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Yah, no doubt, I have had the same experience. I am looking forward to fishing this weekend but if weather and wife permit I will be going to Cayuga for the afternoon. I heard the lamprey are doing a number on the lakers there. I agree about the rainbow but I am not seeing anything from 0-50 ft on my sonar.. I'll try going in shallower next time. 
 

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Hello Everyone, 

Up for sale. A 1986 Mako 20c recently repowered with a 150 Mercury Pro XS in 2017.

Under warranty until 2022. 

$13,500

New Canvas, New  CC and Seat Covers, New Forward Leaning Bimini with Sunbrella Fabric, New Throttle Control.

New Bow Cushion.

Lowrance Elite 7x with gold navonics card.

6 rod holders, 4 in Gunwale, 2 fully adjustable.

Gimbal Mounts, Manual Penn 620 Down riggers, and 10 lb fish Weights included.

Everything you need to fish, cruise, or ski!

Boat located in Ithaca

Great all around Fishing and Family Boat. Selling to get a bigger boat!

KG 607-319-1392

 Barely used and loaded with 14 lb fireline. 80$ will ship at buyers cost

 I have yet to catch a laker on skinny jigging myself...  I had one good one on and lost it halfway up last fall, but thats been it... I stick  to perch and bass there pretty much, as I don't troll.
I can't say why, but I just don't mark any concentrations of fish there the way I do on Cayuga/Seneca/Keuka... Guys catch them there, but personally for the life of me, I just never mark a lot of fish on Skaneateles..
 Guys catch  lakers there while  perch fishing all the time, even on worms, so its MY problem, not the lakes.. Haven't caught a Walleye there yet either.. 

Take the drive to Cayuga and jig there some early morning.. Its worth it when you hit them right. They are much bigger, and easier to find there... bob

Yeah the boat traffic is definitely picking up at an earlier time. People were waterskiing within 30 yards of us at 9am ... the boat traffic seems to cause the fishing ( especially for silvers) to shut down very quickly


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Wow.  What a fish.  

 I  pass Forest Fishery in Homer on the way, but am  not sure if they still carry bait.. Their site no longer mentions it.. If not, are there any other local places to get a few dozen minnows?.. Taking my 7 YO grandson tp Skinny in my boat and have worms, but some live minnows will give him a better shot at something more sizeable than a rock bass, perch or pumpkinseed,,, bob

Finally got a chance to get on the lake and look for some silver. Was honored to be accompanied by one of my brothers who is a retired blackhawk pilot. He hasn't fished much in the last few years and asked him if he wanted to take an exploratory trip for silver fish. Got up to camp Tuesday afternoon and the usual spots didnt produce much except small bows, finally copper rod fires with a good RIP and we bring an extremely skinny Male to the net.......with lack of seeing bait balls this was concerning to me. We finished with another keeper bow and had some thinking to do about today's plan. First thing this morning found my temp and took a chance at staging copper and core above and out of the temp. First spot no takers, second spot, no takers, third........game on.....and the circling began.....bows, browns and smallmouth.....and we lost count......fought weeds, minimal fleas, and red boats but put the plan together......as always....coppers and cores for me......riggers were slow but took some of the biggest. West and east were both good as you'll see by pics......just be patient, stay committed to the top.....if you catching Lakers, adjust, and dont leave em to find them. Remember to circle and adjust speed. Ran 2.5-3.0 on surface.......color didnt matter. Kept a couple, returned most, and they shot straight down to get out of the bath water. Great day over all. Hardly and jumping.....they wanted to stay down and were still full of it in the net.

Any report on Skaneateles? Thinking of heading over that way this week

hey guys wondering where's the best place to launch on Skeaneatles 
 
i see there's a state launch on the northern end was hoping to find something on the south end
 
i'll be launching a 19' deep v aluminum 
 

Awesome!!!!!  I hope the walleye  continue to flourish!  I'm itching to get over there to target them.  Maybe you weren't targeting them or perhaps wish they weren't there, but sounds like the walleye made the trip!  Out of curiosity why do you feel you can't have both warm and cold water species.  You already have better perch and bass than trout.  They haven't stocked owasco in over a decade and walleye continue on and the trout fishing is good as well.  Don't drink all the Kool aid that is served in finger lakes...the evil walleye isn't all that scary...just delicious!!!!

Hey y’all

Today my dad was in town, we call him slappy or ol’ man Gep. At breakfast we joked about a trophy fish n reminisced previous trips with our annual trip to Ontario coming up in 3 weeks. With the showers forecasted we weren’t in a rush to do much this morning. Then we finally got motivated to go out.

Me n slappy n the boys finally went out around 1130 for a mid day troll. My five year old started out landing a 16 in salmon in the first five minutes.

Then the lead core fired and I was gonna give it to one of the kids, butttt.....

it was heavy and I knew it was big.

I was expecting a salmon or a bow as I had a deep diver n 3.5 colors of lead core out.

As slap reeled it to the boat I thought maybe it’s a gigantic large mouth then at about 50 feet away I could see it was a walleye.

Biggest one I’ve ever seen with my own eyes. We fished for another 45 minutes and had some riggers fire but no more fish.

I love fishing. I went to DEC meeting in homer this spring and am an advocate for skn remaining a cold water fishery. How the walleye were introduced into this lake I don’t know. This year, I have boated a 25 inch walleye last month and today was 27.5 inches and 7.6lbs. But this trophy will be delightful in my frying pan this evening and making a memory with my father and the kids for generations.

Fishing with family and friends is the greatest!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Well yesterday afternoon cousin d was in town and we decided to head out for the 90 minutes we had to fish. Lines in The water from from 345-455 pm.

Thermocline is around 30 ft.

Tons of marks on the east side mid lake.

Picked up this beauty 35ft over 150 And a better than usual 20 in laker in 65 ft over 130.

Can’t wait to see what today brings after Rainbow Benedict breakfast!

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Cody great report thanks.
What kind of speed were you traveling?


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12 lb seaguar is the ticket.l!!!!!!
Won’t let yo down. Red or blue label.

I recently tried some 10 lb “sunline” don’t waste your time.


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Has anybody been doing anything on Skaneateles Lake?
 
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Sorry to see her moving on. But maybe we can fish more this year cause you’ll actually be in the FLX.

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Hey just checking in with any potential shore anglers here regarding the marshmallow/ worm action from skaneateles lately? I have been experiencing a pretty steady drop off in Fish caught the past 3 seasons or so, anyone else experiencing this or just my spot? Thanks!
 
 
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Pretty work, Kyle!


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Hey all,
 
We decided last minute to go out Sunday for a few hours. Left Ithaca at 9. Got to Taughannock at 920. The launch is in great shape. An easy 20 to 25 inches of water depth clearance, and Plenty of clearance for the 20 ft center console to get under the bridge and outta the cut. After a battery switch and that off season reconsideration of.... should we go into the wind so if the old girl quits we will get blown home, we were in the water and running well.
We headed south and started setting gear once the electronics started marking fish.
Set the first rigger and bam. It was on. The bite was on from 945-11 went 4 for 8. With 2 7-9 lb lakers, a 4 lb bow and a dink salmon. Then it shut down. We pulled it at 1215 with family stuff like tree gathering and gutter cleaning to do....and went home to grill.
Tons of fish at Taughannock outlet. Lots of marks between 10 and 35 over 35/50. And huge pods of bait and lakers out at 150 in 250/300 ft south 2/3 miles south of Taughannock on the west side. IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181205/dbdaf03a3d64ed1cb8b36bcec86ea359.jpg[/img]
 
 
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Based upon past years, it usually depends upon snowfall.  I have launched as late as mid-December.  Both docks were still in as of last Thursday, although there was not a single trailer in the parking lot..  I would anticipate mid-November unless lack of boat inspection budget has an impact.  

Time for a reality check. Walleyes are expensive to raise for stocking. Like double the cost of trout. NYS struggles to produce enough walleye for the waters it wants to stock, so some waters are only stocked every other year instead of annually. I don't see walleye stocking expanding to the central Finger Lakes at the expense of fisheries more suited to walleye.
 
We think of sawbellies as baitfish, and they are. We don't tend to think of them as predators, but we should. They vacuum up newly hatched fry of both lake trout and walleye in huge numbers. I have one source (Saunders) that blames the destruction of the native walleye population in Owasco on the introduction  the sawbelly (Alewife). Some think that the current problem on Seneca s related to the abundant sawbelly population. DEC had cut laker stocking due to the number of wild lakers present, however that natural recruitment doesn't appear to be happening. Sawbellies will eat lake trout fry during the first two months of life. Given Seneca's huge Alewife population, it's a wonder any wild lakers survive. Less stocking and less reproduction, (plus a large, hungry lamprey population) equals lousy fishing.
 
I have read that walleyes can live for 20 years. No wonder that they are still present in Owasco. Give the sawbellies time, history will repeat itself, and the walleye will be nothing but a memory.