Got out from Meyers on Friday with plenty of clearance in a small outboard. It will be borderline if it goes down much more. Current Lake level is 380.77 ft for reference.
Payout for 4 biggest (weight) Lake Trout Payout for 4 biggest (weight) silver fish (Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Landlock Salmon) Payout for 3 biggest (weight) Bass Payout for biggest (weight) fish overall (all divisions combined) of the Derby = Lunker prize (These are single fish- not a box)
This scenario happened on Cayuga Lake. Cayuga is a lake with no Towboat US available. Since we have extremely limited options there is a code of ethics where we help each other out whenever possible. I agree that some situations may occur that you can not assist. That is very rare on Cayuga. I lost several hours during a tournament towing in a fellow LOU member years ago. The repayment for that will be when someone rescues me someday down the road.
(Does this look familiar Aaron/stoneam2006!)
Shameless Plug.....
The Reel Rage trolling spoon manufacturer is a stand up guy. I do not know him other than that I purchased some really, really nice custom painted spoons from him. He was great to deal with. We all screw up. I would be pretty sure (if that IS the spoon guy's boat) that it was just a whoops. Hopefully he did not cut off your copper. Add this to your 'You should have seen what happened to us on the lake today!" stories and go enjoy the great fishing Cayuga has to offer.
Fleas are at a medium level. Definitely 30lb test needed. This hot weather will make them much worse.
Weeds have been my enemy. Need some steady winds to blow them away.
The Sutton logo (777) is the third generation logo. This is thought to be when Jack Stafford purchased the tooling to make Sutton’s.
Generation 1
Scott R. Sutton 1864-1911
Generation 2
George Wells 1911-1929
Generation 3
Jack Stafford 1930-?
Generation 4
Jack, Jim and Jeanne Stafford
(It is rumored that Jack or Jim had a hard time hand stamping the spoon numbers in the center of the logo so they redesigned the logo to make stamping spoon numbers more efficient)
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Here is a 77 that has the mark of a third seven. The spoon is the shape of an 88 (see third picture for comparison) but slightly smaller. I had never noticed the third 7. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United
Nearest launch would be Treman state park in Ithaca
Next closest would be Meyers Park in a Lansing
Taughannock state park has a low bridge to get under. You might not be able to get under. I would avoid
After that you would need to head a ways north to Deans Cove on the west side and long point on the east
Lakers in shallow and suspended out deep. Some small salmon. A few browns around that have been small to medium sized. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United