

[trapper2000]

thats one hell of a mud line  ...yes great pic ....anyone that  has drone  could get a  nice picture i  bet

[oneida1]

creeks at canal is ripping they are very high

[fishhooksul]

well... first i have fished since january of last year !! felt good to take an afternoon, and just relax. this work thing is killing me. got a limit of huge sunnies, and gills, and 1 13" crappie. gave 10 of them a nice oil bath. the rest of them went to an old neihbor of mine who can't fish anymore.  the water is high, and the fish on on fire.   Sully...

[BiteMe]

Happy Easter.

South Shore docks are in. 

[reeleyz]

Some numbers from Cornell.

Current adult walleye population - 628K      I know it's a decent drop from the "1 million" but the consensis is that the 1M number was high.

2022 Walleye harvest was 107K which is a big jump. Nearly double what it has been in the last 10+ years. That increase was not due to the 5 fish limit, it was due to an increase in angler effort and catch rates. They estimate that the 5 fish limit only resulted in a 5% increase in take.

Age 1 walleye numbers are the second highest in 20 years and they are the second largest (longest) in 20 years.

Current yellow perch population - 3 Million! Highest since the late 70s.

Age 2 perch population is also the highest since the 70s.

Round Goby population is the highest that it has been since they arrived.

Smallmouth Bass - Numbers are still declining for the past 6 years (since gobies arrived). When zebra muscles showed up the Smallmouth Bass population rose steadily. The current population is still higher than the pre zebra muscle years.

Cormorants - Numbers are steady. Their diet by weight consisted of yellow perch, followed by walleye, gobies, and then shad.

Telemetry study - They will tag 100 walleyes this fall. Then another 100 walleyes will be tagged in the spring of 2024. There will be 64 receivers spaced around the lake every 2 kilometers (sunken buoys designed to hopefully not be snagged). The data will not be real time. If we catch a walleye with an internal tag we should save the tag and there will be a phone number / email address to contact Cornell to return the tag. Tags are the size of a triple A battery.

[reeleyz]

A quick update on the spearing issue. At 12:30 AM on 4/2, two Native Americans (Mohawk) approached the creek, speared 1 walleye, they were ticketed by the DEC and sent on their way. There were not many eyes in the creek on 4/2. It seemed like they were "testing the waters".

[Deadeyez]

Awesome info on the lake Bruce. Thanks for the update at the hatchery as well

[KingPerch]

Great info, Bruce! Thank You!!😎

[cnypanfisher]

Need an emergency repair on my 15hp johnson, needs a carb cleaning as the low speed jet seems to be bummed up. Want to get out Friday if I can, anyone around the north shore would be groovy.

[reeleyz]

Need an emergency repair on my 15hp johnson, needs a carb cleaning as the low speed jet seems to be bummed up. Want to get out Friday if I can, anyone around the north shore would be groovy.

I wonder if the Merc guy on Saunders Drive works on small motors?

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