I moved back to the southern tier late last summer after many years and now have my boat in a lift at my family's camp on the southern end of Seneca. I have been fishing coldwater species (mostly salmon) on Lake Champlain for the last several years and made a good transition to Seneca last summer with good catches of salmon, bows and lakers. My success continued somewhat into the fall/winter but I found it harder to find the salmon and the last few trips have not produced for me at all. I am not marking much bait on my finder and despite trying different depths, presentations, speeds, etc just haven't been getting into em. The last few days I have been out have been bluebird conditions which I know can slow things down, but somewhere in the back of my mind I have been wondering if there has been movement of fish into the northern part of the lake? I am probably just rationalizing my poor results, but just curious if others who are more familiar with Senenca have observed this or if I am missing something else. I expect the fishing will pick up and will keep washing my lures but have been wondering if its worth exploring the northern 1/2 of the lake a little more. I have 2 riggers and have been running those and then either flatlining or running the 3rd rod with a dipsey. I use a variety of spoons, flies, dodgers.
I have been fishing solo so far and look forward to sharing info and meeting more folks who fish the area. I was a little skeptical moving back here having been so impressed with the Champlain fishery, but have been pleasantly surprised by the quality of the salmon fishery on Seneca so far. I also did some trib fishing last fall and was again surprised by some awesome LLS action.