Articles and Tips

Articles & Tips

Silver Lake Marine New Service Center Celebration

2 Apr 2023 |
Just got back from the ribbon-cutting ceremony over at Silver Lake Marine. The weather stayed about as perfect as could be hoped for, given that it was April 1st. and a massive cold front was forecast to move it.   The turnout was fantastic!   A great time was had by all and Quinn Bellamy (the President/owner [...]
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Region 7 Diary Highlights/Lowlights

23 Mar 2023 |

It was sure nice to get our Region 7 Diary Summaries in mid-March!  Over the past 4 or 5 years, they’ve shown up in mid-April.  In the old days, biologists would get summaries and books out to cooperators in early March, before the season got underway. Here’s some of the pertinent info: Cayuga Lake:   Cold […]

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Ready to roll!

9 Feb 2023 |
I just returned from Silver Lake Marine with my brand new 2023 Mercury 115 hp 4-stroke motor in tow.  Skyler (in sales) was nice enough to give me a Silver Lake Marine coffee mug, which can go right alongside all of my Angling Zone mugs.  I've been off of the water for 2 months, taking [...]
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Rochester Boat Show and other items

23 Jan 2023 |
This week starting Thursday at 11 am, is the Rochester Boat Show.  I'll be there with Silver Lake Marine on Friday afternoon into the evening and again throughout the day on Saturday, usually getting there around 11 am.  Looks like we'll be upstairs this year.  As always, you can get great deals on boats/motors - [...]
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New Directions in Finger Lakes Management

7 Jan 2023 |
Readers of DEC Press releases, local newspapers and outdoor publications may have noticed that New York's Department of Environmental Conservation has been embracing some new fishery management concepts.  Recently, DEC has been more proactive in their management of Lake Ontario salmonid fisheries.  They've always been somewhat proactive, for example, when they cut chinook salmon stocking [...]
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Keuka Lake Fisheries Update

6 Aug 2022 |
DEC's Region 8 Fisheries staff have been spending a lot of time on Keuka Lake this summer.  Next year they'll be on Seneca.  In both Region 7 and 8, the DEC generally rotates their lake nettings/surveys of the Finger Lakes on a 3- or 4-year basis, depending on the region.   As more variables appear, surveys [...]
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Seneca Lake

10 Apr 2022 |
One of the questions I get asked most often is, "What's going on with Seneca Lake?"  Unfortunately, when I had this new website created a couple of years ago, my old articles disappeared during the transfer.  I'd already asked my web designer to do a lot by saving and reposting all my archived reports, so [...]
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Fisheries Updates

23 Dec 2021 |
I hope everyone is having a good Holiday season.  I appreciate the cards and well-wishes.  I've been enjoying my time off of the water after a busy season with a lot of challenges - mainly in the form of precipitation but also with the supply chain shortages (e.g., my axle on my older boat.)  Weather [...]
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