Smittie125

Thanks everyone! kenF, Good luck to you. We caught most of the fish near the bluff in the cleaner water. The water was pretty merky as you traveled north on the lake. We were trolling lead core on planer boards. 4 lines; 2 10-color cores and 2 5-color cores. Lure selection consisted of deep diving rapalas; shad raps and minnow raps in natural colors. I have to contribute our success with the lead core to a conversation I had with turp last year. Thanks again for that information turp! Indian, We have caught a LL the last 3 years we have been going on this trip and we only fish the lake that one weekend a year. I dont really think the LL's are that rare as I read about people catching them all the time. Also, as ERABBIT stated, they are stocked every year. Tight lines everyone! Smit

Well, we had a great trip to Keuka, to say the least. We fished hard Friday and Saturday. We landed 5 lakers and a nice smallie on Friday. Saturday we got into the fish pretty thick and we landed 10 trout, 1 landlock, and 2 smallies. All fish caught relativiely shallow; nothing deeper than 60'. Can't wait until next year! Here are some photos:

Hi all, I'll making my annual laker fishing trip to Keuka this weekend. I'll be fishing Friday, Saturday, and Sunday morning. Anybody know where the fish are being caught and what they are hitting? Planning to troll some stick baits on 5 and 10 color cores using planer boards; worked very well for us last year. We'll be in a 17' Xpress if anybody else will be out there. Thanks for any advice in advance!

Hello all, I just got back from Keuka and I want to thank everyone for the good advice; particularly Turp. We fished Friday and Saturday in the mornings and evenings. We managed 11 lakers, 1 salmon, and 1 nice smallie. Our biggest laker went about 8 lbs and was pushing 30". We used rapala minnow raps and storm thundersticks in fire tiger and natural colors. Trolling around 2.2 - 2.5 mph with 5 color core setups on our planers and walker deeper divers (45mm) straight out the back. We stayed out near the middle of the lake and fished up near the park, as Turp suggested. We were in a 17' bass boat (brown) with a 50 hp mercury, if anyone else was out there. I'll attach some pictures tomorrow for you all. Thanks again! We had an awesome time and we will be back next year. I wish I lived closer! Pics to come soon, Smittie

Thanks Turp! We'll give that a try. I have a few inline planer boards as well. I'll try and let you all know how we make out. Any other suggestions are much appreciated.

Thanks for the good info. everyone. Turp, what exactly is a 5 color core or a 10 color core? Is that a type of stickbait? Can I ask you what the depth was where you were fishing at? I know you had your lures in 20' - 50' but I was just wondering what the total depth was where you were...

Hi everybody, I am new to the lake trout fishing so please forgive my ignorance if some of these questions sound a bit amateur to you all. I was wondering if any of you could provide some good advice for a beginner lake trout fisherman. We are planning a trip to Keuka April 29-May 1. Is there any technique to finding the fish? Any particular spots on the lake we should focus on? I have read some reports of guys catching these things on stick baits trolling in the top 20' of water. Is there any truth to that? We do have one downrigger that we plan on trying out for the first time. What size cannonball would i need to use for this lake and this type of trolling? Any of you know what the best depth will be around this time? Hopefully you all can lend me some good advice on how to start out catching these lakers. Thanks in advance everybody! Smittie