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Just got my own boat. I'm looking for fish locations and what are they hitting? Any info would be much appreciated. Love this site. Very useful. Thank you for any info you have.

Seneca perch ??? I’ve been doing well with my shallow water spoon program and was wondering if anyone trolls for perch on an ongoing basic ??? How and what they try just general info no HOT spots I know how that goes and I'm not looking to be spoon-fed just a helping hand....... Here is my plan ..... what do you think ???? Thinking about giving it a go when I first came up to this wonderful lake in 1996 all I knew was bass and such. It been a long road learning and a GREAT run didn’t have this great site then to help out and save a few $$$ along the way buying or doing what works……………with that said I going to run stinger size spoons , long leads off the riggers and if weeds are not bad a 3 color core inline board with small spoon… if I don't get bit I'll put down small plugs ....... I also have a had full of walleye type spinners that I'll add a little meat to , red worm or slice thin some salmon bait I have........ Any ideas on this ???? If you don’t want put it out there for the world to see just PM me…… Any info I get thru a PM I’ll sit on and keep to myself…… Thanks

Launched on the south end and started trolling by 7am by the Tiki Bar. Picked away at salmon all morning east shore 200-300 fow, ended up in the chute where the action was the hottest. Hot lure was anything gold various color stingers and flutter spoons. Riggers down 55 and 65 with sliding cheaters on both. Ran small dipsy with (red) spoon also took fish. Big fish of day came on #1 dipsy 275' back with carmel dolphin spin doctor and green fly. 5lb LL. Awesome day caught only salmon ended up 15 for 17 with very few dinks. Kept a few for dinner and one filet was eaten sushi style AWESOME!

Over cast looking like rain then the heck with it gave Hoot a yell and down we went about 9:30 ish........ worked a deep area that had some big bait pods around picked up a 17" salmon and boxed him.....then tryed going north with out much luck........finnally picked up a dandy 22" brown 5.5# great fight went air born two times and put a BIG smile on Hoot face...... worked that area for some time and nothing........dropped deep rigger down two 81' after a bit picked up a laker but him in the box with the brown and salmon.........Hoot said hey all we need is a bow !!!!! Ok out deep increase speed...... nothing one more pass and we were going to call it dropped speed a tad outside rigger goes....................17" bow and put him back pulled lines went in all FLT spoons the UV alwife taking two of the 4 fish...............got a picture of Hoot I post later !!!!!! Keep a eye out still lots of JUNK in the water and they seem to have stopped letting water out of Seneca so if you don't have down speed it's WAY diffent now....close too backwards from what it is normal.....

Fish Seneca today with Tall Paul he got up here around 10ish we BS for some time got some thing to eat and headed down to the launch around 3.................slow start then we picked up a brown 31' down ?????? on FLT chicken feed 17" in the box........ then the 55' rigger goes with FLT UV alwife 5.5# brown in the box........ then two in a row with out hooking up......and dead.... for a while....... then the 55'er goes with chicken feed land a perch...... in the box........ reel dead now move out deeper......55'er again with chicken feed land a 21" 3.5# bow in the box......... pops again with a 16 or 17" bow shake it off in the water....... OH NO it goes again with a 23" 5#+ salmon !!!!!! .............

Just got back in fished with Hoot and met Marty at the launch.....time to eat I'll report after......tuffer bite today.....

Kingerboy woke me up a 5am needed to go out and do his duty........... I'll get to this later need to eat......

Seneca 8/10/2013 Carol came up late yesterday so I was hoping to get her into some quailty fish some time this weekend but with the water temps. mixed up I was a tad worried............. we got up this am had a few coffees and I asked her what do you think ????? She said she could do some fishing.........so I got the boat ready and got Kingerboy and down we went............. shortly after setting up the 61' rigger goes and she hooks up with a 17" or better bow...... got it to the side of the boat and reached down with plyers and shook it off..... DW ss sliver glow alwife spoon.......... a bit later the 51' rigger goes off with another nice bow about the same size ....... FLT dirty series spoon ............ same deal get him to the side and shake him off the hook............... then a dry spell........ good screen ......lots of bait shallow....deep .... inbetween....... some weeds.....some trace fleas...... surface temp down to 69*.....down temp about the same as the other day....... then we get out of the bait for awhile but more fish marks....... tweak a rigger here ....tweak one there ..... keep doing thins for some time..... the the 61' rigger goes again same spoon as before............. good fish............get it to back of boat to close to trolling motor...........wind is NOT helpping ..... making boat control while you have a net in the other hand tufff..................... anyway I get a net under it.............22" brown a tad over 6 pounds...OH yea that's what I'm talking about................. anyway this is her PB brown and I have the BIG weight off my back that I finnally hooked up a good one for her..whewwwwww !!!!!!!....... pulled lines and headed in , boated that piggy just before 11am................

Seneca 8/3/2013 Just got done cleaning 10 fish for the boys .............they had the game hats on today.....went 10 for 10............ 3 lakers and 7 browns by 10:15am or so...............more info and pictures to come I'm on break.............

Seneca 7/23/2013 As soon as the rain almost stopped Kinger and I was at the launch.........set up right out of the shoot and trolled north.....lots of weeds and fleas.........after a country mile had a release and nothing....... then a bit father north 50' rigger rod come up some I move to it and it relaeses reel like heck and got it............then it makes a good run and comes off....... another country mile or so and same deal om 41' rigger rod up noone home............then a half a country mile and 50'er goes again......hook-up and land a 19" landlock........ wind starts out of northwest so I turn and head back.................never moved a rod after that...............BUT Andy called and he and his boy were................I'll let him tell YA !!!!!! 7/25... Hit it again today with Hoot...... landed a landlock right off in the 1st 10 minutes or so the nothing for over 5 miles and 20 spoon changes..............then a 30 minute HOT spot landed 2 landlocks and a bow box those three...........bigger landlock was 61' down , bow 51' and smaller landlock at 41'........ dw ss spoons ........... that ne wind was crazy out there...............down temp at 51' on east side 58* to 59*................ west side north of Long point 52* to 54*........ just south of Long Point..... 45* !!!!!!!! 7/26/2013 Seneca Back out today with Hoot kinger stayed with Carol..............went 6 bows , 1 brown , 1 laker and 3 misses............ 51' , 61' best with 71' and 91' pulling a fish ....... Bob F FLT rocked today the UV sliver alwief was best !!!!!!........... 7/27/2013 Carol got out today 1st time fishing last time out we pulled her brother in with his whole family on the boat........................well it was a tad lumpy so I set-up just off the point to stay close if it got too bad for her........Kinger already didn't like it....... 61' rigger goes with Bob Fullers UV alwife net a 23" laker for Carol making her very happy......mess around in there for bit and it lays down some so we head north...... about a hour later 61'er goes again stick and hand the rod to her and I net a 18.5" 4# + brown for her and we call it after about 1 hour and 45 minutes........

We are back in pulled last line at 9:30am..................5 rigs in launch when we got down there at 5:45am.............. we will put report up later with some pictures released every thing today........

Hit it early and quit early so they can get ready and go home...... at the launch at 5:45am...........pulled lines at 8:45am..............they wanted a few more for a fresh fish dinner tonight so we boxed a few.................went 4 for 4..........laker , 17" raibow , 4# brown and 8.5# brown ...................WOW !!!! All on Bobby Fuller spoons ...... dirty spoon with red dot and gold cup took the browns and the rainbow.............the dirty gold trim white cup took the laker................. 51' ....and 71' ............

Seneca 7/22/2013 Got down to the launch around 6:15 or so and messed around getting boat off trailer for 10 minute or so…..DUH…..tow line got tangled on trailer tongue……Off we go ( Kinger and I)……plan on checking a good spot for browns that has not been worth a crap since 2005 hey day………… set up out deep and stayed there for over hour and a half…… got first rigger in at 25’ second at 50’ and got line ready to hook in release on third and 50’er is throbbing……….. jumped on it and got a bow to the side of the boat about 19†shook him off and set up again………….dropped third rigger to 61’ and moved 25’er down to 41’…………..50’ goes again with a good laker 27†6+# in the box………. Middle rigger goes while I putting 50’er back in good fish another bow or landlock…….reeling 50’er rod in with one hand and holding other and loose fish…..later 41’er goes again with a bow about 17†shook it off at the side of the boat………….50’er acting funky popped it and landed a 8†bow …… then things slowed down worked into area I had planned……….61’ rigger goes but loose it after a bit felt and acted like a laker……… getting hot and Kingerboy is giving me the evil eye so I told him I’d pull up and head back to east side and work that for a hour or so………….got my bright sun stuff out and put them down out a tad deep………….bam!!! 50’ rigger goes with my bestest( Pete now your spoon hammers a big laker )bow spoon……… afte a bit land a 27.75†laker just a tad over 9#’s………box him……… after bleeding all over the boat…………..put that rod away……..and spoons I had out…….61’ rigger goes……………..18†laker put him back…………..41’ rigger is released ….reel like crazy still in the rod holded……no one home called it a day………………. Ran two 30# FF rods with out any problems......... I had a rod loaded up wit mean green Mccoy line..... fleas slid right down to my barrel swivel so I put it on tne beanch and got the 30# Ande out......was a tad better than the Mccoy but the FF was great........ hope too hear more about the blood run....... set up like my riggs.......main line , barrel swivel , 30' to 40' leader , ........ if I'm just running flasher fly I could get away with Mean Green or Ande BUT not with the barrel swivel 30' from the spoon.............. Pic of Kingerboy for Pat…..as you can see he don’t like getting up early……….. Met 1dogshy at the launch when I came back in Kingerboy was happy with all the petting he got.....LOL......

On the water late after getting some family stuff done. 9:00 am Ran one rigger at 30 ft one at 35 ft and a 3 color core on a inline board. Didnt take long for the 30 foot rigger to fire with a miss. Turned around went back up through and it fired again...fish on this time a 3 or 4 lb brown in the boat...now I realize I have forgot my net...hmmm...well maybe they will all be small....ha....same rigger popped again this time I knew I had somethin good. After a long slow retrieve in realizing this fish needs to be plumb tuckered out if I have any chance of getting her in the boat without a net. Noticing she had a hitchhiker I grabbed her snipped her rider then weighed her....9lbs 12oz....and a very unhappy lamprey. proceeded to work the same water when the inline board started zinging backwards and the reel started screeming....nice landlock in the boat. Decided I should wrap it up when the same 30 ft rigger fired this time with a nice healthy 5lb 8oz bow!! All fish lived happily ever after except for that tasty salmon!! 30'over 60' 2.4 mph gps...fishhawk out of commision for now....I dont know about you guys but judging by the marine life off our dock and the bait out deeper I think Seneca is coming back.