Conesus Lake Inlet Footage 2025

[Big fat pike]

I was wondering if recently anyone has been down to the Conesus inlet and had footage of the pike making it over the dam as i have only heard they were making it over this year but have no actual footage and is also quite a drive for me 

[camper4lyfe]

I was there last week and the water was pretty low and only flowing over the east side of the spillway.  It was tough to see anything.  Unfortunately you can't get to that side anymore because the eagles have created a next over there.

[Big fat pike]

2 minutes ago, camper4lyfe said:

I was there last week and the water was pretty low and only flowing over the east side of the spillway.  It was tough to see anything.  Unfortunately you can't get to that side anymore because the eagles have created a next over there.

Thank you for the heads up unless the rain this week takes care of it

[NETBOY101]

I was there Sunday and didn't see any pike, but I'll be there on Friday to find that Eurasian wigon duck and to see if any pike there

[Big fat pike]

1 hour ago, NETBOY101 said:

I was there Sunday and didn't see any pike, but I'll be there on Friday to find that Eurasian wigon duck and to see if any pike there

Thank you 

Edited April 3, 2025 by Big fat pike

[NETBOY101]

The pike and the walleye are running. There are some big walleyes. Gets me excited. Some decent Pike. Saw one tiger muskie there's a bunch in there with other fish

[camper4lyfe]

Damn rudd

[Big fat pike]

7 hours ago, NETBOY101 said:

The pike and the walleye are running. There are some big walleyes. Gets me excited. Some decent Pike. Saw one tiger muskie there's a bunch in there with other fish

Thx was the tiger the one in the photo

[NETBOY101]

No that was a pike  in picture . The tiger muskie was in a deeper pool. Was hard to get a picture,   But I'd say it's worth going

[Big fat pike]

9 hours ago, NETBOY101 said:

No that was a pike  in picture . The tiger muskie was in a deeper pool. Was hard to get a picture,   But I'd say it's worth going

It is actually possible that tiger was there to try to spawn

from what i have heard the females can but the males cant so they would spawn with a pike and the young would revert back to pike

[NETBOY101]

That's interesting 

[NETBOY101]

A ton of Rudd fish there to

[Big fat pike]

1 hour ago, NETBOY101 said:

A ton of Rudd fish there to

Do you think those rudd are trying to spawn too

i wonder if pike prefer them over alewives at all

[NETBOY101]

I'm not really sure Rudd are there to spawn or, just eat the eggs, But they would make a good meal since there 10 inches long for the pike and walleyes 

[Big fat pike]

1 minute ago, NETBOY101 said:

I'm not really sure Rudd are there to spawn or, just eat the eggs, But they would make a good meal since there 10 inches long for the pike and walleyes 

Rudd don't eat eggs just the plants the fish lay their eggs on

[jk1]

Bet the eagle ate well during that run.   we have a lot of them around here and stocked trout is what is for dinner right now.....jk

[salmoseine]

On 4/5/2025 at 4:33 PM, Big fat pike said:

Rudd don't eat eggs just the plants the fish lay their eggs on

 

As omnivores, it would seem that eggs could be on their menu...

 

https://www.michigan.gov/invasives/id-report/fish/rudd#:~:text=Diet: Rudd are omnivorous fish,Caspian and Aral Sea basins