cayuga lake trout and salmon fisherman

[John M]

really struggling trying to catch some bass on this lake. I know you guys put alot of hours in on the body of water. And was wondering if any of you have caught any bass while fishing for trout and salmon? Any help regarding depth.color,presentation what they are relating to? suspended?etc would be appreciated\

Thanks

John m

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[Splitshot115]

John M,

The best advice I can give you for this is to head to Keuka, from what I've heard the Bass fishing on Cayuga this year has been terrible.

Splitshot115

[traveling man]

last year in september i caught 2 nice smallmouths in 170fow down 80ft on a sliverglow dodger with a LBB fly. They were feeding in a bait pod. I was trolling.

[goin hungry]

I don't fish that lake much, but if it's anything like Keuka and seneca, then there are some techniques/things to know that may help. First, there is a pretty limited window when they're really active. Just after sunrise for about an hour and just before sunset. Look for relatively shallow rocky points, and fish them hard both on and around either side of the point. There are fish that will suspend over deeper water and go after bait schools, but they're harder to get.

[seasquirrel]

The bass fishing on Cayuga has really been poor in the last 5 years or so. Last year in the spring there was a huge die off of 18-20 inch and smaller smallmouths. The tourney's they ran all over the lake all of the time could not have helped any either.