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Fishing in the Canal Around The Oxbow at Fairport

Fishing in the Canal Around The Oxbow at Fairport
  Fishing in the Canal Around The Oxbow. Here’s a Jack Pike (Jack means he’s a tiddler at about 20”). They need to be 24” before you can take them. This is a very tasty fish! Over the past few years, I’ve caught  more of these than any other species. The yellow spots distinguish the…
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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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