Hi,
So I just returned from my trip to Keuka. I managed two days of fishing in the mornings and both times I launched from the power plant near the swiss. Thursday I launched around 715 and headed out to the point only to notice a lack of other boats, probably due to the forecast of severe thunderstorms. At the time I was fishing there was actually a good amount of sun early and not much of a wind to speak of. I ended up paddling towards the point and after paddling towards the point I noticed one boat did also come out also but never were we very close. I started jigging, using a two ounce lead trolling weight stuff inside a 3.5" tube jig, in unknown depths and the action started within an hour after I figured out what I was doing. I brought 5 to the boat with the biggest being 23" and the smallest just under 16". I also had another three on including one I could tell was fairly large and had multiple more hits. The thunderstorms started to roll in and I was off the water by 1045.
The next day I went out with a friend who does not really fish, first time out this year but he really wanted to try. There was a healthy chop on the water when we arrived around 830 and a very steady wind coming out of the north west. We launched anyway and after a less than fun paddle out to the same area I fished the day before, and some water bailing on my kayak, we started fishing. No sooner had we started then my buddy broke his line trying to heave a 2 ounce lead on light line. So I went over to him and switched rods so he could fish while I tied him back up. No sooner do we switch then he got his first fish, the smallest of the weekend at 14.5". I come over take off his fish and two drops later he has on another fish. This time a better fight and a better fish at 18.5". All the while we are getting pushed around pretty bad and getting some light rain. After a slight lull in action we I picked up another around 19 and he got his third at 20. Again had 1 more that I missed and he missed another 2 and we both had multiple bites. We seemed to do best immediately after we would move a short distance to a new location. On the last fish he got all tangled up in the net and we were both frozen so we called it an early day. We were off the water by 1045. All in all it was a heck of a time fishing and remarkably fast and furious given the fact I had no idea any depth we were fishing.