Trotline

[jperch]

ok I had a great time talking to a capt at the Cortland subdivision 607-753-3095...............no longer are permits given for trot lines....how ever you can have 3 hand lines with 15 points on each as long as you are in attendance ......am I going to do it? probably not but fun thinking about it

Don't stand near Trapper when he casts that clothesline out!  And my back hurts thinking of all the crawlers I'd have to catch to keep them baited.  We used to do this as kids in Lake Ontario; we mostly caught eels and the elusive silver bass.  jperch

[Bartman44]

Back in the early 70s, when I was a youngster, we set trot lines in Champlain at night for catfish. One night while casting the multiple-hook rig out one hook found my index  finger. I ended up at the Ticonderoga hospital for the extraction. That was the last time I used a trot line. 

     

[rgfixit]

I've set trot lines before in the canal for catfish. Not especially legal at the time. Nor were they productive. Cured me for life. I'll sit on the bank and filll the cooler with bullhead instead.

Rg

[fishinjohn]

I've set trot lines before in the canal for catfish. Not especially legal at the time. Nor were they productive. Cured me for life. I'll sit on the bank and filll the cooler with bullhead instead.

Rg

You just implicated yourself.. expect the law at your front doorstep tomorrow 
 

[trapper2000]

see we never threw the trot line we  tied it to a  bank   rowed out baiting hooks as we went  to the other side  then tied that end to the other bank .....we got a lot of  bullheads that way and was fun ......yes mac you were correct

[Mac Attack]

You just implicated yourself.. expect the law at your front doorstep tomorrow 

the marble cops too.

 

[saquelie]

I've set trot lines before in the canal for catfish. Not especially legal at the time. Nor were they productive. Cured me for life. I'll sit on the bank and filll the cooler with bullhead instead.

Rg

Ah yes the Ticonderoga Hospital fond memories and still living it teaching 7 grandsons how to fish, trap and hunt not counting school sports and little league we are on a first name bases there. And I wouldn't change a thing, when your at Papas we don't hang out inside. Waiting on ice to clear for the bullhead bite.

[trapper2000]

seen two muskrats  running across the road  going in a  big water puddle  ....now that's a sign of spring