Cayuga 11-15-13 Report and Herbiecam Vid

[Skippers Trophy 01]

Tried the South end for a few hours on Friday. Went 8 for 9 including a couple small Salmon, one Bow, and several Brownies, one of which was colored up real nice.

A few pics:

Video didn't come out very clear, water was very green.

[Keep'n it Reel]

Having footage of fish following makes you wonder would have made them strike speed change , lead length, depth change, slight color change cameras can be help full and having a way to do a instant feed back on board the boat would be priceless in a situation like that

[Sk8man]

Nice going! That brown did have some nice coloration too....Thanks for the video also. Sure makes me wish I hadn't put the boat away but I had no choice the winterization guys are off hunting now so had to get it wrapped up beforehand. Man...I was thinking exactly the same thing as I watched Joe....

Edited November 19, 2013 by Sk8man

[Keep'n it Reel]

Nick from reel stories and I have ran the under water cameras before and have had some awesome footage but also some that can be frustrating seeing the number of fish that looked at a lure and didn't hit can some times be discouraging but also a great learning opportunity seeing how the fish react to the lures and follow them sometimes for a long time before striking or just drifting back out if view

[Sk8man]

I've often thought about the fact that we assume that we aren't going over fish when we see nothing on the screen but the videos suggest that much can go on outside the cone of the transducer and also we may think they aren't biting at all when its mainly a matter of them not quite getting hold of the lure. Interesting  that one fish that first checked out the Spinney real quick and then went back to the lure and chased....classic case of how it's supposed to work

Edited November 19, 2013 by Sk8man

[Keep'n it Reel]

Can't agree more some of my best fishing days came from a 15' northport troller no electronics at all on it had to listen to what the fish where saying and how they wanted the presentation, I got a fish finder and I notice myself giving that more attention then what I prob should be don't get me wrong they are amazing tools but I don't depend on mine to find me fish on the finger lakes at least

[Skippers Trophy 01]

After three seasons of filming at the lure, we have come to the conclusion that we are using that line as an attractor only.  We rarely get a strike on that presentation, and believe it is useful in bringing fish into the spread, and some of those fish end up hitting the dipsy or other rigger line.

Overall happy to see some healthy looking fish come out of this lake, as all were in good shape with only one Lamprey hit on the bunch.

[Keep'n it Reel]

Good deal and that's odd that the rig with the camera gets fewer strikes I had never noticed a difference before when we did it

[Nautitroller]

Great video and very nice catch! Love Cayuga!