Skaneateles Lake 5/30 PM
Guided the Hermans for 1/2 day starting around 1:30 pm. Very few rigs were in the parking lot. I think there was one or two others when we launched, and then a few more when we came back in. Tried some fishing up north with a couple rock bass and a nice perch to show. We didn’t find much of anything shallow. Fishing the 20′ to 30′ zone proved most productive with the Hermans landing 4 lake trout and around 15 or more perch, with a dozen being “keepers.” You do have to work through some dinks. Drop shot styled 2 jig rigs worked best, though a few fish came on tubes. Bass have been moving up – a friend saw a bunch shallow in the AM, but we didn’t see any where we fished. The winds were strong out of the north – probably gusting to 22 to 23 mph. Most perch were males and they were ready to spawn. We had one spawned out female from the north end. Lakers ran 17″ to 18″. Expect some fun fishing here over the next couple weeks. Water temp on the surface was around 56.