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Perch fishing Union Springs in the fall
Pequod1 replied to Cletus's topic in Finger Lakes Discussion
I would say yes. I usually hit it just before putting the boat away in mid November. I did not fish there last fall but did the previous three years and did pretty good. Usually a bunch of boats out there to help you find them. -
Nicely written. I am a converted panfish guy that used to spend his time chasing salmon in lake O. One thing I would like to add is that the perch population in Keuka has not increased when the alewife population crashed, just the opposite. With nothing else to eat, the lakers have hit the perch hard. It seems like you require a finite balancing act between the alewife, trout and panfish. Skaneateles is a great lake that has done quite well without alewives. Fish are a little smaller there but good eating.
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DEC conducting survey on Sunfish daily limit
Pequod1 replied to Sk8man's topic in Finger Lakes Discussion
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DEC conducting survey on Sunfish daily limit
Pequod1 replied to Sk8man's topic in Finger Lakes Discussion
I just did the survey. One thing I am not sure of is there is no distinction between sunfish and bluegills. I assumed they meant both although I do keep some ice fishing gills and never sunfish. It seems that most of the sunfish I catch have black spot grubs but the gills in lakes other than Honeoye do not. About half the sunfish I caught yesterday in Owasco had spots. -
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Pan fishing is good for numbers but not good for size this time of year. I try every year at around this time but catch only a few marginal keepers over 10”. And they seem to be overly thin compared to other fingerlakes. Plenty of rock bass and also you should be able to get some smallmouth but they are also mostly in the 10-12” range. Because of the size of fish my friends and I call this lake “ Skinny” ateles. If your looking for panfish, try Owasco or Cayuga. Keep in mind, summertime sizes are different than spring and fall.
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Correct rollmops. I was there today and caught a lot of perch and small rockies in 12-14’. Only a half dozen sunnies but they are huge. Can hardly get your hand around them. Everything caught was on plastics drop shot rig.
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Just talked to my friend that kept sunfish the day he was there with me. No grubs or worms. yes, we were on the north end of Owasco.
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I did not take home any but I did not notice any spots on the outer skin or fins like I usually do in all the Honeoye sunfish.
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I had a really nice trip there two weeks ago. First time for pannies there for me. Try around the 25-35’ depth a little to the right (west) of the harbor entrance. There were plenty of 7-9” perch there. If that doesn’t work, move down the east shore fishing real shallow between the docks. You will hit really big sunfish, some perch, Rockies and a bass or two in there. I would use minnows in the deep water and small crayfish or maybe plastics along the shore. Good luck.
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Cayuga When will perch fishing Cayuga slow down
Pequod1 replied to Cletus's topic in Finger Lakes Discussion
Crap, I was planning on oink there tomorrow. I guess there will be 100 boats joining me Seriously, you can get them all summer long . I alternate Erie walleyes and Cayuga perch he entire summer. -
Nice going. I miss those Cayuga perch. ill Be at them soon though.
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