Keuka Lake Branchport 6/10
Fished Keuka Lake out of Branchport for a half-day guided trip. We were looking for lakers and marked a few fish from 90′ up to around 40′ or so. Derek worked hard jigging fish and lost 2 and missed a few other hits. Fish weren’t super aggressive, but they weren’t negative either – some fish would come back and hit repeatedly. After a few hours Derek did some casting and picked up a nice pickerel and a couple smallmouths. I decided to check out a few different areas for lakers and found a nice little warm bay where we marked quite a few fish on the bottom. Derek wound up nailing 5 lakers in pretty short order! They were very active and were pounding 3/4 oz. jigs. We often saw several fish attacking the jigs on the depthfinder. Fish ranged from 16″ to 20″. Excellent eating! This jigging takes time to get down and I strongly discourage 1/2 day trips. It just doesn’t allow for enough time to find active fish if they aren’t in the usual areas. H2O was 67 on the surface and bait was breaking the surface in various areas.