troutman10

I didn't make it to the show. How was it for anyone that went?

Does anyone know where I could possibly get a Canandaigua Lake that has the contours. I'm newer to the lake and think a decent map would help me out. Thanks in advance.

Sorry I'm late posting. I would fish anywhere that is rocky bottoms and shallow (10-15 ft.). The fish should be hungry and fat.

The second picture down looks like bear hair. My guess is that it's a bear. Not sure though.

FLX, Thanks for the help and invite. I saw the invite tonight (Sunday) because I've been away for the weekend. This past weekend I was able to get out and bow hunt for the Northern opener up near Watertown where I'm originally from. The line that I've been using on my pole is 12 or 15 lb. test. Is that too light for my downrigger? Is a 12 lb. ball too heavy for my small downrigger? Also, I'm unfamiliar with dipseys. What size would I need and how do I know how deep it would be running after I put it down? Thanks for the help in advance. I'm excited to figure out this lake a little better.

Sounds like you're picking it up pretty fast. Congrats. I'm new to fishing on Canandaigua. Only have one rigger (it's a Cannon mini that only goes down to about 100 if that). I have about a 6 lb. weight on it so the depth most likely varies with speed and wind. I'm afraid it's too small for fishing Canandaigua. Any input guys? I fished the other night from about 4-7 on the West side from Menteth to German Brothers 50-60 over 100. The color I was using was purple. Sounds like I should switch over to a greenish or even orange. Any feedback for my setup anyone. I would greatly appreciate it.

I picked up a used Mathews Icon for a decent price. Had it all set up last year and I love it. This will be my second year overall. The only thing that I will change on it is the rest (after this season). Right now I have a bodoodle and I'm switching to a whisker biscuit b/c I hear the blazers were made for the whisker biscuit. Maybe a little more accuracy won't hurt an already great bow...right? I recently moved to the Canandaigua area from Watertown. The work that I've had done at Bristol Outdoors has been pretty good so far.

what kind of prices? I really like the looks of those.

I am looking to get a set up for pulling copper. Where do I start? Do people make their own? Do I buy specific things to set up? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks for help in advance.

Sounds like a good time. Congrats and good luck in the AM. Were you jigging, pulling copper or riggers? I'm going to try Canandaigua on Sat. and jig. I'm not sure what areas to focus on. Any help would be appreciated.

Get some crayfish and you'll be all set. Drift them along gravel and rocky bottoms. Also fish early and late in the day. The traffic waves can make things exciting if you don't already know this. You'll be sure to have some luck.

Gander Mountain is a good store, no doubt about it. I'm glad they can cater to the needs of NY sportsman b/c otherwise all we would have is Dicks and local places. Dicks is ok, but doesn't have the selection and it seems as if local places are few and far between. I would rather spend my money at a local bait shop or sporting goods store, but they are going extinct for lack of a better word. Landshark, you speak of the selection in Watertown, I guess their selection makes up for their poor customer service. I'm not sure if that goes for every Gander though. The workers don't get paid much more than min. wage like johnnywalleye said. I'll take what I can get. I'm just happy to have a store with a decent selection and I'll do the rest as far as knowing what to buy and how to use it. My .02

That's my uncles second cousins brother in law that caught that....

I would focus my energy in shallow areas because it still is fairly early in the season. I'm from the chaumont area and was fishing 10 ft and under as far as depth is concerned. Not to complain, but I'm sure we could have caught more bass except people were out fishing bass hard before the season even opened up around these parts. Too bad the DEC couldn't have been out in full force a little more. We caught a nice largemouth and some nice smallies using tubes, rapalas, senkos, etc... Also check out the TI Bait store website. It is...http://tibait.com/Reports/river.asp?area=river+report Hope that helped.

Superhawk, You mentioned no landlocks, quite a few lakers, but any browns or rainbows trolling? Just curious. Thanks in advance.

Graduated in 2005. Miss not being on the lake being able to go out in between or after classes to do some fishing.

New things on the horizon for me. Looks like I'm moving to the area. Just recently got a new job and will be starting during the first week of July. My fiance is from the Canandaigua area, so I'll most likely be doing a little more fishing on Canandaigua and Keuka (since it's a little more familiar to me, I went to Keuka College and fished there quite a bit) as opposed to up here around the Watertown area. I'll miss the opportunities up here, but am looking forward to different hunting and fishing opportunities down in the finger lakes. Looking forward to the possibility of meeting some guys from the area. I'm excited and nervous at the same time. That's all for now. Tight lines everyone!

Shallow runners around 6:00 to 6:30. Storm was coming in so the light was fading somewhat. There was another boat out around the same spot I was in. I was out around Shangri-la off Pt. Peninsula.

Did some trolling this evening before the quick rain came through. Water was very calm early and late afternoonish. Caught two walleye: one 25" about 5.5 lbs and the other 27" about 6.25 lbs. Caught the two around the same area on the sale lure about 15-20 minutes apart. The bite was around 6 or 6:30ish. Used stickbaits rapalas and smithwicks. Ate the cheeks tonight and froze the rest for later. Good times!!

I'm actually from Chaumont and currently live there. We're not that tight lipped about the fishing. I hear everyone speaking of where the fish are biting and when they are biting just living here. Quite a few walleye around this winter for ice fishing. Any of the walleye that I've had out of this part of the lake have tasted great to me. Maybe they taste better in the winter though. The last ones that I've tasted were in December and January during Ice. Glad to help anyone out about tips if they need any. Best bets would be trying Black River Bay, Guffins Bay, Chaumont Bay and Mud Bay. Heard of a few guys catching fish real early when the sun isn't even up yet. Lots of walleye were caught this winter in the areas mentioned above. Tight lines everyone!

Sounds like you had a good weekend. Congrats! Lots of different fishing opportunities up here.

I would recommend the Church boards. The tx-6 or the tx-12's should be fine for the finger lakes. The tx-6's are quite small, but have proven to work well for me on Keuka. The tx-12's are bigger and more versitile if you're going to be on some bigger water. The tx-6's and 12's don't have a flag that fits them to tell when a fish bites. There's a couple larger models (tx-24 and the walleye boards) which are very similar to each other. Those models can be rigged up with a flag so you can tell when a fish bits. I haven't personally used anything but the church boards and I like them. They have a home page which is as follows: http://www.churchtackle.com/ Hope this helps. Tight lines!

The fishing club still has the same site as when I was at Keuka. Last time I spoke to people at the college they told me the fishing club is still going. Wish I could of stuck around and made a little more out of it, but thats ok as long as it's still operating. The link is as follows: http://www.keuka.edu/studentLife/Studen ... g_Club.htm I'm the one with the Brown in the bottom right hand of the site. Also, look in the top right picture and I'm the one in the white shirt all the way to the left. We did fishing charters at the end of the year my last two years at Keuka. It was great to see others get into fishing. Another good thing is that we had mostly girls in the club. : ) It's interesting to learn that most everyone who I ever talked about fishing to said they fished at some point in their life (mostly when they were young). Fishing, as well as hunting, hold an important niche in American society and our past.

Howdy to everyone. I was a member to the forum before all the problems came about quite a while ago. I'm just coming back in full force now. My online name is Troutman10. My real name is Wes. I'm from the Watertown, NY area where I mainly like to flyfish small streams for trout, troll for walleye and bass and jig or troll the finger lakes for trout (mainly keuka). I attended Keuka College and graduated in the spring of 2005. While I was there I started the Keuka College Fishing Club and carried out the Keuka College Fly Casting Tournament for my 400 level Sports Management class. I was recently engaged to a great girl from the Canandaigua area and am looking to move to the area ASAP. I'm excited to get down there, eventhough I will miss home (it's only a couple hours), get a job and live life. My boat is a 2001 Lowe open bow at 16.5 feet with a 15 hp Suzuki 4 stroke. The best day I've had in my boat was when I had a 20+ lake trout day on Keuka Lake in September of 2005. Gas prices have really kept me from fishing the fingers for this spring which I regret, but I'll be living there soon. Glad to be back. Have a good one! Tight lines everyone!

SinDale, I was doing some jigging and the perch had shut off. Next thing I know I had a fish on my line when I jigged up. I was doing some long jigs up and down to try and attract fish b/c I thought the perch were gone for good. Didn't know what it was at first as it wasn't doing much, but then it did take a good amount of line out. I was in my shanty and had my friends right next to me in their shanty. I was afraid that the fish was going to tangle into their lines and mess them up. Had to stick my pole down the hole when I was fighting the fish b/c my pole would have broke or my line would have broke if I didn't put the pole down there. Fun times!