Talked with some DEC biologists yesterday and most of the sites were already sampled. The Strawberry Island lagoon is the only one left.

Of all the sites, only one YOY musky was seined and that was at the East River Marsh. It was somewhere in the mid to upper 40 millimeters long (~1-3/4"). They mentioned that the water levels were quite high & there were a few sites that couldn't be sampled because they couldn't get far enough out into the weeds to seine.

Had a tough day on Sunday. Still managed one little 36in fish, and tagged him too!

Got a nice video of the catch, and my misfortune. I've gotten pretty comfortable handling Musky, and always focus on quick release. Unfortunately if one become complacent, accidents happen.

As I went to take the hook out, Musky spun in the net, wrapped up my hand and pierced my knuckle with the stinger hook. Happened in a split second, and I had to pull the hook out of my knuckle quick, as the…

Saw this waterspout off the Waverly Shoals/Ft Erie area yesterday as it was headed toward Buffalo. You have to look hard but go straight down from the funnel & you'll see a fuzzy, washed-out area on the shore at the waterline. That was the water boiling up.

Taken from the railing at Hoak's. Then the rain came (hard!)…