trout fishing near seneca falls

[jsmercurial11]

im looking for some decent trout fishing near seneca falls, within about 30 min drive.

i dont have a boat...so it has to be stream fishing, or fishing from shore

any locations well be greatly appreciated!!! thanks!!

[tinker]

Sorry, don't know much about shore fishing up there.

seem to remember hiking down to a railroad trellis back in the day, to get to some shallowish water that was the N end of cayuga, but it was not really kosher.

I also don't know about Cayuga Lake State park shore fishing... it is on the west side of Cayuga, and you'd have to drive past it to get to Taughannock Falls State Park.

Taughannock Falls State Park has several nice little shelters... it is a comfy place to plop a minnow or sawbelly in and wait. I caught a lot of fish there before I had a decent boat, and while studying in grad school. Unfort, I always did better there in the summer than now. You can reach some deep water by casting off the fishing shacks near the boat launch outlet, possibly 80 feet if you really launch it. 'Course, the lake goes much deeper. I liked the shacks facing south better, though.

People will probably be trying to use egg sacks this time of year, but I think I caught about 5 fish on sacks ever. For shore fishing, did best with sawbellies (may not be avail now), bass minnows, and skinny worms.

Good luck.

[georged]

The finger lake streams are closed for trout fishing now I believe. It is open in the finger lakes all year.

[goin hungry]

Finger lake streams aren't necessarily closed right now for trout - check the reg. book, but with limited exceptions, most are open until Dec. 31 up to the first barrier impassible by fish...

[tinker]

All the places I mentioned are for shore fishing in the lake, but Goin Hungry is right about most streams being ok up to the first impassable barrier.