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What did the 'bow hit on? I am planning on taking our fresh air kid out early Sat. for trout, and would love to hook him up with a nice jumper or brownie.

Took our visitor from Brooklyn, Chris, out on Canandaigua Lake last evening. Wife hooked up with a bite near Deep Run Park about 5:30 pm, 18 FOW on a nightcrawler. Handed the rod to Chris, and he landed the beast on his own.

Overall, good night, caught a bunch, kept 3 good perch, 4 nice pannies, and Chris wanted to eat his SMB; so I fried it up last night.

I am sure that he will remember his week in Canandaigua for awhile.

Here is a video from the company where I work. Actual video, with our new, proprietary cartridge being shot by the boss. The .475 Turnbull absoultely smacks large animals!

Watch where the brass goes when he works the action on his 1886 Winchester .

What is the great big long building a few miles up the west side?

Bristol Harbour, I'd guess.

Been reading the posts lately, my first trip to this lake ever so even the smallest peice of info would be appreciated. Trying to target some bows and browns. Going to launch out of the south end how is that launch??

Listen to FLXTroutman, him know trout on Canandaigua! :!: :!:

Just watch out for the floating VW Beetles of weeds! :evil:

yeah sorry the outlet not creek. i really thought it looked more like a red drum but really dont think its possible and i cant find nothing online bout red rudd but if some1 can find a pic it would b appreciated.

Mike:

Thanks again for the great trip! That is one SWEEEET ride

LTTroller: You cn have that seat, I'll take the other side

Started out of North launch about 5:45 last evening, wife and dinner on board, headed out for pannies.

Set up in 25 - 30 FOW between Deep Run and Thendara, tossing worms from the back yard below slip bobbers about 12 - 15 feet deep.

Caught a decent number of fish, but nothing exciting. Went to the bottom, drop shot style with Stand-Out hook about 18" from bottom. They liked that!

Had to make a run to the City Pier to pick up daughter @ 8:00; then went out 1/2 way to Deep Run and found the shelf from 55 - 25 FOW. Caught a few more decent keepers. Headed back around 10:00 pm.

The keep was 3 huge rock bass, 6 FAT perch (over 11"), and 8 thick 'gills.

Probably threw back 3 times that many.

You guys know of a topo map online for Canandagua?

Seager Marine sells a nice, laminated map that has countours and areas of interest for fishing. Here is the DEC's basic map.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/images/regions_images/canandai.gif

Good job, Mike! Glad the wife went with you Sunday. Give me a shout if you want to hit it this next weekend and she wants to sleep in.

Good Luck!

Fished with wife this evening.

Launched from marine park around 7:00 pm; fished off Yacht Club in 25 FOW. Caught 4 nice 'gills, 2 decent perch and wife landed a personal best crappie ( fat 10" fish, but she hasn't caught anything over 7" before that).

Moved around, and even threw out the wire dipsey for a short troll around dusk, but having Lowrance problems, so I couldn't figure out where the fish were. :evil:

Came home around 10:30; not an exciting night, but it was a nice evening with the wife ( kids at work )

Nice ride!

She'll be a fish-catching machine, I am sure.

Glad you are back out. How about a pic of the new ride??

Took the wife and in-laws out for a little panfishing yesterday evening. Left launch at 5:30 pm, ate dinner on our way out. Fished west side, catching a few sunnies and some nice perch in 15 - 30 FOW on worms & fatheads.

Moved to middle of lake near north end in 15 FOW and caught a few more, then the wife's bobber disappeared. This SMB jumped 3 times and took her 10 minutes to land. Forgot the regular boat net, just had my little one in the boat and it filled it!

Weghed in @ 3 1/2 pounds, snapped photos, and released to fight again. Beautiful evening to be out on the lake.

Yeah, you were pretty excited. Matt opened the cooler 10 times to look at his fish if he did it once.

10 times is a low estimate. Hope to have a pic of him up later this evening, holding 'the one that didn't get away'.

Had a good time with some great guys. Hope to get back out on the Big O soon.

Boat still in for service, and my parents are in town from Ohio for daughter's graduation. Sorry.

Thanks Robert. One more quick question. Can you confirm that the daily limit is no more than 3 lakers per angler and the minimum length is 15 inches? Thanks again.

Fromthe DEC website:

Finger Lakes: Brown trout, rainbow trout, lake trout, landlocked salmon

All year 15" except 9" for rainbow trout in Owasco Lake and Skaneateles Lake and 18" for landlocked salmon in Cayuga Lake

5 in combination (catch shall include no more than 3 lake trout or 3 landlocked salmon)

Ice fishing permitted

I'm for the potato gun.

Went out of north end this morning with FLXTroutman.

Started trolling aroun 5:45 am near the Yacht Club. We went 4 / 4 on lakers with the green flies/flashers catching the fish. Couple of nice lakers ( 1 @ 25", 1 @ 23") along with 2 smaller ones.

Marked a few bait balls as we moved around. Headed in at 7:45 with a fairly heavy cooler.

Great morning to be out with good people.

Let me know if you got a good recipe besides the 2x4 method!!!!

Best I've found is a brick wrapped in foil, seasoned with Cajun seasoning. Same recipe, eat the brick, throw away the fish! :shock:

So I guess the boat hasn't sold yet.

PM me some time if you want to hook up on a weekend!

Thoughts are with you from the family.

Yes, they will work on Canandaigua Lake. I'd try the 8" flashers to start with; I have seen some fish taken that way. Good Luck!

My wife's cousin jigs up a lot of lakers on Keuka using a large (3/4 ounce I think) silver Buckhot spoon. Same technique, drop to bottom, jig it up a couple feet, let it back down.

Only hooked 1 myself jigging, used a BPS Strata spoon (1 ounce), so I am definitely no expert.