Pike/Walleye Spawn Run at Conesus

[scramp]

Anyone been to the inlet yet? Assuming they will be moving up the inlet any day if they haven't already.

[NitroMusky]

heard the pike have but not the walleye

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[Waylander The Green]

The walleye are all done for the year at Conesus and the pike are at the tail end of their spawning period, I was up there yesterday and there were still a few pike cruising around.

[scramp]

NO Waylander....They can't be done already????? Usually they don't make it up until it warms up like this. Is he correct - the spawn if over? Others?

[GAMBLER]

Pike first then walleye. They usually don't show up until 1st week of April in big numbers.

[greenmonster]

I was up there Thursday, April 1. The walleye were all over. There were none stacked up at the barrier but there were plenty of fish from the bridge to the shallows just below the barrier.

The outlet is definitely low. Lots of light colored fish that must have been new arrivals from the lake. No pike visible.

Where are thes monsters in the summer?

[Gator]

We went on Easter and there were hundreds of walleye stacked in lower stretch by the parking area, but none right up at the dam. The dam itself had a bunch of bullhead and panfish trying to make the run...never seen that before. Couple of pike in the run just below the dam.

[Waylander The Green]

Scramp I should'nt have answered so matter of fact like that. I'm not an expert but a DEC guy told me that the walleye were running a while back so when I went to check out the pike spawning I figured the walleye were all done because I didnt see any but I did see some pike. Anyway I appologize I should have stated how and where I got the info. Hope everyone had a great Easter.

[snyder]

I took my family up there saturday and there were lots of walleye by the parking area. I noticed the bullhead up by the dam too.

[thurman]

how you get there and what are you guys using to catch them? fishing from the shore productive at all?

[NitroMusky]

no ones fishing...just watching the spawning run. the seasons closed right now for eyes.

there is access and parking on just off W lake rd on the first road that runs E/W south of the lake. pretty cool to see. go check it out

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[solgrande]

Nitro...i know it`s easy pickings but you`ll have to wait for the opener No wearing of hip waders either,I would`nt want you to "accidently"have one of the hogs jump into a leg

[NitroMusky]

damn.so I guess that means 'swimming' downstream with my XXXL hip waders on would probably be frowned upon too

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[solgrande]

Hey brad...i`ve got a 10"amma bamma crankbait(new for 2010)that was donated to be sold at auction(for the bait fund).I`ll be putting it up soon.This will be great for them giant tigers and pike in conesus. .

sol

[windburn]

Saw some slob 'eyes at the inlet today. Not as thick as past years but our timing may be off a bit. No northerns. Seems the water level is quite low this year. Water was clear.

[jimski2]

The walleye do not spawn on the time set by the DEC closed season rules. They spawn when the water temperature and their metabolism happen to the right conditions. In Lake Erie Eastern Basin, they spawn in late May some years and in Ohio waters they spawn a month earlier. The success of the spawn is less important than the success of the fry and fingerlings reaching a survivable size. Predators such as perch can decimate any successful hatch. We must remember to keep the perch and smelt numbers under control if you want good walleye fishing.