camper4lyfe

I found this reel while on a bike ride today. The rod it was attached to was broken in multiple places. The reel has a bit of road rash and a couple small cracks that I’m attempting to repair.

 

What rod would you put this reel on?

 

I was eyeing a 7’ Ugly Stick for it, but I’m open to other options as well.

 

 

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Smallies will usually be in 30-35 FOW on sholes and western points of islands. A drop shot rig with adequate weight works great (I’ve had to go up to nearly a full ounce in strong current areas). Works work really well, and I’ve also had decent luck with Senkos.

If using worms, keep the off the bottom or you’ll be catching gobies most of the day. That’s why the drop shot rig works well.


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Just now, GAMBLER said:

That spillway should be removed so the pike can spawn in numbers in prime habitat.  

 

Removing the spillway would remove the prime habitat.  It's retaining the water in there so that they CAN spawn there.

18 minutes ago, guff said:

My wife and I stopped there a couple days ago. Really cool to see all the pike trying to get over the foot high dam. At least when we were there only saw one little pike make it over the dam. Was wondering if the pike do actually get over the dam or do they spawn somewhere between the dam and the main lake. There is a huge wetland which would be prime spawn area above the dam. Just curious.

 

A lot do make it over the spillway.  I'd imagine many of the ones that can't make it over will spawn in the creek below the spilway, along with the walleye.

Pike are moving pretty good now.


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Also got to see a bald eagle while there yesterday.

When we got there, we were the only ones there. By the time we left, the place was pretty packed, so try to time it so you’re not on top of other people.


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At the inlet now and seeing pike and eye just below the dam.


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I was down there Monday and didn’t see anything yet. My sister-in-law posted that they saw some Saturday/Sunday.

 

 

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I'm pretty sure all water in this area is ice-free at this point.

Why is your mechanic closed?

Question for those of you that have fished tournaments; I see a lot saying “no frozen fish”. How the heck do you hero your fish from freezing??


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Reports are saying a couple people fell through in Sodus. My guess is they were flirting with the edge.

There was a ton of people out on Conesus at the north end today. South end shows a lot of open water still.


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I just recently moved back “home”, landing near the north end of Conesus Lake. In doing so, I’m trying to find easy access places to take my 2 sons fishing (ages 5 and 6).

 

While browsing Fishbrain, I saw a listing for Livonia Reservoir. Looking at the map it appears to basically be a pond. Does anyone know anything about it, or access to it?

 

Barring that, does anyone have any suggestions for easy access/easily fished small bodies of water that are shore fishable?

 

 

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For a cold rainy day, it was a lot of fun, especially once I started catching them. 

4 minutes ago, Trouthunter said:

All rainbows only allowed to keep one rainbow each

They’re all rainbows? Man I suck at identifying them. The biggest of them had really bright red spots on it which made me think brook. (We didn’t keep any of them)

My dad and I have been fishing Springwater Creek, the inlet to Hemlock lake for the past couple years trying to latch onto a trout, something neither of us have done. 

 

The monkey key is finally off our back after 3 years. I THINK I landed 1 brook and 2 rainbows. Can anyone confirm?

Thanks guys.  He's certainly turned into quite the little fisherman.  

We took a drive past Canandaigua Lake last weekend and he said to me "boy I really want to go fishing" when he saw it.

16 hours ago, Sk8man said:

There is a good chance he will remember that fish for life....I still remember mine and it was a 12 inch smallie at 4 yrs.  .....but I caught it with my dad....that was the best part

 

I hope he does.  I didn't even plan to fish, and only went to help him and allow the other guys to actually fish themselves.  Turns out all he wanted to do was run bait to people, and be on the boat, but he did help reel in a couple.  He had fun and didn't get bored.  That's the important part.

 

1 hour ago, pap said:

That's totally awesome camper4, my girls I had up when they were 5 also and had been avid angler in our streams just like your little man they caught nice smallies. It only gets better with age!! This year I had them on the big pond and they got a taste of what the lake has to offer. Now like your son every weekend they want head north. You will have memories for life, congrats on the nice smallies. Heck I haven't been able to get past the 5.99lbs with the smallies!!

 

Fortunately for him, we're up there every weekend during the summer.  He's crushing the perch on the dock.  His birthday is in June, and we're going to get him a bigger pole next year, a step up from his Spiderman pole that he currently uses, so we can fish with own on the boat, rather than using mine.

2 minutes ago, T_barb said:

that is an awesome picture..   thanks for sharing

 

The picture is hanging on our fridge, and he shows it to everyone that's willing to see it.

My oldest (5yo) LOVES fishing, and this summer has gotten to the point where he can bait his own hook (including ripping the worm in half), and removing his own hooks.  It's pretty amazing.  He's obsessed with fishing, and catching anything and everything, especially bass and pike (he's only seen pike, never caught them).  On our yearly 2 week vacation to the river, he asked one of our friends to take him out fishing, and he 'caught' this nice smallie.  He also helped reel in a beautiful 6lb smallie.
 

The dock at Frink Park in Clayton is a good spot, as well.  Pretty deep water and you can often times fine some smaller smallies.

Worms and just about any dock will get you perch and panfish until you're sick of catching them.  Try a drop shot rig to keep the worm off the bottom and away from the gobies.

After the walleye run, I’m told the bullhead are next, but I believe those stay closer to the lake. 

On 3/30/2018 at 9:15 PM, camomanbg said:

Just an FYI...the regs are online!  In the amount of time it took you to open your iPhone, start the app, type that post and read the responses you could have had the answer by typing the question into Google.

 

I know they are, and I did do a quick search first, but didn’t find what I was looking for. 

 

I also just prefer the hard copy. It’s easier to look through than dealing with web pages on my phone, especially with all the back and forth you have to do with how the regulations are written. 

Oh good! Back to the inlet!!!


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It’s running high and muddy right now. You can only see them swimming over the spillway right now, although I did see a couple in the flooded fields across the road.


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