Owasco Lake 8/18
Did a 1/2 day with Paul and his wife Karen today. Paul wanted to fish Owasco for bass and I was reluctant to do it “traditionally” knowing how many fish suspend out in open water. But we decided to do 2 hours bassin’ and 2 hours on the lakers. The wind made me hopeful. We started out working a weedy shelf and worked shallow to deep. Nothing was happening shallow for us. So we hit the deep weededges. Karen did halfway decently with a big deep running crankbait. The first fish was a dink rock bass, but at least there were fish around. Then came a 15″ to 16″ smallmouth. Then she hooked and landed a solid pike – a 29″ northern. Nice fight. Nothing was hitting Paul’s Senko, spinnerbait or jerkbait. We went out for lakers and the action was very good.
Karen again had the hot hand nailing a couple nice lakers. Many fish were hooked and lost but both Paul and Karen got their share. No bonus bass/trout. Another solid day on Owasco Lake. I’m not seeing a lot of bait on this lake, despite what I’ve heard from others. Small bait balls here and there.