Seneca Lake out of Sampson 4/19
Back out again with Willy for some lake trout jigging or so I thought! I was home after working at Bass Pro Shops at around 2pm. and figured I could hammer the lakers out on Seneca but it was not to be. Conditions were calm and surface temps were around 47 to 50. I had roughly 41 degrees down 20′. We were fishing by 3:30pm. Had one aggressive fish chase a jig and hit it in around 95′ of water. Willy had a hit in around 90′ as well near Glass Factory Bay. Sampson seemed void of fish – we saw a few lakers or trout crash the surface out by the “debris lines”. I expected to see some bait moving up a little bit – at least slightly shallower, but it wasn’t to be. No sign of bait. Still too cold I believe – at least around Sampson. Lots of perch – including some big ones in the marina. Bluegills too. We pounded depths from 60′ to 160′ using jigs with tubes or flukes. Tried some different colors too. Moved around a lot and varied our jigging techniques retrieves too. Just couldn’t buy a fish! Stay tuned on this one, cause I’d like to find out where the lakers went! Maybe some migrated north……