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Treehuggers mean well. They are just misguided.

It won't be long and the end of the world will be here (Dec 21st) and that should really get the wack jobs stirred up.

Hoping to find some tomorrow...

Deeper the lake, the longer residence time for the lake to clear itself. Lake O is 6 years. Lake O is the 2nd deepest and last in the chain of great lakes. I agree with all the posts on here except the references to Ray .

Lake is only getting cleaner and Dr's will tell you to eat fish from almost anywhere - that the benefits far outweigh the risks. The cleanest fish as far as pollutants is supposedly tuna. Always said that children should limit their intake. I do not know if there is any sufficient (or legit) data to support this.

I took the family to Sodus Pt today and when we got out of the car it was absolutely pewtrid. All the rotten moss had piled up along the break wall and the wind was blowing towards the Coast Guard building. We walked up westward and the smell was gone. It is the same smell you get if you play with the muck in a swamp. It is just rotten plant life.

Have you considered irondequoit bay

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no, but that's an option. but how would a hemlock size boat and motor handle in I bay?

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I have had my 8 ft bass hound on I-bay and Sodus bay with 10mph winds. My only concern was with pleasure boaters. This is the advantage of fishing Hemlock. You don't have to worry about some teenager on a jet ski running into you or a guy checking out the blonde on his yacht swamping you. I implore you to be careful on the Ontario Bays and St. Lawrence. Pleasure boaters can be extremely dangerous on these water bodies.

They also have walleye in silver lake and lake alice. I have no experience fishing either, but these may also be options. Wrong night in my opinion. Thursday will be better. Good luck to you. My walleye fishing will start back up in August. Too much bait right now.

Tried this lake yesterday. Beautiful lake with a lot of natural structure. A confident bass fisherman (me two days ago) would have loved to fish this. I know the fish exist. I couldn't find any takers. As a group we only did one decent fish (13 inch small mouth) We did ok on pickerel and I got bored so I switched to bluegills. There are a lot of those and they bite.

Anybody willing to throw some pointers at me, please PM me.

You must have been using the bass I was catching for bait. Again, Nice fish.

Went to Honeoye, opening day and two of us were well over 3 dozen LMs all around 12 inches. Caught a few dinks and a few big ones too. I don't think it matters where you start, just keep moving. I never went after LMs on Conesus but I have seen some pigs spawning there in May. I too would like to go back there for LMs. It would be exciting to hit that occassional Pike/Tiger.

Love the smile. Priceless...

Kinda like fishing for walleye in Cayuga. People see them spawning in the spring but I have never heard anybody say lets go catch some walleye in Cayuga lake.

John, you seem determined. You'll find them and when you do it will mean more to you.

Tight lines.

Go to the feed store and buy a 50# bag of field corn. Throw out about a pound twice a day or more. If you have old bread or bake goods, this will work too. After you have chummed them good. I would use worms, soft corn, minnows, crayfish. It usually takes a few days for them to come in but fish like a free meal and this usually works well anywhere. Remember, if you stop chumming they will leave. I have caught some of my biggest pan fish doing this as a kid. The bonus is that the smallies and the carp and the bull head will be right there in the mix. The carp in Seneca are huge so I imagine that you will want to make sure the poles are secure or really inexpensive. Also, while the kids are chasing the smaller fish, throw some stick baits or spoons out deeper and see if you can't pick up a larger predator. They follow the food train too.

for the double headers. Nothing better than getting a double and your fish is bigger than your buddies.

Thanks for posting.

Nice fish! I have seen your other posts too. Good times for sure.

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THese aren't designed for fishing. Their roots are probably somewhere around rum runners. they flat out fly across the water.

Nice LM BSmaster ! How was Honeoye..busy?

Tom

Tom,

I thought it was busy. There was only two instances where we got crowded. And to be honest, this is a nice family lake so I wouldn't expect any different. There is a guy up there with a Donzi (sp) that needs to tone it down. Lake is too small and too busy to be going over 50mph on. I would fish it again but I think I am gonna wait for bad weather next time. This is the same thing you get on Conesus and Keuka. Fun to fish for large mouths. smallies were hard to find.

21 inches

~ 5lbs

Caught on a fluke

Caught a few dozen cookie cutter 12 inchers as well and a few nice ones inbetween. Nice little lake but gets a lot of traffic.

Not really a recipe but if you are like me and do not have time to prepare fish I have come up with a good way to do this on the fly.

I use to like McCormick seafood seasoning but I tried Weber zesty lemon and I really like it. I also use there NewOrleans Cajun and Boston Bay. So the idea is simple and I will use three variations.

Ingredients

Olive Oil

Butter

Seasoned Bread Crumbs

Seasoning

Scenario One:

Heat olive oil in skillet, prepare filets, drain, skin side down sprinkle seasoning.

Place filets seasoning side down ~2min or until the seasoning has crisped alittle. Flip and finish on skin side. If filets are thick you will need to cover pan to allow fish to fully cook in the steam.

Scenario Two:

Heat olive oil in skillet, prepare filets, drain pat dry, skin side down sprinkle seasoning. Place in 1 gal zip lock with bread crumbs and toss. Place filets seasoning side down ~2min or until the seasoning has crisped alittle. Flip and finish on skin side. If filets are thick you will need to cover pan to allow fish to fully cook in the steam.

Scenario Three:

Heat olive oil in skillet with a few table spoons butter, Be careful, butter will burn but not smoke as much in the oil. This will give the filets a nice brown look. prepare filets, drain pat dry, skin side down sprinkle seasoning. Place in 1 gal zip lock with bread crumbs and toss. Place filets seasoning side down ~2min or until the seasoning has crisped alittle. Flip and finish on skin side. If filets are thick you will need to cover pan to allow fish to fully cook in the steam.

I use scenario one almost exclusively since it is so easy. The Zesty lemon seasoning works really well with walleye, trout, panfish, striper, and black bass. I use boston bay or cajun for my bullheads in scenario #3.

I developed digestion issue with traditional fish fry's years ago and it kept me from eating a lot of fish. I moved to the grill and the oven, but really never ate much fish that way for various reasons. I can fry in the olive oil and digest my dinner with no issues. I thought I would share since it is easy and I know I am not the only one who likes fried fish but had to give it up.

From DEC: http://it.stlawu.edu/~bart/Barthelmess/ ... vasion.pdf

excerpt: New York State prohibit the use of the round goby as bait and attempt to remind anglers of the proper way to dispose of their bait-bucket emissions.

John, not trying to rain on your parade. I understand and agree with the arguments on both sides. Just want to let you know that it you may need to dump them if you see the boat check coming.

I always fished spinners, soft plastics, and stick baits for Bronze backs in Lake O. St. Lawrence - Night crawlers, cray fish, spinners, soft plastics. Finger lakes - Cranks, soft plastics, and live Cray fish. Rivers - Stone Cats, stone rollers, red fins, topwater, and sticks.

Fish are still setting up for summer. In a couple weeks it should start getting exciting...

tight lines!

I fished Sodus last year and I found it to be annoying but I didn't know it was toxic. I had to avoid a few areas on Honeoye Lake Saturday. Like the article said, I thought it was a normal occurence. I just didn't know about the cyanotoxins. I will look forward to Brian Williams talking about it on NBC Nightly News.

Well, all being said.... it would still B a sweet dream, given the fish are in good #s and variety there; if the area was turned into a park with fishing the main venue!! Yes issues with money, of course, safety and liability, jurisdiction,and all the other associated yadda yadda yadda. But hardly anything that hasn't been dealt with and worked around before. For the sake of just one more local great upstate fishing spot, it could be done....AND a somewhat unique place too!

I agree with you a 100% These areas could be reclaimed for a greater good - recreation. I do not know the dollar amounts, but I do notice that even the small parks along water ways with minimal fishing access (suspect fish #s) are busy in the warm months. People like water.

I love the pic. She has that confident look. The one where she has been there before and would you expect anything else?

Nice

BTW: The sunrise on the fingerlakes was absolutely breath taking for Saturday morning.

Thanks for reminding me to look. I avoid them like the plague. Nothin ruins my highly anticipated time on the water like a bass tourny. Nothing wrong with them. Just that, Fishin is not a competition with me and I like to fish away from others when possible.

Here is a quick link I found.

http://www.wnybass.com/opentournaments/

Good luck...

Trespass. http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/8371.html

I've trespassed in my life time to hunt and to fish. I do not condone it and actually avoid it nowadays. Older and wiser and the grass isn't any greener over that fence.

These arguments are kinda weak. I am 100% positive they will not end up swaying the judge. If the property is posted legally, put away your $75, and go fish on land where you may get a ticket. I feel there are too many places to fish to warrant trespass. I won't be seeing you in court.

The extenuating circumstances as I read them...

1.) Other people are doing it. So, it can't be that posted...

2.) Its ok as long as you are respectful...

3.) Carpe Diem

4.) The owners aren't using it so we can...

If you find my comments offensive, think about all the people reading your comments that have posted land and how they must feel about your comments.

Pits and quarries often have hidden hazzards, which is usually why they get posted (liability). The other reason they get posted is jagoffs dumping their garbage. Posted is Posted. Get your $75 ready.

I didn't mention line. A lot of people go with braid when using a wacky rig. I use 4 or 6lb mono. I thought about running a leader off braid, but decided against it for casting accuracy. I will be casting to a spot - not an area. I don't want braid because I feel the fish will see it and I don't like the way it floats. Why would this be a dilemma is because I am fishing heavy underwater weed structure as well as lili pads. Average bass are caught easily, but everytime I get a lunker, it wraps me around a weed structure and pops off. Why 4 or 6 lb. I am doing some serious distance casting. I usually fish with a beatle spin (BS in my BS Master name) until I hear a feeding largemouth. It sounds much different than the small fish eating insects. This is when I determine how close I am and where I need to be to be in casting range if not already. I pick up my other pole and always (100%) get a strike from a bass that has made its presence known by feeding. I think everyone understands structure and how fish like openings so I won't go into that.

I fish the drop and kinda walk the dog with the worm if it doesn't get hit right away. I don't feel the fish until I set the hook. I watch the line. The worm will sink so line will take off, however, it always falls at a steady rate. When the bass hits it, it accellerates. Fish on! So watch your line and let the bass do all the work.

Biggest tip I can tell you is keep your boats off the bass. I watched this happen last year. I was hammering bass all morning last year and guys were complaining about not getting anything and then I started watching them fish and saw them run their boats thru the hot spots. This is bad. keep casting distance away from them. This time of year, the fish are still on inland structure. Keep the boats out deep and fish inwards. Dock fishing, don't step on the dock until you have cast out along it a few times. Good luck everybody. I am going to be working on some new presentations for bass this year. Hopefully I will come up with a new goto lure/presentation.

Videos are definitely entertaining. If they get any better you will be on outdoor channel.

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What size senko and what size hook. do most of you prefer wacky or traditional style?

I like to use a range. Smaller worms (~4") for smaller fish with smaller hooks (4s, 6s).

Larger or more aggressive fish, I use larger worms (~6") and larger hooks (1/0s, 2s).

Hook size is important because the fish are hitting on the drop, so if they feel it and don't like it will have time to spit it before you feel them on, hence - no hook set. Goto small and the hook could miss everything - hence no hook set/

I have caught smallies on Wacky rigs, but I usually reserve them for largemouths. Therefore, I recommend a size 2 hook with a larger worm. My goto is green pumpkin. I have a few variations, but the package that says grn pmpkn is the one that is lightest. I do not fish crystal clear or turbid water so this color works best for me. Find a pond with a lot of bass and this is a great way to get someone into fishing. Easy to cast, retrieve, and the bass do most of the work. I am putting together a fishing lesson just for teaching youngsters how to do this so they can see how easy it is to catch fish like the pros. This post reminds me of that I need to get working on it.