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When they get discolored, lose plating,or if a painted spoon loses some paint etc, do you notice if they really stop drawing hits?.. i am not a troller, but it always seems to me, that for me personally,a new lure draws his faster than old chipped ones.. I always figured fish were idiots,and would not notice some plating or paint missing, but really am not all that sure any more... bob

This might sound weird and it is actually, but somewhere in the back of my mind, I am wondering if those nasty, invasive Gobies would actually help the lakers in Keuka to have a a food source.. Of course if that happened a dozen other species would be gone from the lake in all likelyhood... I hope the DEC gets on it and re establishes the alewives in Keuka.... bob

It is a township ramp, but I don't believe its a "residents only" ramp.. I have used that ramp for many years.. you just back down the ramp, make the left after launching and park along that road.. NEVER have had a problem or angry word.. On the contrary all the residents around there have been very nice and friendly.. Just don't leave any garbage, and watch your language etc.. I would use it.. It is NOT suitable for a big boat at all especially when the water is super low... bob

launch ramp at the state park open?.... bob

Personally, I just don't think the numbers are there anymore.. Just haven't been seeing fish on the machine past couple years. Years ago, no matter where I went on Keuka, my machine was lit up like a Christmas tree. Now I see blank screens every trip... Unless the fish just aren't holding in the same areas they used to... I dunno.....

any fish being caught at taughannock park? From the shoreline??.. i realize this winter fishery is not "hot".. usually its really slow, but if you put the hours, or days... weeks,...lol, you might get a laker ,brown ,or LL on a Rooster tail, Little Cleo, or bucktail of some sort.. I no longer get to Ithaca very much since I retired, and really have NO idea if its even worth a shot.. Years past, the best time even in mid winter with ice cold water was from first light until maybe 8 am.... If the fish were around, that was the time you might get a hit.. i also realize 99% of the fish in Cayuga are "on the bait", and this time of year that usually means deep, mid lake.. REAL deep!.. Always a few stragglers around the surface/shoreline though even in the dead of winter.. Anyone been there and seen anything at all past few weeks??.. Not looking for anything specific, just maybe, "yeah saw one caught," had a follow on a spoon", etc... thanks,,,, bob

"Dogs"= Spiny Dogfish..https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiny_dogfish When they come around in big numbers, they are a pain in the ass to say the least!

Guff,... NH is "groundfish " territory.. Various types of hake, haddock, Cod, Pollock... Try these guys... http://www.eastmansdocks.com/

I fish several times a a year in salt water.. Either on party boats for bottom fish such as sea bass, hake, porgies, flounder, blackfish[tautog] etc, or on my own 18 foot boat for fluke, bluefish, stripers etc.. Depends on whats around, time of year etc.. Mostly at the NJ shore.. I usually go alone as most people don't want to take the 225 mile ride each way, or don't want to spend the money.. anyway, i thought perhaps there might be a few guys that live/fish in the finger lakes region that would enjoy these ocean/bay trips now and then... Party boats fares are about $70 including pool, plus whatever gas we use to get there and back, or if I take my boat, its gas, ramp fee and bait.. Probably a $50-60 bill each to trailer a boat down.. Thats usually a May -Nov type thing.. Party boats do sail all year btw, if you are tough enough to fish on the ocean in 20 degree weather... In any case, I am just seeing if anyone in the area would like to do some salt water fishing.. The fish are bigger, stronger and WAY better to eat than what we have up here... Thats why Wegmans gets $20 for a whole 1 1/2 pound Sea Bass, with the head, fins,gills still on!... I don't stay down there, I leave candor around 1 am, get there around 5 or 6 am,, fish and then come home.. Its a long tiring day, but its a lot of fun, and some of the very best eating fish you can imagine.. Just putting it out there.. PM me with interest, and we can talk about it... bob

Hope I can get out there once more before we get into another brutal winter.. I would love to try the north end around the state park.. Haven't fished there in years. Thanks to all that shared, and helping me realize i was simply being lazy, and not expanding my search for active fish. I won't make that mistake again... I hope.. I have 3 boats, but can't get to them as the area in my yard where they are is oozy soft DEEP mud, and my 4 wd pickup sinks down to the axles, and just spins all the tires, when I make the attempt.. I believe I need to rethink my "boat storage area"... duh.. Oh well,, maybe I can get one of them out of the mud before July hits.... bob

It would seem to me they would have to go where thier food is most readily available -wherever that is.. Food is foremost.. Just look at the Finger Lakes.. Lakers by nature area bottom fish.. salmon, rainbows and browns are stream fish.. Smallmouth bass are a fish of rock bottom streams.. Pike are weed dwellers.. Yet ALL of these fish are turned into open water fish at times in the fingers -- they might be 75 feet down over 150 fow, because thats where the bait is.. We have all caught bass while laker jigging near bait, FAR from the rocks/ sparse weeds/docks/structure they should be relating to by nature.. Some of us have caught Pike as well while laker fishing, with the closest weed 1/2 miles away,,, Why?.. They were relating to their primary food source. usually sawbellies in the large Finger Lakes... Food WILL trump habitat and temperature preferences, at least some of the time... bob

Actually I feel better knowing I was just fishing the wrong area.. I need to STOP assuming fish will always be in the same spots I always used to catch them. Can't catch fish that aren't where you are fishing... bob

Never thought about the fact that they may have moved due to the spawn.. I know they spawn a lot later at Keuka than they do on Cayuga.. In Cayuga most of the fish move away from the north and south ends of the lake and go to areas between Myers and Sheldrake, with a majority near the park. I suppose they might move in keuka during the spawn as well ,... I dunno, either that or I just suck at fishing.. Just NEVER saw such empty screens as long as I have been jigging lakers , at least 20 years. Not even 1 chaser today... Our friend Copperliner has told me the area he did well at, and it was nowhere near where i was... Maybe next time... bob