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Thanks Les for the kind words! Me and my recent college graduate will be fishing the south end of Canandaigua this Sunday.

Launch & Conditions • Launch site: Lodi • Left home 3:30 AM, arrived just before 5:00 AM • Too much debris to launch safely in the dark • East wind ~5 mph until 10:30 AM, then increasing • Full moon Cold from went through overnight • Bluebird skies by 8:00 AM --- Bite Overview Early Action • First fish: Solid brown trout • Lure: Brett’s custom UV glow Dirty White Boy with a silver cup • Depth: Browns in ~30 ft, with best overall depth 25–45 ft • Downriggers:• 25 ft down, 30 ft back • Productive from first light through the entire day • Flat lines & weighted steel:• Flat lines, 1‑color, 2‑color, and your 80‑ft weighted steel (your “3‑color”) all produced early Lure Pattern Progression • Before 9 AM (low light):• Pink, white‑glow, and UV patterns were hot • Scott’s pink spoons especially • After 9 AM (high sun, no clouds):• UV yellow and UV blue patterns dominated • Best rods: 80‑ft weighted steel, 4‑color, 5‑color • Hawk’s Blue Dolphin and Alien Eye both produced General Lure Observation • Silver‑back spoons out‑performed gold and bronze throughout the day --- Species Breakdown • Atlantics: Shallow, right in front of the creek, just south of launch • Rainbows: Spread out, hitting smaller spoons • Browns: Concentrated in 25–45 ft, taking 25‑ft down riggers --- Trolling Details • Speed: 2.5–2.7 mph at the ball • Weighted steel & leadcore:• 80‑ft weighted steel produced all day • 4‑color and 5‑color lit up after 9 AM • Location:• The point held fish consistently • Atlantics tight to the creek mouth • Rainbows roaming wider --- Challenges & Lessons Learned • Rod rotation on every turn: Needed to switch rods constantly to keep shallow inside rods tight to shore. • Tangles from crossing rods: Moving rods over each other caused multiple tangles. Fix for next time: Pull the inside boards closer to the boat before setting the outside boards. • Limited spread due to tight water: Only ran 8 rods because of how tight the program had to be. Hindsight: Would have liked another Chinook diver or an additional 3‑color/weighted steel onboard. --- Good Decisions • Staying on the point: Decided not to leave the fish, even when other boats pulled off. This has been the right call for the last three tournaments — the point continues to hold fish consistently and reward patience. --- Key Takeaways • Best depth: 25–45 ft • Pink / white‑glow / UV early → UV yellow + UV blue after 9 AM • Downriggers were productive from first light onward • 80‑ft weighted steel was a top rod all day • Silver‑back spoons beat gold and bronze • Staying on the point was the right strategic call • Clear operational improvements identified for next trip

Love that side of the lake..

First trip of the year was a success! Lots of floating ice in the morning at the mouth of the Genesee, and a bunch more were trapped east until we hit Irondequoit Bay. the water level is also as low as I have ever seen it. The water line was below the bottom of the docks. We trolled from the river all the way to Webster Park. We were blanked from the river until about Marge's, where we picked up our first brown; once we got past Irondequoit Bay, the action picked up. The closer to Webster Park we got, the higher the temperatures went, from 33.8 to 34.9, and so did the action and quality of fish. The best depth was 10 feet or less. In the morning, orange was the best color; after 10:30 am, more natural colors prevailed, such as blue, green, and yellow. Short to medium shallows seemed to do best. The medium 2-hook Rapala Husky Jerk took the most fish, but the FishUSA mini Smithwick was a close second.

Nice work Mike! See you in a few weeks

You may have not asked for it but here is the annual 2025 Keuka Lake Fishing Report. This is my 40th year visiting Keuka Lake for our family vacation staying on the east side 1 mile from the bluff. This is also my 3rd year bringing my New to Me fishing boat and 6th consecutive year trolling the lake in august. I do fish the lake 2 more times a year for the FLTA tournaments. This is my first year with an autopilot which has been a game changer for us this year. This year my son Jeremy and I fished 3 mornings, one evening with my mom and dad and one solo day. We had 2 guests this year join us, @Bo Hunterwho has been fishing this lake possibly longer than me and our dear friends 12 year old daughter Echo Vega . If you read last year’s post it can be summarize as no bait and emaciated lakers. This year we marked lots of small patches of bait both suspended and where the thermocline hit the floor. We also marked a few pretty large balls on the east bluff side down about a mile. The lakers, while still small didn’t seem so sickly or skinny this year but were still small. I really should have checked out some stomachs but didn’t. I am going to regret that decision. The hammondsport basin seemed to have the most bait marked with @Bo Hunter but we also marked a good amount of bait between eggelston point and the old power plant on the east side. We saw seagulls there all week as well feeding on bait in about 100 to 80 fow 52 degree water was down 50 feet and the thermocline was tight as it was 65 degrees down 15 feet right to 45 feet. Surface temp was 78 all week. Saturday morning we fished eggelston point to the bluff in a circle hitting the bluff side and the power plant side and found that the lakers were stacked up from eggelston to the old power plant. We marked a lot of small bait pods and trolled through the seagulls. We fished 530am to 8:30 am and boated about 12 lakers. 2 riggers set at 50, divers at 135 and 250, 220 copper all took fish. Sunday I slept in because we went to a wedding the night before and had guests coming up for the day Monday we left the dock at 5am to pick up @bohunter at the hammondsport docks. For the first hour we struggled to get 3 rods in the water as fish hit before we put on the boards. Smaller spoons with purple seemed to do well, but stinger sized spoons did great on the riggers. We boated about 24 lakers in 3 hours and that was about 1 fish every 9 minutes. 250, 220 weighted steel did good, 9 color was the MVP (thanks Scott), 7 color rods also did well, divers at 135 and riggers at 50 all took fish. The fish were concentrated on the west side from the public docs past snugg harbor, no rainbows were caught. We marked lots of bait but screens went quiet the farther north we went on the east side. Highlight of the morning was a bald eagle swooping down 10 feet from the boat and picking up a laker for breakfast we let go. What an amazing experience.. Tuesday we slept in because it was vacation and we stayed up late watching the meteor shower and had more friends coming down to enjoy the nice weather. Wednesday we left the dock at 5:30 and fished north up to the bluff with our friend’s daughter echo and then back to eggelston point and found the fish in the same places boating 16 lakers. Riggers at 50, divers at 135, 220 and 250 weighted steel all caught fish. Thursday I switched up things a bit and tried to target perch, bass, pike or pickerel. My program was 2 flat lines with stick baits, 2 color and 1 color with spoons and a 3 color on a down rigger. I had all 4 shallow lines on the inside boards and followed the 50 fow contour line. I had the boards way out with the sticks in about 15 fow and the 3 color on the rigger down 30 feet fishing about 45 feet down. The boards were quiet all trip but the 3 color SWR on the rigger popped every time we went through bait that was on the floor at 50 feet down. I am super glad I switched things up as I marked a ton of bait on the floor where I wasn’t expecting it in that 50 fow of water. This discovery will that help me catch fish later that evening with my mom, dad and son Lucas Thursday evening my mom, dad and son Lucas went on a quick loop from the cottage to the power plant, to eggelston point back to the east bluff side and back to the cottage . I only ran 2 riggers at 50, 2 divers at 135 and a 250 copper down the chute. Eggelston point was loaded as we doubled up on the 250 and the rigger. As we cut across to the east bluff side just south of the sheriff camp we marked the biggest bait ball to date in 72 fow and cleared the riggers and 250 copper to end the night I am a little disappointed that no rainbows were caught but the fishing was fast and furious. It was good to see lots of bait this year, it will be interesting to see if I mark any in a month when I am back for the FLTA https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNdxfvPOnoQ/?igsh=MWxrcWNmNWRkOWMxMQ==

Thanks man! Hope to see you in a few weeks at the Monroe County offshore!

Thanks @Bo Hunter I hope it sticks! The SUP rigs are great when you have a small crew and only running 6 rods! I also prefer Greg’s @troubles clip on fixed cheater snaps over rubber bands!

Thank Mike! I think there was some big water temperature swings around the lake due to the rain and trib runoff that put the fish in different spots around the lake. we marked 56 degrees in the northern east end where we caught the brown and big laker and on the west end directly across by a stream we marked 64. did you mark any bait? We only marked some above 20ft but not much. good work Sunday see you in a few weeks!

My oldest son Jeremy is working outside of Binghamton this summer and met me at Emerson park for the 4th FLTA tournament of the year at Owasco Lake our 2nd We boated (Jeremy) his and my boats biggest Fingerlakes lake trout at 13.1 lbs in 60 FOW on the east side about a mile from the launch on a @Bo Hunter custom blue jeans on a SUP rig off the rigger just 5 min later heading north we found some browns that wanted to play just north of the yacht club weighted steel and lances 2 face were 175, 200, 225 and 250 were the best producers lances 2 face and anything uv with black dots was our best pattern we won 1st place by 1oz just in front of Reel Rage and Dropping Copper with a 33lb 13oz 5 fish box full report Owasco Lake Fishing Report June 9th 2025

Thanks Friend! we need to get out and fish on the same boat soon!

Took a break from chasing south shore Lake Ontario browns to get re acclimated to my riggers and long lines with Brett and @Hickel24 I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again—Canandaigua Lake is every bit as good as any other Finger Lake when it comes to trout fishing We setup right before vine valley looking for an early silver and were rewarded with a nice 4 lb rainbow that will make some nice fish tacos tonight! we couldn’t find the bait we were looking for north of vine valley so we cut across and found pods of it on the bottom in 150 to 190 we grabbed one of our Harvey silver 15 lb weights and put it down 150 with a dirty snowman standard stinger with a some extra glow and uv tape and it took 3 big lakers. After our box was full of lakers we headed to the east side on the southend and got a nice brown before we had to pull up and weigh in. solid day on my home lake!!

I will be there splitting a table with @Bo Hunter selling a few things!

Congrats Jon and Mike!

I present to you guys and gals my annual 2024 Keuka Lake Fishing Report. This is my 39th year visiting Keuka Lake for our family vacation staying on the east side 1 mile from the bluff. This is also my 2nd year bringing my New to Me fishing boat and 5th consecutive year in trolling the lake in august. I do fish the lake 2 more times a year for the FLTA tournaments. In the mid to late 80s and early 90s I would troll the lake with my dad mostly between Eggleston point and the bluff and it wasn’t uncommon to land an 8lb laker, and an Atlantic or a Brown on the same trip. Over the last 4 years I have seen a few rainbows get caught and 1 Atlantic. I have heard rumors or browns on the wall but nothing firsthand. See Ketchum Fish => https://ketchumfish.net/ or Reelaxin Charters => https://reelaxinfishing.com/ facebook pages for rainbow pics I can’t remember the exact summer of the bait kill that changed everything for the Keuka Lake, but it had to be around 1992 or 1993. Water Temp and Lake Conditions We Arrived on Friday Evening August 9th after the heavy rains from Hurricane Debby. There was a lot of flooding and debris on the roads around the lake. The runoffs all around the lake overflowed which left debris in and around the lake and the lake was noticeably green all week from it. I parked the boat at the state park until I could figure out how bad the debris in the lake was (pics curtesy of Ketchum Fish) Saturday morning Jeremy and I could see tons of debris floating in the lake and decided to take a trip out in the recreational boat and pick up any debris that could cause potential damage to other’s boats We pulled out 2 large trees and a pile of logs that later turned into perfect campfire wood. Saturday evening, we launched the boat from the state park and got her ready for fishing for the week. Water Temp on the surface Saturday Morning was 75 degrees and by Friday it dropped 3 degrees down to 72. The days were sunny with sone haze from the Canadian forest fires. Air temp averaged mid 70’s in the beginning of the week and low 80’s Thursday and Friday. The lows at night and early morning were in the mid-50s. Temp break of 50 degrees was 60 feet down at the cottage 1 mile from the bluff and rose a little bit over the week to about 55 feet down. The Water was GREEN all week even on Friday when we left. Fishing was best right above and right below the thermocline Location and Results We fished Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 5:30AM to 9:00AM and, Monday Evening with MOM, Dad and the Wife from 7pm to 8:30pm Sunday, we headed north away from the bluff on the east side, and we caught just a few fish early as we were building patterns and finding the right depths. About 6:30AM we crossed the lake from old camp Iroquois and headed towards Eggleston point to see if the runoff from the storm brought in some fish or bait. On our first pass at Eggleston point in 110 FOW we had a double one on the wire diver and one on the 70 foot rigger. On our second pass we also doubled up but were in a little closer at 90 FOW and marked some bait on the bottom and some suspended. The suspended bait was probably perch fry and the bottom bait could have been cisco’s. I wish we culled a few fish to see what they were eating but didn’t. Until about 9AM we just circled the point and continued to bring in at least 1 to 2 lakers per pass. Monday, We wanted to chase rainbows in the Hammondsport basin based on some reports earlier in the week from Ketchum and Reelaxin charters, but it looked like it was going to storm so Jeremy went back to bed and I went solo to Eggleston point and continued to bring in a few lakers on each pass of the point. I did read a report on Tuesday morning that the basin was all chocolate milk, and the fish weren’t biting so I am glad we didn’t go. Monday night I took My Wife, Mom and Dad out in the evening after dinner at Abandon Brewery for Wing Night and Ice Cream at Spotted Duck. We left at 7pm and continued to go back and forth at the point and continued to bring in fish on every pass.. We fished until sun set and boated about 10 more lakers. Tuesday again we buzzed over to Eggleston and continued to boat lakers on every pass. Bait was still present at the same location Wednesday, we slept in since you know it was a vacation! Thursday was when our luck ran out and the fish turned off. There was still fish and bait at the point, but they had lock jaw and weren’t chewing. I am guessing they were all full of feed and bait from the runoffs. There was a debris field about 100 yards off the point loaded with weeds and garbage making it difficult to fish without cluttering up the lines. Summary - On Monday and Tuesday, we probably boated about 20 fish over at Eggleston point. - The fish were probably as small or emaciated as I can remember in recent years - We did bring in a few 3+ pounders but those were the exception - This is the first year we didn’t catch any bass trolling - This is the first year we didn’t catch anything trolling stick baits. - No Rainbows this year even with bait at the point - I do wish we fished the west branch a bit as I was curious if the points over in Pulteney had bait as well from all the runoffs. - The poor class of fish could very well be because of our location as we didn't explore much this year. Spread and Patterns The spread the work the best for us this weekend was o Riggers Parked at 70 feet and 60 feet o 2 Wire Slide Divers with the MAG Ring at 150 (70 feet down) o 2x 250(50 foot) and 220(45 foot) Weighted Steel on Planer Boards o 7 and 8 Colors on Planer Boards o Best speed was 1.9 => 2.0 at the ball Best Spoons o MVP was the Moon Shine Walleye sized Wild Perch both in Glow and RV probably due to the dirty water from the storm o Around 8:30AM the fish started moving towards the bottom, so we put down at 100FOW a few Elmer Hinckley spoons on the floor that worked very well § 777 Silver § 32 Gold Hammerd o Stinger Sized UV Can’t Afford it with UV tape and a Red EYE on the cup took fish every morning until the sun came up over the hills and it shut right off o Reel Rage Electric Muffin stayed on the 250 copper’s all weekend and took fish on every trip Boat Setup I have a 1994 Trophy 2002 Walkaround that’s in amazing shape. It sat at the dock in the water all week and never had to use the bilge even with the rain Sunday. It was repowered a bunch of years ago with an Evinrude eTech 2 stroke 115. I am a lucky boy!! Most of the equipment I am using came with the boat. - 2 Cannon 10 STX downriggers with 2 dual Rod Holders - 6 Bert’s ratcheting Rod Holders - 2 Cannon Single axis rod holders (want dual axis) - Fish hawk x4 - Over the winter I purchased a Garmin 93sv uhd2 - This winter I plan on picking up a 73sv uhd for the back of the boat I will be posting a video report of the trip on my YouTube channel that has a bunch of other reports and shorts of us catching and loosing fish. flx_adventures - YouTube 20240818_170119306_iOS.heic 20240811_224958928_iOS.heic 20240812_154838951_iOS.heic 20240812_224958319_iOS.heic 20240812_234606380_iOS.heic 20240813_120226230_iOS.heic 20240813_101905247_iOS.heic 20240813_121853595_iOS.heic 20240812_230122781_iOS.heic 20240812_234606380_iOS.heic

Mike Stark last years derby winner and FLTA club member turned me on to them. I need to put in a new order. Thanks Les, fishing in the new to me boat has really helped me expand my options.

Great Work on the brownie!

Jeremy and I fished the Canandaigua Lake Trout Derby this Saturday and Sunday and had a blast bring over 50 fish into the boat but couldn’t get anything larger than an 8.2 lake and a 5.1 Rainbow. The fish population in Canandaigua is GREAT once you find the ones willing to bite! I heard from a few guys that stayed on the west side that the bite was tough. We launched out of the north and fished the east side all weekend with a lot of fish to keep us busy! We marked bait in super tight about 30 feet but those fish weren’t biting for us as the best depth for us was 50 – 180 fow, all fish coming in the top 50 foot of the water column. MVP of the weekend was a custom spoons that need a repaint after brining in at least ½ of our fish that I have been sworn to secrecy. The Elmer Hinckley 777 on a 3 color was a solid second place. We caught no fish on Flasher flies or Divers. Only long lines on the boards and a few on the riggers.

Took my dad and uncle out today and picked up about 10 browns and nice 15 lb king. We headed east and then decided to continue past Webster park and ran into a ton of debris. I lost a planer board on a floating tree. We also saw a 20 foot floating tree in 30 foot of water in front of iBay. thanks @Missdemeanor for the report yesterday. The eyeball man UV on the chinook took 3 king hits.

Thanks Scott! All those lakers were caught at the same spot we won the fall tournament a few years ago.

Had a great day at the first club tournament of the year with @Hickel24. Check out the report for the spoons and flasher flys that were good for us today

Took the big-er boat out today for it's first trip in 2024 with @Bo Hunter and Brian from the FLTA and had a blast! Thanks @Bo Hunter for lunch after!