Skaneateles Lake 8/1
Guided Joe and his 8 year old son William again today. They are both pretty new to fishing so it was a day of learning techniques. The launch/lake wasn’t busy today and when I left around 2 pm there was only a rig or two parked in the State lot! Not bad!
I had the guys start with tube jigs and a few decent (15 to 16″) smallmouths and rockbass were caught in fairly short order. Super Flukes drew fish as well. A cast with a Skitter Pop yielded a solid bass. But the guys had their best luck and easiest time with dropshotting, working depths from around 18′ to 25′ fow. Old discontinued Berkley Power dropshot worms in emerald shiner worked great, but fish also came on Gulp minnows and Bass Pro Shops dropshot minnows. Lots of stuff would’ve worked. The weather conditions were great and fish were feeding aggressively. Lots of fun was had. I’d have stayed and fished longer myself, but it’s been a busy week with more to come.