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Nymph o  no riggers !! all leadcore ?

Dont forget you have the  south shore boat ramp , check direction of the wind in the morning go to the ramp you will be fishing near that way if the wind comes up you don't have to try and cross the lake to get back , we used godfrey one day and it made it nice as we weren't far from it and when we were ready to leave it wasn't far away but its a one lane ramp only and could be really busy on a weekend trying to get out .

And its one of few parks that you can camp at on the water with a boat ramp !!

Those browns are to strong for my taste , but beautiful fish way to go I love catching them  !!! Where do you get the breading mix never heard of it , got started using panko seasoned breading  mix a little while ago its real good but make sure its the seasoned one adds some nice flavor .

Just seems odd that there not in oneida too its connected to the canal system 

Does anyone know if Oneida has spiny water flea 

Yeah I didnt see many trollers either , from what I saw it was all drifters . I was trolling mainly for eyes leadcore and downriggers  didn't expect any bass that would have been a nice bonus .I noticed to the bite seems to stop pretty early !!! 

I noticed alot of drifters seemed like the go to method up there , using bow mounted trolling motor for steering , Anyone know what there using for weight to get nite crawler rigs down ,do they use bait walkers or just simple three way swivels .Also surprised at the size of the waves for very little wind , the one day current wind was posted at 6 mpg but we had 2 to 3 footers out there out of the east .10mph one day seemed like a blow out not sure if it was fishable unless you could get out of the wind behind a island or point that was around noon .

Well finally made up to Oneida lake it had been 25- 30 years since I was there last so it was all new to me , its hard finding places to stay online before you get there and see whats going on but i got alot of tips on here which helped alot .I 'll try and point out some things that I think will help others going up for the first time . One tip I learned on here was to not use the left side of the ramp at south shore boat ramp and this was a big help as I saw guys using it and they struggled to load there boat big time but another word to the wise is to stay right of the island on the way out there are no buoys at all and it goes right to 1 foot deep in know time on the left side so go right of the island as its not marked .Godfrey point ramp north shore is only one lane and could be a nightmare on a busy day it would be crazy with only half a dozen boats trying to get in or out at the same time . Motels in Canastota all you have now is the Days inn , the other one Graziano's is closed but the days inn is fine and reasonable but your 4 miles from the lake south shore .We set up riggers and leadcore for walleye and did fairly well would had are limit if I hadn't lost 3 or 4 at the boat , next time I would like to try casting blade baits and jigs and see how it works and finding some sm bass .

Yeah bears at myers should be able to help you out , they have ice also which comes in handy but you can probably get that in Aurora too , there is a dock at the aurora inn that you can use to take a break and there is a walk way up to the street to the store right beside the inn has really good eats coffee sweets good stuff , cant leave your boat over night or anything but a nice place to get food .

I use a bow mounted trolling motor with my transducer mounted on the trolling motor depth finder mounted on the bow also , my transducer picks up the jig at around 20 ft on the decent and keeps it on the screen all the way to the bottom .

Its great you have had some good action to keep them interested sometimes when things get slow they can loose there interest fast , thats why I always took the kids blue gill fishing at a farm pond on the first day of pa trout fishing , kids didn't have a chance on are local trout streams back when they were small now there is a day just for them !! Great report  !!!

thanks for the tips , not sure where to launch , either the south shore ramp or somewhere in south bay but i think most of south bay are marinas and probably charge 10.00 or more 

anyone using this ramp ,easy in and out , read somewhere it has 100 spots for trailers , seems like alot 

I know braid and flouro are the most popular right now but if you want a good mono try the spiderwire ultracast ultimate mono in clear  , there 10 lb test is .011 dia .  and no leaders to mess with and a 330 yd spool is 8.95

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Anybody using this ramp  thinking about using it this weekend  , is there alot of parking , how crazy busy does it get big line waiting to put in !!  and what motels are close by , thanks

The jack and coke probably helped alot     but I think the biggest thing you can do  is to eat it fresh from the lake or a day or so in the fridge  , the longer it sits in the freezer the stronger they get and cut out the dark line too .

glad it was good for you the reviews were pretty bad , yeah I'm finding most places want a 3 day min. stay , I think a motel for short trips will be better , I can watch the weather late in the week and decide at the last minute if its worth the run up  , was thinking a dock setup would be nice but maybe I can find a marina to tie up at eventually .

Looking good !!!!! Where did you say you were staying and how are the accommodations and docking . 

Just wish the stradic wasn't so expensive !!!! Then I would have a bunch of them too .

Anglers bay has some really mixed reviews has it gotten better recently ,

My favorite reel is a shimano stradic 2500 spinning reel and thats what I use for all my laker jigging , I use baitcasters for most bass fishing just never liked them for jigging , problem is I only have one spool for the stradic so changing line back and forth isn't going to work , guess I will stay with my spiderwire ultracast for now and see how it works on the walleye .

Would never have thought the kanzen could have the same diameter as fireline and twice the pound test !! 

Anyone using the fireline crystal any better than regular fireline 

I';m having a hard time breaking away from mono specifically spyder wire ultra cast use to be called triple x mono and they changed the name , its a good all around line with low stretch and the fish don't see so no need for adding leaders . Got started using when I started jigging for lakers we wanted a low stretch line but not the no stretch like you get with braid I like a little give . I know I'm behind the times but its inexpensive and just plain works ! Looking at getting into some walleye fishing with leadcore and riggers  .but what can you tell me about a braid for main line to a fluorocarbon leader for jigging and blade baits it won't be huge walleye on Oneida so thinking about a 10 lb  Fireline or nanofil  to 10 pound fluorocarbon is it worth it  .I'm not convinced it will be any better than a roll of  ultracast mono in 10 lb test .I realize naofil isn't a braid are there any benefits to it over fireline

Got to thinking there may be someone on the forum that would rent out there cabin or cottage on Oneida for a few days at a time , just the wife and I , you won't even know we were there .