I basically only fish Seneca..... I dont know wtf is going on. The lake is definitely in a transition period of some sorts. I know that most of the pike i have caught have had this redish slime on them for the last 3 years.
I will say this though, i saw the exact same thing you are describing on Cayuga in 2015.
Not that this helps now, but if you see that again and the fish are not too far gone (red gills) you can call the DEC and they will come get them and take them to Cornell to figure out what they have.
Hopefully the weather permits them to destroy those nasty, vile creatures. I have a pair of scissor strategically located on my boat for every fish that comes up with a lampeey on it.
If they need a backup story i can tell them about a 10 lb brown i caught off my inlaws dock on my 37th bday. ( i will leave the part out about that being the only fish ive ever caught off their dock in 20 yrs)
I was a sonar tech on submarines for 9 years... the best frq depends on what you want to do. Low frq will cover a greater area due to the cone angle of the transmission while a higher frq covers a much smaller area. However, a higher frq will pick up more in that concentrated area than low frq. Think of a low powered flood light with bad eye sight as low frq and a high powered, alpha male, mag light with eagle vision in a concentrated setting as high frq.
Went 8 for 12 fishing the south end of Seneca this morning most fish came on the east side around the painted rock, 110-150 FOW suspended. 6 LL 2 Rainbows all caught on spoons. Orange Mooselook ThinFish. Blue and Silver Michigan Stinger, purple and orange Alpena Diamond did most of the damage. Caught most on Seth green rigs but 2 on dipseys. Ran spin n glows and flies but no luck on those (i am probably doing something wrong with that setup as im not too familiar with them). We had a double and a triple hookup. It was awesome to have this much action on Seneca and i hope this continues throughout the year.
Fished lodi point area, 30-50 FOW, fish at 15-30ft. Copper, planer boards, seth green, leadcore. All lures, 2 hits 1 on copper one on seth green. None to the boat. Was nice to get out in January. Temp was 36
I have a 9.9 merc 25” shaft for a 24ft chapparral sport fisherman which weighs 3900 dry. Tops out at about 5 knots. Works great, no issues. Just need to connect it to the main because steering is a pain in the ass