8:20 p.m. tonite. Fox TV

Jonah Withers (USFWS) pulled the receiver that was at the head of the Niagara (off Nicholl's) today & dropped it off at the DEC's office so they could do their magic.

He said he didn't have much trouble retrieving it. Look for a short article in the Nov newsletter on the schedule.

Just got word from the ACE that they are still "on" to present their proposals on their Unity Island project. Instead of being a vast, flat wasteland, the plan calls for adding dropoffs, stumps, vegetation & even a 50' opening into the Niagara River so fish can move in & out.

Tuesday, Oct 3rd, 7:00 p.m. at the NMA meeting

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.

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!