Red Cross on Seneca

[ac holmes]

I fished with "Dangerous Dave" in my boat a full day on Sat and 1/2 day day, Sun. We fished the South end from Watkins to Peach Orchard Pt. and boated several smaller LLs and lakers...nothing of any size at all. We fished hard and effectively with spoons, wire divers, SD and flies and in desperation late today I pounded the bottom with a Pflueger #4, old style way of fishing, and took one small Laker. We found 48-52 degree water at 40-50 feet and marked many, many fish and tons of bait. The marks were almost all at the 30-60 feet level and we watched a few "streakers"

take a run at in our offerings off the downriggers, but no bites. I marked a few of what I think were quite large fish, but no bites.

The good news is the new boat fishes very well...the Auto Helm holds a good course with a stiff breeze on the nose and the lobster style "downeast" hull dry and indifferent to the Seneca Lake chop.

Here are a few shots of TARA TOO before I fitted her out for charter fishing..