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It has been about 3 weeks now but we did well near Camp Good Days across from the state park. Good number of hungry fish and some bait schools. I had tried earlier around the bluff where we used to do very well but as everyone else says I had poor results. The females we were getting then had not spawned yet so they may have moved to the points to spawn by now. I would be out covering the north Branchport end if I had better luck deer harvesting. Very poor deer population on my 50 acres this year. I know I am crazy for saying it but my neighbor says he saw and I may have heard a mountain lion in my woods. Also big reduction in squirrel numbers. DEC would say I am nuts but who knows.

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Wednesday's trip to Dean Cove was kind of a flop fish numbers wise. Hermit , Doug, and I ended up with only one nice eater size laker. But the main reason was the wind was howling out of the south. Cut the trip short as a result. Unfortunately Hermit got wet a few times when a wave came over the bow. (sorry Alec) . Ran into a couple of charter captains back at the launch and they had an off day also. Was the first time out of Deans for me and it will not be the last. Hermit gave us some good pointers on where to fish (thanks Alec) and the trip for us will actually be shorter than when we go to Sampson. And the road into Deans is not speed bump city as the Sampson park road is.

Hi jk1 - Sorry to hear about not too good results at the bluff. Decided on Dean's cove for tomorrow when I saw John Gaulke Saturday report. Holy cow, he jigged 2/3 of Seneca all day and got zilch. Man, if the super expert can not get them there there is no hope for me. Turns out we will have a full boat tomorrow. Taking no chances. Taking the second ranking jigging expert Hermit (Alec) with us. Ha Ha. Will let you know how we do. - Al

Bullet bob - I'll bet jk1 is right on the "perch minnows". They look sort of like a real perch but not exactly. Also they are so small they dissolve rapidly and you just see a black mush mostly.This will be the first time, but think my fishing buddy and i will try out of Dean's Cove Wednesday. Never been there. Did not realize it was about the same travel distance for us as going to Sampson. jk1, did you get there today? any luck? Not giving up on Keuka but trying some new territory might be fun.

Hi Alec - Thanks for the trailer hook info. I tried it out last time but I got the hook too close to the paddletail so it stopped the tail action . Tied another one in the boat(what a pain) with hook further back and that helped but I need some size 2 hooks which of course I do not have in my tackle box with 150 items in it. For some reason the Keuka lakers no longer seem to want the tube arrangement i used when you and I cleaned their clock at the bluff. They like a green paddletail however. Jigging results seem to have slowed down the last couple of years for a variety of reasons. Our (you and I) 65 fish day in late October at the bluff is still the best day in my boat ever. Seems like jigging for lakers on Keuka has changed some. Think the sawbelly population is down but think lakers are eating other bait which results in nice salmon colored flesh which is very tasty. Finding perch minnows in them. May need to find smaller size jigs or some other solution. Who knows. Looks like jk1 is still doing well however. Going to hit Seneca next. Usually a good time of year there. From all the LOU reports it sounds like Cayuga was (is) on fire this year. Head to Quebec on our annual walleye trip at the end of the August. Look forward to that.

Big boy was13,83 pounds I believe. Got to say we were shocked it placed that high. Looks like we will be going back next year. Ha ha. Yes will look for your boat too. I will be 72 soon but heck plan on lot more fishing years. Ha ha

Still holding on price. I know it is an oldy but think it is a goody

Guess it was someone else you talked to but do remember your boat being close by. We are full time jiggers. Do love feeling the strike when the bad boys hit. Is a lot of fun. We fish Belhurst area. Some mighty big Lakers there. My fishing buddy got the $2000 biggest lake trout there during the derby this year.not bragging. Just stating facts. But Lakers there can be mighty finicky when they want to be. 20 hours of jigging during derby and only 2 trout. But did get the right one

Wow jk 1. That is a long commute for you. We pulled right up to the docks at the Switzerland inn and ordered a bloody Mary at the bar. Very refreshing. Think will hit north end of Seneca next trip. Jigging has been good there in the past this time of the year.

Jk 1 - think we were one of those boats. Red Lund. Did not do as good as you. Did have several short hits but only 1 got into boat. Tried hermits trailer hook design but need to perfect it. Have tried tube with treble hooks up inside skirt but got more hits on green paddletails. Good news is lot of fish at end of bluff as usual. Nice tasty orange meat on the one we got. Found one inch perch minnow inside him. Think their diet has changed. Stopped at the Switzerland inn for a cold drink before we packed it up. Got hot out there in afternoon

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Agree 100 % with 58 Johnson and Sk 8man. Hermits jigs are the Best and quick delivery. Just watch out when you are handling them. They are super sharp.

Found a good number of lakers halfway from the old power plant to Eggleston Point (between east shore and the bluff) last Friday (109-117 fow) but could not get them to hit the jig. On a good note the ones we got in that area a couple of weeks ago had salmon colored meat that was extremely tasty. Maybe the change in diet from sawbellies to something else will result in very tasty fish. I found 14 two inch perch minnows in some I caught in that area last year.

Still for sale. PM through this site best. - Al

Still available. Located in garage about 10 miles west of Penn Yan

In the past I was told that they are calibrating underwater sonar equipment. Have seen them there in the same area many times in the past.