Monthly Archives: February 2020

A Round Goby

A Round Goby
The Round Goby Who ever heard of such a thing? A round what? Well, here it is- an ugly little creature and it’s in our canal. It’s an invasive species, swilled out of the ballast tanks of ‘salty’ ships from Eurasian shores. I caught one off my dock in The Oxbow, and I thought it…
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A Different Carp

A Different Carp
A Different kind of ‘Carp’ Caught in a Casting Net while fishing for bait on May 30th 2016 at The Oxbow, this was obviously some sort of carp, but I had to Google New York Carp to discover it’s name. A QUILLBACK CARPSUCKER See the WIKI reference here This fish is extremely difficult to catch…
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Erie Canal Offers Fine Fishing

Erie Canal Offers Fine Fishing
Erie Canal offers some fine fishing AND  25th Annual Erie Canal Fishing Derby The grand prize is a boat, motor and trailer, with the big winner determined through a drawing on awards night among all first place winners. There are $10,000 worth of tagged fish put into the canal, too. Eligible waters for this derby…
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Mudskipper Motors

Mudskipper Motors
We have learned so much from our Erie Canal adventures. Living on the Canal is always fun. One of our project required sourcing an outboard engine, that engine turned into a phenomenal business opportunity for my family. Mud-skipper.com turned into being the major supplier of outboard engines for duck hunters and fishermen for all of North…
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