Aiden G

Has anyone in this forum ever fished pa/ny in the fall for walleye and if so any information/tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Season was a little slower than last year but still managed to tag out and get buddy a bird.

As living in NY about 20 minutes from the PA border, we usually have to wait till about early to mid July for the walleye fishing to really ramp up around here due to the migration from Ohio. But this year was different. Guys were getting 3-4 man limits here in Barcelona NY in the first weekend of June which never happens. The fishing here has been unbelievably ridiculous for it being so early in the season. Within 3 trips the freezer was full and it was time to fun fish.

Lines in at 5:45 in 80 fow marked bait right away but trolled out. Got a short strike on 7 color while trolling out on glow green alewife. Started marking bait and thermocline 60 down in 150-180. Fished this area till 10:45 and had north of 30 bites. Riggers 105 with meat and rigger 75 with carbon and uv alewife. Divers had assortment of spoons because we broke off 3 times and meat got hit a few times in diver. 3 setting out 150-200. Ended up going 14-30.

Got a brown and 2 year old in the first 2 hours of light and nothing since out of olcott

I'm out in about 420 right now out of Olcott and going out to look for some fish . Any reports on what depth and baits, thank you

I'm coming up to fish Friday and Saturday. Hoping to get some staging action but will move offshore if that is where the best bite is

Just pick and choose your days. Last year we went to 500ft in a 16ft alumacraft and absolutely no issues, granted we had a flat lake. But we have also been offshore in our 18ft Lund with no problems. So it's all about picking the right days.

Good to know. How come most reports are coming from offshore though?

For trolling

Is there any reports of staging kings from the bar to oak? I'm hoping to get up labor day weekend for stagers but all of the reports have still been way offshore. Any reports would be helpful, thanks a lot!

Flat as glass

Fished from 5:15-10:30, 100-125 fow fished 30-80 down. 6 color with glow green alewife spoon started off hot. As the day went on, riggers and divers with spin doctor and flies started taking bigger fish. Riggers down 70-80. 1 with big spin doctor and fly, other with carbon 14 spoon with gator as the slider. Divers were 145 and 170 back on 3 setting. mtn dew and lemon ice spin doctor with flies. We finished the day 20-26 with a lot more misses. 18 kings and 2 steelhead landed, mid to upper teen kings on the flasher/fly and smaller fish on spoons

Also went out of Olcott today and fished 50-150 and had decent screen but only got a laker. Went offshore to 450-470 and got 3 2 year old kings, a steelhead and a nice coho. Went back inside 50-100 fow for half an hour and has a big king hit a spoon and break us off and got a brown.

Got a report today in Olcott that a charter only got 4 fish.

We went out last year on July 5th and fished 150-200 fow in Olcott and picked up non stop fleas. We went out July 4th this year from 300-500 fow and picked up absolutely no fleas. Also had a killer day!!