YOY Musky

[John Jarosz]

the DEC did some electro-fishing around Bflo Harbor & the Upper. A Young of Year musky was gotten from the "knee" inside the Blackrock. When was the last time you heard of that?

[Tony Scime]

Didn't they also electro-fish a couple of adult males in the canal this past spring? That would suggest some spawning activity in the area. 

[John Jarosz]

Tony...here's a text I got from Justin on Star Date 2019.05.22:

"Finally had the right conditions for good fishing! Two new males tagged today. 40" from Gallagher and 42" from Black Rock Canal. We rolled 3 muskies in the canal so we almost had more. First time in three years that we've seen a musky in there. I'll try to give you a ring tomorrow.....stay tuned"

They told me today that in-the water YOY seining this year was hard. I would imagine it's from the high water levels. A few years ago when water levels started creeping up, number of YOY that were seined was either zero or 1. The high water tends to cause them to disperse & trying to net them starts bordering on the impossible

[Scott McKee]

Any YOY in the canal is a major win.