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I made the two hour drive again yesterday to Erie. 17 eyes, one at 30". I am not an experienced walleye fisherman. We have been at Dunkirk, but I know guys out of the Cat that are doing just as well. Just check the wind and wave forecast out carefully and go.

35 eyes in the last two trips out of Dunkirk. They are still there. 80-110'. A lot of shorts but limit catches of keepers. Riggers, dipseys, spoons, plugs or worm harnesses. Doesn't matter.

I take the long two hour drive to Dunkirk from Rochester for a reason. As Semperfi says, the place is on fire. Straight out, look for the boats and troll. Sticks spoons, worm harnesses. Right now it doesn't matter.

Shuush- don't tell anyone - I catch the biggest hogs when I wear my 2X readers. Too bad they suffer ground shrinkage when I take them off

I actually remember that meeting years ago. Small world. I agree on the extra meet on the plastic. It made a difference on Honeoye earlier this year. As far as perch size goes. I'll agree to disagree

Sounds like a lot of fun. I too spend all my time panfishing after a lengthy (too lengthy) charter career. I have not tried the worms yet but I have all the luck I need on plastics. Skinny frustrates me though. I have only fished the north end and the fish tend to be small and look rather thin. Catch plenty of them, just not the right size. A 12" perch there has a lot less meat on it than a 12" perch anywhere else I have fished. I guess I will try the worm fishing on the south end. Thanks.

I have also "experimented" with this lake three times now the past two seasons. Very pretty lake.

Nice fish. I have been having a little fun out that way myself. Long trip, but worth it.

That is a classic picture.

I think I just found the answer to my question on the DEC link. Lakewide. Crap.

Is this lakeside. I intended to keep a couple salmon/rainbows tomorrow or should I just forget it. We have been eating the perch with no ill effects - so far.

You are probably right but I hope your wrong. The only way to confirm it is for the samples to be tested in the lab. Thanks for supplying them.

Just wondering how you confirmed that it was VHS. Could it be another fish disease? The DEC has only mentioned VHS in gobies in Cayuga but does not mention Canandaigua. I would hate to think that another fish kill will happen in Canandaigua.

Welcome back Les. My turn for three weeks the end of August-September - yuck. Thanks for the report, I was thinking of heading down there, but not for lakers. Maybe in another week or two.

That sounds like a blast. I will try that the next time there.

If you are on the east side, I might suggest Port Bay and Sodus for perch. Might be tough now because we are nearing the end of the spawn so be prepared for very light taps as they suck ion the minnow. Easy to miss them this time of year.

Ditto

Keuka 4/24 I decided to try the Penn Yan side for perch yesterday and basically ran into a pickerel fest. We caught them on almost every cast. The most interesting catch however were the two lake trout we got, 25" and 27" in 14' of water on the perch rigs. These were the two worse looking anorexic trout I have ever seen. No doubt, lack of food. I did spend some time looking for lake trout in the usual points and found zero bait. I hope there is some bait in other areas of the lake for these fish, otherwise, the lakers are going to be in trouble.