greenhornet73

Nice, I didn’t get a landlock this year but about everything else on Skaneateles. I put most of my trolling gear away besides a few rods for steelhead trolling in another week or two on the big O.

The wind/ weather is definitely limiting trips but when I have been able to get out the fishing has been excellent for perch and I’m literally all alone out there.

No idea but could be because the fishing is so good and people are being tight-lipped or they’ve put their boats away. I’m still going out every weekend until the shore ice forms

Each tree will have to be fully protected by fencing or deer will mow them down to nothing. Also protect each trunk or rabbits will damage the trunks every winter and shorten the life of the trees. Many popular eating apple trees are susceptible to disease so I would suggest Dolgo crabapple trees. 4’ saplings will grow to 8’ in 4 seasons and will no longer need protection. The crabapples grow to almost 2” in diameter and deer and turkeys love them. Be aware that if you order trees from out of state their description may not be accurate to our region. My Dolgo crabapples have just started dropping in late September and will continue to drop until February and will attract wildlife throughout the entire hunting season.

I have some I’m willing to sell. Not sure of weight, will check when I get home but have a few at least 3 lbs kicking around.

I love doing this through the ice although it’s been years since it’s been a hard enough freeze. It’s a blast watching them scream up the column 30’ to hammer a retrieved jig then dive back down with it.

That was cool, I’d love to feel a pike hit a fly.

I have the cable attached now and have been trailering it with 2 ratchet straps to hold it tight to the transom but the safety cable only seems to be there to allow the motor to drag on the road or hang under the boat in case it comes free from the bracket. I also have the wing nuts on the motor attached together with a piece of wire to prevent them from spinning loose enough to make the motor unsecure.

If you don’t get any other replies, I would suggest looking at your graph and finding the steepest drop-off locations( contour lines that are closest together). I don’t fish Keuka but trolling other finger lakes I find the largest concentrations of fish along points and those step drops. White tube on a 1/2oz jig head and don’t forget lakers like to chase from the bottom so occasionally speed reel your jig from bottom up 10-15’ then stop (hold) then drop back down.

That’s rough, I was tempted to try yesterday morning but decided to hit Skaneateles instead, glad I did for many reasons. I wish they could predict the waves better, my boat doesn’t fish in 3’ers, especially by myself.