Reports

Guided Brandon and Katie for 1/2 day today. He jigged lakers with me a few years ago and whacked a lot of fish on Cayuga. I knew we probably wouldn’t beat that April day, but things were looking good as we got onto the water. The first pleasant surprise was marking a lot of baitfish! Lots. Katie hooked a laker that got off just below the boat in short order. Around 10 minutes later Brandon landed a beauty that measured 30″ and weighed 8lbs 3 oz. It was thin and hadn’t been eating much. Fish came from around 75′ of water. We didn’t mark much deep at all. Most fish were along drop-offs and right in with the bait. Bait was in shallow early AM, then much of it moved out. Katie landed a fish just before we left – a 24″ laker. The sun came out and the fish started chasing. I think that had we done a PM trip instead, we might have really whacked the fish. It’s hard to tell. Expect things to really pick up over the next week. I know I’ve been saying it for awhile, but it’s June and water temps are gradually coming up despite the cold nights. Alewives will move in and the lakers will EAT!!!

Seneca Lake