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Ha ha good one. I have a list and even forget things that I have written down. Hoping to go to finger lakes tomorrow jigging for lakers, probably be Keyuka, either the south end or the bluffs..jk

If you did not change those fuel lines use some gas stabilizer, eg as Staybil or something.  The hoses seem to rot with the new alcohol/gas being used now.....jk

Since you are staying in Hector, do you have access to the mouth of the creek where the falls empty's into? Used to get zillions of smelt there during the runs long time ago. Maybe fishing from shore there you could raise some trout, perch or something where it dumps into the lake. gotta be something swimming around there?????

Rolmops, what all did you catch with that rig? I am sure you got some nice bass, how about browns? or Pike? interesting......jk

Boy do I agree about the ice fishing that is amazing fun. But trolling each to his own. That is why we are people.....jk

The good old bunny fly still works on those slimy guys, good fun too. The big flat, 500 acres???, off the entrance of the water from Keyuka is where I used to fish for them. Work it right up to the boat, they don't mind the boat being there.....jk

Caveman have you considered jigging? There is a good post under the finger lakes section titled Keyuka Lake all about it. Just a thought.....jk

Sure is a good feeling getting things working right. Good for you, good luck the rest of the season. Due to weird weather I have not been up in two weeks. Have to wait for good weather before venturing very far from home.....jk

Great to see kids active with their parents. Real nice fish too.....jk

A few years ago stocking anything in Keyuka would have just Laker food. But now maybe something else could take a hold and live there. This is especially true now that everyone is seeing schools of bait fish scattered around the lake. Was interesting hearing fm om the guy fishing up the east arm we have never been there and just ASSUMED nothing was there. Just saying.....jk

Yes that is what I meant by blind jigging. Not weeing fish but they show up anyway.. These fish are either off to the side further away than the water is deep and look like they came form the bottom or were so close to te bottom that the machine could not tell them from the bottom. My feeling is most are om outside the viewing area off bottom but appear to come from the bottom......jk

Yes and put into a tomato sauce we use that in spaghetti and lasagna and other pasta in the winter.....jk

TG8, I have never fished that late in the day. And Lively1 can't argue with what you said, did you fish here several years ago? The fish were bigger by 5 inches and anything worked . this post really covers it for us.....jk

When we used to go for them my buddy made fish pattys out of them, just like salmon or sucker pattys.....jk

Oops that should be I.O.U.s not what I wrote

A great repay for IOS, and we all have them. I have always be afraid to have over a days limit even though it says two 2 days. We do fish over nite(dusk to dawn)everyonce in a while, but are wore out for the next 24 hours. Soneone said smoke them also can them too .....jk

Hay two trappers. Hello fro, Pa, I also trap in St Lawerence count NY too.....jk

Especially in my 14 footer.....jk

No one jigging?????

Lots of chasers out there, you gotta make them bite, speed up the retrieve, real slow the retrieve, do the wounded minnow flutter and then if that doesn't work go find new fish. By the way it looks like there is a second fish there on the bottom. Try for him. We fish almost totally by what we see on the finder. Some spots where we always get fish we will blind jig but most time we find um on the finder reverse the gas motor and go electric and chase them backwards. If we scratch one or get a bumbie that does not follow through we go find new fish after just a few more trys.....jk

It also jumps around, staying on the same post but going up several comments and stopping there. Right now type this, it types in ten or so letters then stops and a blue circle 1/2 inch dia comes on. You are right, that what the circle indicates, something is running. Will have my neighbor check it out when he comes over...jk

Well stuck at home but have a chance for tomorrow to Keuka. Again 'puter problems, have to type everything and wait to see if it as I wrote it.....jk

Topwaterfrog Like your name, if it was mine there would be chugbug instead of frog. Really like most all the storm lures for Canada pike and walleye. Does your boat have an electric trolling motor? To us that is very important, we use one battery and half way through the second by the time we quit. If stuck at one area of the lake, you absolutely need a good depthfinder too, but if in one spot start going straight across what ever part of the lake you are on looking for fish. You can get the lakers, you have to try and they do taste good too. Jigging is fun and frustrating at times.....jk

I don't know that section as I might have said before. We have caught fish in 140 jigging by the way, South west of the bluffs a mile about. BUT seeing bait schools is a good sign for the future. The last two years we saw very few schools of bait. Some of what we did see we assume is those troutperch minnows, just near or right on the bottom and hazy maybe 5 to at the most 10 foot thick. I do not know that for a fact, just assume it. Until three years ago there was ACRES of alewives in the top 20 or 30 feet, looking down you would see the hundreds of little diamonds of reflected light flashing below you. Then the last two years nothing. But things are looking up. Keep us informed of you success and findings. Any thing you see will be a help to someone, that is why we are here. I will probably be there tomorrow(but I want to go to Cayuga-hint Mr Guff).....jk

Nice batch of eater. good job......jk