Owasco Lake 10/10
The weather people predicted “light and variable” but it looked to me more like 8 to 12 mph southerlies (with higher gusts) as we got on the north end of Owasco Lake. I spent 4 hours fishing with my trolling motor running at 80% power (or more.) Jim and Dick are originally from Wisconsin and enjoy walleye fishing. They didn’t have any problems adjusting to the lake trout jigging. The fish weren’t biting great to start, but the guys fished hard and managed to land around 6 or 7 nice fish in the morning. We gave the lakers a break and did a bit of smallmouth fishing along the shorelines down the lake. A couple fish – including a nice 17″+ fish nosed up to Jim’s superfluke but they wouldn’t grab. The lake calmed down a bit and we went back to laker fishing. The bite really picked up and the guys had a bunch of hits and hookups. We had no problems filling the limit and doing some catch and release. Great day – the fishing and catching were great. It was nice to experience some seasonable weather and the trees are finally starting to get a little bit of color going. Fish were hitting perch colored Fin-S Fish and white flukes. Best depths were around 85′ to 95′. Next to nobody was out on the lake.