BrookTrout

Hey guys thanks for the input, very very helpful with ideas. I picked up about 50 $ of new plastics including the kietechs and some shad/minnow baits. I also will try the dead drift method and the 2 rod setup sounds cool. I also watched some videos and learned a bunch on setup and presentation. Lots to experiment with!! I actually went out today with bait again thinking I would switch to plastics if I found active bass but I couldn't get to the areas I generally fish due to winds. Ended up picking up some small bass here and there but then found a nice school of perch which I did well on, never tried the drop shot. Maybe tomorrow if the wind is reasonable.

WOOOOWWW!!!!!

Definitely a memory she won't forget, catching a big trout with her dad!

great post and pics!!

I just checked out the ned rig and the kitech baits, looks interesting will def give them a try. Its hard not the shake/jig the baits but I'll give that a go next time for sure, thanks for the info I appreciate it

I had a similar setup to what you described, I was feeling bottom, but will check out the cross tail shad. Thanks for the feedback

Thats a bummer. I trolled for about 4.5hrs last week mid-lake and had one sub legal salmon to show for it... It is not prime time trolling on Seneca right now. On the upside I did find some decent smallie fishing. Hopefully in 2-3 yrs the bait numbers will drop, lamprey #s will drop and there will be some larger hungry fish. The fingers sure seem to cycle and Seneca is in a down cycle fishing wise for sure.

Seneca Smallies Was up to my cottage for the week. Did a little bass fishing from the kayak and shore on the south end. Got decent numbers of small bass from 8-13". With the trolling for salmon/trout being slow decided to get some shiners and head north on Saturday. Fishing hard all morning working the 15-25ft depths with shiners with only a few small bass to show.... did some jigging and casting near some structure and also cast around on grass flats without seeing much except a huge catfish and some minnow schools. Heading back south a bit stopped in one area that I had fished in the past with a decent shelf from 13-20 ft and started getting into the smallies pretty good. Worked that one area hard for about 1.5 hrs and got about a dozen bass between 12-15" and then finally got a nice one on that gave some good jumps and dug hard under the boat, he measured 18.5" and made my day for sure. After the shiners ran out I tried drop shotting all sorts of plastics with no luck, not sure what I was doing wrong but it was frustrating cuz I knew they were there and active. Im new to this technique. Any advice on the dropshotting? I was using tubes/worms/flukes/twister tail grubs.... fishing about 1.5 ft from the bottom?

Very nice accomplishment from the kayak! I have been doing some kayak fishing but haven't tried trolling much, very cool!

Seneca has been slower than usual this year for surem (based on my experience as well as people posting reports). The winter bite can be worthwhile for sure for LLS but this winter is prolly gonna be on the slower side I would guess. My best advice would be to cover lots of water as there are fish but they seem to be concentrated and move from day to day but once you find a good area keep working back through it and turns seem to turn em on. Good luck!

Nice fish!

Seneca South 8/1 Got out yesterday solo for a couple hours midday. Pretty hot and sunny but a nice light north breeze made for decent conditions. Setup on the east side trolling north and got a nice rip on the leadcore (9 colors out) right off the bat and landed a nice acrobatic bow just over 20". Marking lots of shallow bait (20-40ft) over 120-250 ft. Got a small landlock off the rigger at 55ft then made another pass where I picked up the bow and bam! another jumping bow on the leadcore. One more pass through the area produced another bow off the 55ft rigger with vertical blades. Trolled up to peach orchard and out to deeper water still marking some bait but no takers. Not too bad for midday and low expectations. Weeds and fleas were a non issue. Speeds around 2.5mph GPS. Had 2 similar trips about 2 weeks ago with some small salmon and a few 18-20" bows on the west side near Glenora but weeds were an issue and fleas annoying...

Wow thats a great LL, congrats!!

Nice fish

I was up this week and water levels are high. Looks like the last rain event are bumping levels another 3-4 inches but then slow decline after the weekend if we stay dry, fingers crossed....

nice work

nice bow!