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!)…

If you have any small plastic buckets to spare, please bring them to the meeting tomorrow. They will be used to hold fish that are caught during Saturday's fishing Derby in Williamsville. Some buckets will walk away so don't bring any good ones.

Thanks…

Dan Scheda & I are getting ready to go after the p.m. & evening bite at Bear (again). And again, this could be my Date with Destiny. My last date with destiny stood me up & we got nothing. Also taking the 5 wt to try some bluegills if the musky bite isn't there. Saw a bunch rising last week & a bluegill on a dry is a fun catch any day.

John P wished me luck last time. Hopefully this time he can get his Pensyl mojo my way. Report to follow, tomorrow.  

headed off to Bear lake in the a.m. with a fly-guy named Damon for a musky on the fly

In case you missed last week's Outdoor's page by Bill Hilts Jr:

http://buffalonews.com/2017/06/14/musky-study-investment-future/

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/NYSDEC/bulletins/19f1412

I think Justin will be presenting our Muskellunge Acoustic Telemetry Project

Went to Chautauqua Saturday & hit a small school of these 10" dinner plate panfish. Managed a dozen off Mayville, not all this size, though. Sweeter than perch!

Just got this in the email:

http://link.email.gandermountain.com/YesConnect/HtmlMessagePreview?OzrJma4_sF0JcR-ZZm6FTWME655vGPyvX1WXTYchbJU=.enc

Read the Scattershot section in tomorrow's (4/20) Bflo News. And scroll down the page to read the write-up on the NMA banquet. Congratulations to all the award recipients:

http://buffalonews.com/2017/04/19/scattershot-outdoors-news-notes-22/

Boating restrictions around Strawberry just posted by the DEC:

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/NYSDEC/bulletins/1950376

If you've seen the fireplace on Motor Island, then you know where this is.

Just got an email from Chris Legard. The cement anchors for the receivers are made & drying. Pics will be in next week when he picks them up!

Brookdog Fishing Co. (aka Ryan Shea) has generously donated for our banquet, a 1/2 day guided fishing trip for any kind of fishing shown on his site:…

Musky Hunter magazine generously sent four 1-yr subscriptions to Musky Hunter mag plus two baseball hats.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHg-xcsvq3Y

The equipment came in via Fed Ex earlier this week. We'll open the box & take a peek at the goods at Tuesday's Conservation meeting. Now the fun starts!

If you missed the show, you missed a good'n:

http://buffalonews.com/section/sports/outdoors/

Click on the links to the different sections

Just got an email from VEMCO, the manufacturer of our xmitters & receivers. They just shipped from Nova Scotia today!

The project is heating up. Time to start our engines!

Many thanks to Joe Dolan for visiting at the NMA booth today.  he came over to chat, sat down to b.s. & next thing you know is talking inland muskies to the crowd. Had people stop in from Waneta/Lamoka area, Chautauqua area, Kinzua area, Muskies Canada, Pennsylvania, Rochester area & on & on & on. We talked Cassadaga, Chautauqua, Bear, Lamoka, Conesus, Kinuza, Cave Run & I know I've forgotten others. 

The time went quickly, a good chance to talk with Joe (who I…

VEMCO has started building the 10 transmitters & six receivers we ordered for our acoustic telemetry project. Delivery is expected in the beginning to mid February.

Again, many many thanks to all involved. We couldn't do it without you.