Reports

Guided the 1/2 day with Matt and his wife Erin – both up from the DC area. Matt enjoys the pickerel fishing a lot, so that’s what we did. Fishing was OK – not bad but not great. Around 5 to 6 were landed – including a couple good fish. The best fish of the day was an unexpected 18.5″ smallmouth that crushed a spinnerbait. Great fight! Lots of perch were around along with sunfish and a rockbass or two. Carp were spawning and thrashing around the boat launch. Fish came on scroungers w/superflukes, swimbaits and Rat-L-Traps. Weedgrowth really varies on the N. end of Cayuga – some shallow bays are relatively weed-free, whereas other areas feature heavier growth. Action today never got hot ‘n heavy but was pretty steady. Water temps were in the 60s.

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