snyder

Tripleduece and I hit the south east side saturday morning. We cought a couple small rainbows and 10 or 11 lakers. Beautiful day on the lake. Weeds and fleas were minimal. Georgeous lake, very little boat traffic until 11 or so. We only saw one other boat until after 7:30 or so. Rasberry dolphin spoon worked well early off the one rigger and rays rasberry stinger spoon as a slider picked up both rainbows. Black/green spindoctor w/green crinkle fly cought most of the lakers early off a dipsey. Later on a livewire spinny w/ a no see um fly worked well. We are really looking foreword to getting back out on the lake.

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

Do you have swivel bases for the big jons?

When using a free slider and you see the rigger fire, do you pick up the rod and fight the fish or do you wait to make sure the slider has reached the end of your main line? I am always afraid that when I pull and the fish pulls the swivel is going to zip down the line and come to a hard stop. What are your thoughts?

zaphod4,

We fished out of the south end saturday and cought 8 lakers in the morning. Cought most on a spindoctor and fly and a couple on spoons. Black/green spindoctor with green fly worked best early fished off a dipsey. Trolling at 2.5mph on the gps early and then we tried different speed as the fishing slowed down. Cought 3 by US salt between 6:30 and 7am in 120 - 140fow. Trolled across the lake. Had a douple in about 70fow just north of the falls. Around 8:30 the sun burned through the haze and the bite slowed. We threw the tackle box at em' after that and cought our last three.

Normally all shades of green spindoctors and green or mirage flies work well for us on seneca. Blue smartfish worked really well in the derby a couple weeks ago.

You should go back and read Ray's posts. He gives some great advice.

Thanks for the responses. Do you troll faster than you would for lakers? We saw another boat last weekend that was catching them left and right and he appeared to be cruizing along pretty fast.

Anyone have any favorites?

Do you have any luck with a flasher and fly?

Ray, when you run stickbaits in rough water like that do you run em' on boards or just straight off the back? Water surface temp was 39 on the west side, 40 on the east side and a degree warmer in front of hector falls. Which hole in the back of the spindoctor do you use for seneca?

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I just bought a couple flies and noticed that they have a 50# leader. Do you guys run lighter leaders on the finger lakes or doesnt the heavy line spook fish?

Just curious,

Chris

Sliderman,

I use a large plain black jighead.3/8oz. sounds about right. I've never had much luck with smaller hooks mainly because the smaller sizes tend to get straightened right out with a decent pike. The rubberworm is about any 6" or so worm.

My dad and I used to go to the thousand islands a few times a year. One time we were fishing in a bay and a charter boat was there also. Fishing was slow for us and the charter boat couldnt keep em off the hook. We watched them with binoculars and saw that black jighead and worm. We both tried it and started catching fish.....Then again somedays it wont draw a strike.

You know how pike fishing is...You try something new when fishin's slow and bang you catch about 3 in three casts. The everyone in the boat switches to that bait and no more fish.

I love to use a large black jighead with a black rubber worm. The firetiger and clown husky jerks have worked well also, but the jig/worm seems to catch them for me when nothing else would.

Heres how the story goes. I called in to work to tell them I was waiting for a guy to look at my furnace, they asked who and I said Ray. Tripleduece and I work together so he bieng thursty for knowledge stopped by after work. Ray shows up tells us where his honey holes are and where to buy the grenades. Pretty cut and dry really.

Seriously though, thank you Ray. I went and bought some of the cheap filters and my furnace works 10 times better.

Chris