sawtoothscream

 Taughannock is where most lake trout like to hang out this time of the year, with a steep drop off and lots of structure.I'd hate too roll a kayak in Cayuga lake this time of the year!

Agree, I have a sit on top and its pretty stable and hard to tip.  Last time i went to Cayuga the waves were crazy, my not windy day ended up be very windy.  but the kayak handled it fine.    Plus I where my life jacket and its easy as pie to get back into my kayak if I flip it.  

If things look good I might go friday or sunday

thanks,  will look those places up.  Just dying to get out there after being penned up all winter

Thinking about making the trip in the next week or two depending on my schedule and weather.  I will be in a kayak so I cant travel all over the lake.

Where would you suggest?  right now im thinking im going to launch at  tunkhannock or myers .  I am going to target lake trout.

I know for summer people say fish around 90ft deep with jigs or a lake wobbler and worm set up.  Same with current conditions or will they hug the shore line?

any advice would be great, thanks alot.

I might try going in the next few weeks if i find a nice day for it.  going to be in a kayak and fishing for lakers.    probably in the  taughannock  area

cool thanks,  Getting pumped to go, unthawed some lake trout I received from a family friend last fall and it was so good.  

I just bought all my jig stuff. 

now  for trolling what size weight should I use?     would 2oz inlines be good enough, to much, to little?    I fish a few other places that a little less aggressive and easy to troll on so might as well buy some.  

If you have a Fish Finder a line counter may be helpful but is not required... 

 

Depending on wind and conditions you will likely be able to stay in one spot or drift slowly and know depth based on your Fish Finder reading. 

 

Jigging is as simple as drop it to the bottom.... Jig as long as your semi vertical, reel in and repeat. 

 

That is one of a few different techniques for Jigging which are outlined well on @hermit's site here > http://cayugafisher.net/pages/resdex.php < 

 

Another spot you can try is by the salt plant near Myers Launch. Very accessible if you launch from Myers and sheltered from wind if its coming from the North. 

 

If you would like to go Jigging in a boat sometime Id be happy to show you some spots around the Myers park area that have worked for me. - Just shoot me a PM-

-Pete

 

Thanks for the offer, might have to take you up on that some time.      

well looks like storms this week. maybe next week    o well more time to get my gear ready

going to buy a line counter for sure and will pick up some more jigs thanks.  If weather is good ill most likely go on wed. Just hope it isnt windy. Last time I went we got a little wind and that caused some rough water.   again thanks alot for the advice.

should I pick up some minnows?  or just stick with the zooms?  

thanks, I believe I launched out of myers when I went last summer. We didnt catch a thing but also didnt have a depth finder or any knowledge of what we were doing lol.   

was really thick weeds near teh shore line and lots of perch but even they were not biting

anyone fish cayuga?

I want to head up to cayuga in the next week or to.   My target fish is lake trout.    I plane on trolling for the most part and thinking ill use a laker wobbler and attach a 8# fluro leader a few feet behind that  with either a night crawler or minnow.   here this works good for lakers?  also plan on jigging some

Here around this time I will need to be in deep water , near 100ft.    Not having fished at cayuga much IDK where I should start.  

Ill be using a kayak so traveling long distance looking for te deep waters isnt really a option for me.    I do have a fish finder though

So any advice on starting locations would be great.  thanks        also gear advice would be great as well

cant really afford to change my set ups so here is what I have

7'  heavy action rod with 80# braided line and a abu garcia bait caster

7' medium action with 20# mono and a bass pro bionic bait caster

6' medium action with 8# mono and a qautium spinner reel

figure I need some weight to get down to those depth so what weight would you recommand?

What size fluro leader?

what color lake wobbler and size?

etc...

thanks

Ya didnt think so but thought I would see I would be happy just catching perch and rock bass honestly, fishing in my area isnt very good. lake trout would be fun or salmon. basically anything I can catch and reel in would make it worth while for me.

know of any places that are good for walleye and are in the near by area? thanks

Name: Mark

Location: Windsor, NY

Home Port:

Boat Name/Type: Ocean kayak trident 11

I fish for: Anything that bites the hook lol, mostly walleye and bass

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Hey im new to fishing cayuga lake but have been fishing for awhile. I hear that west coast is most kayak fishing friendly since it doesnt get effected by the wind as much ??? I want to take a trip up there in in a few days and dont know where I should park and put in. Heard stick baits and jigs are good for the west coast and last time I fished there off a boat I caught a bunch of perch and rock bass wih night crawlers. as for fish im after, perch, trout and walleye would be my perfered targets (esp walleye) Any info that could help me would be great. thanks alot