Reports

Guided Charles for a 1/2 day. He wanted to see some approaches for fishing this lake. He has a nice house on the lake and loves to fish. Fishing was generally good. I had him work the Superfluke for smallmouth bass and he had some very good/steady action to start. No monster fish but some fun sight fishing action with some great jumps. Tube jigs are a favorite for smallmouth bass (and other species) just about anywhere smallies swim and he did pick up some rockies, nice perch and I think a bass or two on them.

We also tried some laker jigging. On the west shore we had one quick hookup. Later on we tried an area on the east shore and found a massive group (school) of lakers. He managed to land three typical Skaneateles fish – fish running 16″ to 19″ or so.

Boat traffic was light. Only a few trailers were at the State Launch. Water temp was 60 to 62 up top. We had follows from salmon as well, but nothing sizeable – they weren’t fresh stockies but likely fish that had spent a year in the lake. Some freshly stocked fish are around as well but we leave those alone. Many bass are starting to pair up and nest. There was a lot of cottonwood seed on the lake along with natural particulates like pollen.

bass Skaneateles Lake