Skaneateles Lake 3/12 PM
Had a lot of fun today on Skaneateles Lake with my pal Mike. We met at the launch at 12:30 pm. Nobody else was there! When I guided Cayuga Lake on Monday I saw boats nearly everywhere I turned. That’s the great thing about living in the Finger Lakes region – we have a lot of great fishing happening concurrently and you can get away from the crowds oftentimes just by fishing a different lake.
We fished a few different parts of the lake and had some action in a couple of them. This lake isn’t often generous with its trout and salmon, especially in recent years. We managed a handful of nice salmon today, two rainbows, a laker and a few perch. We had fly-gear with us but stuck with the spinning tackle due to the conditions.
First fish of the day - a stocked bow around 18"+

Mike's first of the day - laker around 21"

First Salmon of the day - around 19"

Dropback Salmon

26+1/2" Salmon - my best on this lake

Mike with a post-spawn rainbow! (Yes - some already are done spawning)
