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  1. The forecast looks perfect for me to jig tonight. Since I don't have a trolling motor I am limited to those rare windless days to have any chance of keeping verticle. Going to be launching out of Myers, any tips, tricks, advice, starting depths, etc. are appreciated. It's my first time trying to get them on the jig, so all (most) comments are welcome. Thanks, Chris
  2. Went out Friday afternoon out of Meyers to break in new kicker motor. The launch was open with the water just a couple of inches from swamping the dock. There was a steady semi westerly wind (8 mph or so) that was pushing a lot of debris towards the east shore. I found lots of open water, with occasional debris. The debris, lots of it, was concentrated in several long slicks in the eastern third/quarter of the lake. The open water areas did have the same or slightly more loose wood in it that we have been experiencing for the last months. A few people were up on plane in the middle of the lake. I thought they were nuts! My prediction is next week to be cautiously navagitable, two weeks before the lake is back to its pre storms state. On a happier note, I threw out some lines in the top 10 to 30 feet just for the fun of it and caught two rainbows and a chunky laker. All came on a small purple spoon. Stay safe and keep a keen eye out for debris. Remember that Cayuga is under a no wake within 500 ft of shore restriction.
  3. A bit late but here it goes... Hit the water around 7am, launched from long point and started looking for fish. Couldn't find much bait so started targeting fish on the bottom and had good success. Ended up with 15 lakers in the boat and 4 in the cooler. Most fish were over 21" and after we had what we wanted in the cooler it was fun to catch and release a bunch. Fish came between 30-60 FOW. We finally did find bait later in the day around 1:30pm and got some nice fish there too but the sky turned evil and after static electricity started sparking off my pole onto my arm, we called it quits at 2:30pm (picture of sky below). Biggest fish was 28" and 8.6 pounds on the digital scale. This was my buddy's first big fish while Jigging and it was a great 15 minute fight with 3 runs the the bottom. All fish came on Hermits jig heads with white flukes. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app
  4. Got our two man limit of lakers all on leadcore, all fish were taken in less than 50 ft of water on east side of lake, opposite Deans Cove. Ran boards and sticks, both flat and with 2 colors of lead, no takers up shallow. Fish split evenly between 7 color and 9 color cores. Two different spoons won the day. (See picture) Only went 6 for 10 (plus a pickerel) but I am blaming the lost fish at the boat on my forgetting the net at home *sorry about the sideways pics, they show up correctly everywhere but here...
  5. Launched out of Myers on Sunday afternoon. Wanted to hit the water earlier in the am, but I guess last fall I did not leave things as organized as I thought I did, so took a long time to get things in order. I told myself that I would head south, but old habits die hard and north to the power plant I went. Landed one dink salmon on a 6 color lead core, and lost what felt like a solid fish that had hit a dipsy with a dodger/ fly as I was bringing it in. There was only 50 ft of line left out, so I guess it must have been near the surface. Water temps were around 35, all in all a beautiful first day on the water.
  6. Anyone know if myers launch is free of ice to launch . Was going to make a run out tomorrow for a little trolling.
  7. Entry Form Attached 20140908064205097.pdf
  8. Water was rough as today when we splashed down at 6:30am. Headed out from Myers with the intention of going up to the power plant but it was too rough by the time we got to Taughannock so we stopped there and hid behind the point. Two small lakers Jigging in 4 hours and we decided to experiment a little and try a new spot. Two drops and I hooked what we thought was a salmon but ended up being this beautiful brown when we got it in the boat, First one I have ever caught and it was a fighter. It hit the surface it jumped out of the water 3 times before we got it into the net and then proceeded to break the hook in half... Fished for another 2 hours without a decent bite and called it quits. Great day on the water with my Dad and hes glad he decided to come up last minute. Measured in at 23" and 6.6lbs on the digital scale. Catching browns is awesome -Pete
  9. Rented a cottage just north of Longpoint on the lake for the last week. Even thought I have them (we took pictures of all fish that landed in the boat to keep track of how many we had caught), I refuse to post the 50+ pictures of fish we caught last week Jigging. All fish were caught on the east side of the lake. All fish were caught on Hermit's 1oz or 1.5oz jig heads with zoom flukes (mostly white). Here are pics of the biggest 4. All fish were caught Jigging in the morning (we were usually on the water by 6am) and despite many attempts, we were unable to catch any at night... Not sure what I'm doing wrong there but the weather was also pretty bad most the time (that may have been the problem). Hell one night we went out in the boat with wetsuits on, in the middle of a what ended up being a monsoon but with no good results at either Deans Cove or on the east side across from it. The largest fish caught was by my sister and weighed in at 7.42 pounds on the digital scale and measured 28" long. All other fish (apart from the 4 below) were released unharmed (I'm getting good at this burping the fish thing). Second picture has bad color on it because my buddy was playing too much with it on his phone, its his first LT ever caught though. I took one of just the fish on mine but without faces. It would have been impossible to go vertical Jigging most days last week without the Minn Kota Terrova 24v with the 60" shaft (thanks to everyone who pushed for the 60" shaft and 24 volts when I was on the edge). The motor was awesome and enabled us to Jig for fish in pretty much anything that didn't crash over the bow of my 16.5" Aluminum Deep V Hull. As long as the battery's held out we could go Jigging and the motor kept us in one spot on the water. i-Pilot anchor lock is great! I highly recommend this upgrade (although it was expensive) for anyone who wants to be able to Jig regardless of bad weather or wind. I also made another discovery last week after my buddy pointed out to me I was using a nice Baitcasting reel on a spinning medium action ugly stick and convinced me to pickup a new pole. Honestly I never knew there was a different type of pole for Baitcasting reels. First day in the water with the Field and Stream Tec Spec Medium action baitcasting pole and I had 10 fish in the boat before 9am. It was a complete game-changer for me and as they were on clearance, I ended up buying 3 that night and replacing all my ugly sticks. The stiffness of the pole is perfect for Jigging and definitely allows you to feel the fish properly on the drop and better set the hook. Being able to feel the fish hit the jig and being able to react properly in a timely manor was the difference between 2 fish in the boat and 10+ in the same time. All and all it was a great week for fishing, only two incidents where the boat and the dock had a fight in the storms. The Tuesday storm I stayed out fishing a little too long and ended up smashing the transducer off the back of the boat when it came down hard as I was trying to put it on the lift. Lesson learned there, lucky the mount from my old fish finder (which I still have laying around) fit perfectly and we were back in action the next day. Thanks to all who helped with the decision on the motor and before it the FF, hummingbird 386CI performed great as well! -Pete
  10. Another good day on Cayuga. 11:30 am to 2 pm. Caught 12 kept 6 for friend who got mad that we were releasing most as he wanted some for freezer. Thanks to Alec from Deepwater lures for the ounce and quarter jigs. It was windy when first got out there and those jigs hit bottom quick and stay there. Actually caught some casting way downwind and just reel back on bottom. They would slam it when lifting jig after few bounces. Caught 2 fish less than 30' from boat reeling in. Mid day worked again. Thankfully we had a good netter with us as son and I hooked up at exact same time once. Shows we can fish without looking at looking at fishfinder, not jigging vertical, no trolling motor etc...90'- 100' was good today. All fish but the one in pic with the mark, were clean. DEC going to treat lamprey in a week. This will kill all the juvenile born this year as well.
  11. The Lansing Harbor Festival has a new name this year - Celebrate Lansing The fishing tournament is on August 9th 12:01am to 2:30pm - weigh in at 3pm. Attached is the entry form. (This is also day 2 of the LOU-ALL/Lighthouse Derby split date event of the 333 Tourney - Meyers Park Lift Project series) August 9 2014 light.pdf
  12. June 29th 2014 Daybreak to 1:00 pm (must be in at this time) Weigh-in at 1:15 at Bear's bait and Tackle in Myer's Park Weigh in 1 man's legal limit, Only 1 limit in cooler. All other rules same as years past. All DEC rules apply. Sign up on this post. Either $10.00 per boat or person your choice, You can pay at Bear's or at weigh-in Remember this is a for fun derby, The cash is nice but it's not the intent it's more of a get togehter and for Bragging rights.
  13. Went out of Dean's Cove, headed north. Left at 12:30pm and returned at 4pm. Found Laker temps. 48-52 approx. 50-65 ft. down. Trolled 2 Dipsy Divers 50 and 60 ft. down with Sutton spoons (38). Went 7 for 10, with one Landlocked in the mix. Action was very steady.....lot's of fun (and work) for one person! My kind of work........
  14. The 5th Annual Lighthouse Derby will be held on Aug, 9th 2014. This will be held in conjunction with the Lansing Community Day. (Harbor Festival) More details to follow, Entry forms should be available at Bear's in the next week. Have a few more details to work out. Scott
  15. On my Dads 76th birthday took him and my mom fishing on Cayuga. We went 6 for 7. Four lakers and two small salmon. East shore south of AES 85 fow. Dad landed this 30" "wild" male. Fish caught on a Carmel dolphin with a "pull my finger" Big Weenie fly behind a #1 dipsy (black). Happy Birthday Dad....
  16. Don't be surprised if you see them on Cayuga next Sept. I know of 2 that have been checking things out.
  17. Wow !! Been a while since my last post... Busy Busy this year.... Had a FLTA tourney on Cayuga .... Launched out of Dean's Cove and ran south just short of Sheldrake and set up shop... We ran cores coppers riggers wires and rigs.... We get the last rod in and BANG !! 200 copper goes pulling a FLT Death From Above, board going back quick and grab the rod and a great fight all the way to the boat and was a bit surprised that the the fish was a 6 lb Laker ... Get the rods back in the water and nothing for a long time other than the 20 + 10 inch landlock salmon with all three trebles in there mouth almost every time , very impressive for such a small fish I must say.... We work in to some different water and bang a couple small 18 inch lakers and had to keep them for our box cause we are running out of time.... We were starting to pick up the rods for the run in and we get a hit on the shallow rig and get a nice little bow to the boat and in the box..... Was very disappointed on our way in knowing we only had maybe 12 pounds of fish in the box and it usually takes at least 25 to 30lbs to be in the top 5 in this tourney and definitely questioning my decision on where to fish out there today ... We get to weigh in and find out after chatting to everyone there that it was slow for most boats and end up pulling off the win and lunker and taking over the overall points lead for the season so far..... Congrats to everyone who fished and to my buddy Joe ( Keepin it Reel ) on his second place finish and a hell of a first season as a member of the club ... Keep it up Joe !!! :yes: Mike
  18. Been tough last few times out on Cayuga. Have not seen many post, so assume tough all around. Was going to rename the Dead Sea. I think Lamprey and other issues are making fishing difficult. Or I am just not smart enough to figure it out. We finally did today. Anyway, my son and I had 1st rod in water before 6:00am with some fog. Boys Scout Camp area. By 7:30 we had 5 Lakers,1- 21" landlock, 1- 17" , and a 19" rainbow. His arm got tired. Caught several dink landlocks and 3 legal lakers after that. All Lakers but 1 over 5 lbs, best was 8.5lbs 29" No browns. Done at 10:00. Kept 4 lakers for friend. 4 dipsy program, Caught 1 laker on Reel Hooked Up fly behind spin doctor. Then went to an all spoon setup as they were hammering the R&R Chartreuse shad in 2 sizes and PK62. Every fish caught in 330FOW +-. lures down 70/80 and 40/50. Marked fish and bait throughout that range. Died off by 9:00am. Weeds and debris were spotty, but bad when you did hit it. Weekday and we had whole lake to ourselves.
  19. Ill start by saying that I for one am disappointed in the amount of successful Jigging reports I have seen this year so far. This forum and its members taught me how to Jig for Lakers and catch them doing so and therefore I feel its only fair I give back to the forum and help the people who were like me (before this forum) and are trying to learn how to do this. All below fish were caught on @DeepWaterLures/@hermit jigs. All dates are approximate as I intended to rely on the date stamp on the photo but my phone has let me down by not marking some of them correctly. We were up early every day to catch these lake trout and they were all caught around wells college. 8/5 - We were up early and on the water by 6ish in the morning. - marked some nice bait fish on the new Fish Finder (thanks to all who helped me decide which one to get as I am very happy with its performance this week. Started Jigging with white @hermit jig heads and a white fluke. Unfortunately could not find the scale but I ended up going to bass pro later in the week and buying one. 8/6 - Up early again and on the water by 6ish in the morning. - Went back to the same spot I had marked on the FF GPS and putted around on the electric trolling motor until we found what we were looking for down there. The result was a nice lake trout in the livewell - Likely one of the ones pictured on 8/7 as I think the phone marked them wrong but do not know which one. 8/7 - Same thing again - bite was not as good and the water was rough, Stuck it out long enough to get a good sized one and then went bass fishing. Thanks to @Guff as I would have never tried to jigging this day without your new tactic you posted a while back where you cast into the wind and retrieve. The water was much too rough to stay vertical and therefore this was the ticket to catching lake trout in rough weather. After the water got too rough for my 28LB thrust trolling motor to hold us in place for jigging (possibly time for an upgrade when the wife forgets I bought a new fish finder) - we found a nice place to catch some bass. 8/8 - Didint catch any lakers in the morning but decided to go out in the afternoon after a few of my relatives arrived. My cousin hooked this nice 26" laker on a green @Hermit 1oz Jig head and a white fluke. Around half an hour after that we noticed my aunt's hair was looking like this... Now... I have never been struck by lighting and have heard this is what you see right before it strikes you/your boat/your rod... close enough to hurt... Needless to say we got out of there as fast as the motor would take us and no more then 5 minutes later saw a nice forking strike behind us on the water... I took some more pics of the storm coming across the lake from the shore... was one of the worst storms I have seen on Cayuga personally. 8/9 - Some more lake trout - was eager to try out some new toys I got from @hermit so today I went with the white 1.5oz minnow head Jig and was pleasantly surprised by its success. After this week I am definitely tired of cleaning fish... However I now have a nice supply of Lake Trout and Bass in the freezer to cook up and enjoy. All questions are welcome. The most successful Jigs were 1oz White head @hermit Jig with white zoom fluke. 1oz green head @hermit Jig with white zoom fluke. 1.5 oz Green head @hermit Jig with white zoom fluke. 1.5 oz White Minnow head @hermit jig with white zoom fluke I did try other color flukes but they did not yield nearly as much success (regaurdless of what head I put them on). Thanks to @hermit for providing the Jigs in a timely fashion even though my order was late. Thanks to @Guff as your (what i'm calling) Drift Jigging Technique proved successful on 8/7 when the water got too rough for vertical Jigging. And last but not least thanks again to all you who helped me decide on the hummingbird 386 CI as it is exactly what I was looking for in a great Jigging Fish Finder. The GPS helps a lot as well with staying in one spot and finding that spot again. All questions are welcome and feel free to PM me as well. -Pete
  20. Those going out for tourny or just fishing especially those that are out 0dark30, I saw a debris field greater than 50' wide and as long as we could see on south end of the lake. Inlet and Fall Creek are raging higher than I have seen in years. I am sure there will be more debris up the lake(especially around Meyers) as well. If looking for chocolate water line you will have no problem finding that either..
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