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by riverrunner
Wed Nov 02, 2022 2:37 pm
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: HATCHERY BROOK TRAP UPDATE
Replies: 14
Views: 2443

Re: HATCHERY BROOK TRAP UPDATE

Matt, they only count new fish
by riverrunner
Fri Aug 12, 2022 11:13 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Westport Thursday August 11th
Replies: 3
Views: 701

Re: Westport Thursday August 11th

Nice mixed bag, one brown short of the slam!
by riverrunner
Wed Jul 06, 2022 12:37 pm
Forum: Lake Champlain
Topic: Lake trout over supply and Salmon shortage!
Replies: 23
Views: 3060

Re: Lake trout stocking

It's been cut in half. NY is no longer stocking lakers
by riverrunner
Tue Jun 28, 2022 12:50 pm
Forum: Lake Champlain
Topic: lamprey
Replies: 2
Views: 794

Re: lamprey

I have caught a few with lamprey scars. Not normal because of their tough skin
by riverrunner
Thu Jun 09, 2022 3:35 pm
Forum: Lake Champlain
Topic: Middlebury RV DAVID FOLGER News
Replies: 8
Views: 2352

Re: Middlebury RV DAVID FOLGER News

stubborn1vt wrote: Wed Jun 08, 2022 3:46 pm Why is it Middlebury's responsibility to research Champlain? Did I miss something?
Middlebury College, not the town of Middlebury
by riverrunner
Thu Jun 09, 2022 3:33 pm
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Slide Diver help
Replies: 11
Views: 1333

Re: Slide Diver help

Youtube Ron's Videos. Shows step by step set up and deployment
by riverrunner
Thu Jun 09, 2022 2:16 pm
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Personal best Lake Champlain Brown
Replies: 43
Views: 8006

Re: Personal best Lake Champlain Brown

Get a 11" roll of vacuum sealer bag, cut to length, vacuum seal the fish, wrap it in a wet damp towel, and freeze it flat on a cookie sheet. Vacuum sealing it keeps the air out, and the damp towel is good protection in the freezer.
by riverrunner
Tue Jun 07, 2022 9:14 pm
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Rotary Team Results...
Replies: 8
Views: 1245

Re: Rotary Team Results...

In this derby for the team category you have to weigh in two different species. Meaning (walleye and salmon), (walleye and laker), or (laker and salmon). Some teams do not realize it and assume it’s like the LCI where you can weigh in two of the same species. Makes it a fun dynamic where you have to...
by riverrunner
Wed May 18, 2022 10:22 am
Forum: Lake Champlain
Topic: NYS DEC NetPen project for Atlantic salmon
Replies: 8
Views: 1548

Re: NYS DEC NetPen project for Atlantic salmon

It's a few trucks stocked from the grand isle-plattsburg ferry (hatchery cove is right there), and a few off the charlotte-essex ferry. WWWAAAAYYYYY more are put into rivers and boat launches around the lake. If really interested in the numbers go to the completed stocking section on the VTFWD websi...
by riverrunner
Mon Apr 11, 2022 11:48 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Good spring washing
Replies: 5
Views: 1039

Re: Good spring washing

Watch out for that black Lund. Fish magnet
by riverrunner
Fri Dec 24, 2021 11:38 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Not mine, but what is a "steelhead"?
Replies: 9
Views: 1260

Re: Not mine, but what is a "steelhead"?

If you want to be technical on the steelhead part our fish in Lake Champlain are steelhead. The Chambers Creek strain of steelhead originated from Washington state, which is what is raised at Ed Weed. The original brood stock parents actually came from Lake Ontario that the state currently has(which...
by riverrunner
Tue Aug 10, 2021 3:15 pm
Forum: Lake Champlain
Topic: IS Lakers?
Replies: 7
Views: 2160

Re: IS Lakers?

Not that they can't get into there, but there is currently no stocking of lakers in the Inland Sea. A few get caught every now and then
by riverrunner
Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:59 am
Forum: Lake Champlain
Topic: Sandbar bridge clearance?
Replies: 2
Views: 1366

Re: Sandbar bridge clearance?

I wouldn't chance a big boat like that through there. Your better off going to Mallets bay launch. Went through last week and there was a good pod of gulls and geese on the Mallets bay side in some skinny water
by riverrunner
Fri Jul 09, 2021 9:52 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Current info?
Replies: 15
Views: 1855

Re: Current info?

Otter creek will be pushing out some dirty water from the rain last night
by riverrunner
Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:43 am
Forum: Fishing Reports
Topic: Are these both salmon or is one a brown?
Replies: 12
Views: 1835

Re: Are these both salmon or is one a brown?

Both are salmon. That's the beauty of Landlocks in spot patterns. Some are loaded, and some have very few. All depends on their parents.