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Dress yourself as a cormorant...

I thought their preferred food was yellow perch. But the way the way they have ruined islands is disgraceful. They may be endangered in some areas, but are just rats on Champlain. Oil their eggs, offer a $1.00 bounty...whatever. No idea where the federal injunction came from, but sounds like a typic...

Nobody? I'm sure the drug and human smuggling cartels have every frequency, but I also assume that encryption by agencies has gotten pretty common along the border, as well as digital-voice vs. FM, as well as cellphone use for privacy.

Does anyone have a fairly complete list of all water-police that operate on Champlain, including SAR freqs. of NYSP aviation unit out of Saranac? I have a Standard Horizon HX370S, currently programmed with freqs. of LEOs I routinely worked with before recent retirement...these I programmed as both r...

Is your gar (Longnose) pursuit for a record length that can be a skin-mount wall hanging? The "fresh-water barracuda", a goal I would like to pursue myself...I think Champlain record is near 48"...

Keep in mind that the VT. side has a short gun season for carp and gar...

I don't think that is illegal...the fish themselves cross the border on their own, so what would be the point? NYS, in general, allows live bait to be used in connecting tributaries, as long as it has not been transported over land. Even if illegal, simple enough to just keep a small minnow trap on ...

So, if I'm a waterfront owner on the NYS side, a VT warden is going to follow me 50 miles home, going outside his legal jurisdiction, so I can show him my minnow trap, which at the time just happens to be sitting on the dock as I have already caught enough bait for 3 days, and my cat has had several...

A cop shouldn't also have to be a PhD in marine biology...some closely-related species actually cross-breed with hybrid offspring, and I have yet to see these mentioned...on Champlain, it happens in the pike-pickerel family and I believe with some salmonids (salmon/trout), requiring DNA testing to d...

Even with the pictures in the NYS DEC publication, I'm not real confident of being accurate in my identification. Interestly, you can get a bait-only fishing license...price varies with catch method and net size, but was $2-$10. I assume most live bait sellers around Champlain are selling "unce...

Our rules in NYS specify that (uncertified) live bait be caught from same lake as it will be used in, and if bought from a dealer, will require a receipt specifying source. I want to start trapping, but want to stay legal. Live bait here may be called minnows, shiners, and about a dozen different ot...

Thanks...all I would consider having done. About how much $/inch? Suspect not cheap for such good work. The "fake" fiberglass reproductions don't appeal to me, even though a "skin mount" is undoubtedly on a fiberglass, styrofoam, etc, core...it's still "MY" fish. Do ski...

Are these the typical fiberglass mounts, or actual skin mounts?
With the fiberglass, you don't actually need have even caught the fish...sort of like buying a Purple Heart medal on eBay and framing it.

Benefit in terms of growth and size of fish. Detriment to the survival of spawned fish in the tributarys. Alewives lack a protein called thiaminase (Vitamin B12). Fish spawn, eggs are fertilized, they hatch, and within 24 hours the fry are dead. You are misinformed...B12 is cyanocobalamin, not rela...

There's a TowboatUS service way up north, Rouses Point I think, but they don't come down this way. Or at least BoatUS doesn't advertise it as such. No SeaTow, either. I'm aware of that service as I'm only 5 miles from Rouses Point...yet, I see their towboat dry-docked right after Halloween, sitting...

...and with no tow service on the broad lake it could be the difference between getting home or getting blown onto rocks. I didn't know that. What is the reason for no towing on the broad lake? I'm well north of there, but assumed it would be more available on the broad lake...hell, it's only about...