Canandaigua 6-26-15 (all over)

[Sk8man]

Went solo starting at 5:50 AM to get the jump on the recreational boaters, sailboats, and jet skis   So much for that theory once I stayed again for the afternoon freaking sailboat ran across my lines

 

Started at the water plant again and went with 2 downriggers with sliders and a 6 color leadcore....trolled for 2 1/2 hrs at north end back and forth caught one poor laker and then not even legally....guess he had a worse day than me...but he took off afterward OK (see pic).

 

Long story shorter...I trolled all along the east side from across from water plant to Vine Valley cut across to the condos and trolled entire west side  back to north end from 50 ft - 257 ft and marked a few bait pods but only 3 fish on the screen during the whole time....unreal! Quit at 4 PM. Pretty discouraging  screens no matter where I went other than a few fish near the water plant early AM. Tried about 60 plus spoons, coppers, dipsies with all sorts of combos  rocking the boat and about everything else I could think of but nothing worked for me today.

Edited June 26, 2015 by Sk8man

[Rainbow Kid]

ditto on the south end,..

 I dropped ole Seth green float and side pole by white rock,..110 fow....saw some groups of marks on the bottom,..made a wide swing back through and dropped the 30oz into the crowd.....nuthin!!

continued up to vine valley,..went west and south to cooks point,...marked some fish,.. mainly bottom huggers 95 to 110 fow...nothing out deep,,and nothing on the trip across in 200'.

  I did have a large turd pile on the dacron of fleas,,...not so much on the wire...

  Water was nice green/clear color like back in the day,...looked perfect,...North wind +-high pressure=cold front....shoulda figured tough fishing...I went more just to go...1st trip outa Woodville this year.....no hits !!

then some college chick was checking the boat as I left....I did not bother to tell her the time to look was 12 years ago,...

     you don't know until you Go!

      RK

[Sk8man]

Thanks Jim I was wondering if anything happened south of me and you answered that real well. had to laugh about your comment regarding the girls checking for invasive species.....I said about the same to the one at the north end..."kinda like trying to deal with something when the horse has not only been out of the barn but out for many years" her response was "I need to see if there are any mussels on your boat to try to prevent them from being taken to Honeoye".  I too was thinking about pulling rigs but the stiff north wind eliminated that thought quickly once I got to Vine Valley   I encountered some light fleas on the leadcore but this morning the real pain was the long thin green grass strands that got into everything....didn't see much of it south. Some sticks floating out there too as well as some dead warm water species of fish.

Edited June 27, 2015 by Sk8man

[devoknevo]

................ her response was "I need to see if there are any mussels on your boat to try to prevent them from being taken to Honeoye".

....well that's funny you should say that because a couple weeks ago we were fishing Honeoye and I caught a zebra mussel. I saved it figuring the marine biologists' would need a sample. When I gave it to the girl doing the survey she wasn't even interested and gave it back to me (like I needed it).

Great survey once again.

Edited June 27, 2015 by devoknevo

[Sk8man]

Wow.....sure makes you scratch your head in disbelief   The thing that they are actually supposed to be most concerned about is that really nasty invasive weed  that made its way to Cayuga at Ithaca and they are hoping to contain it and hopefully eradicate it while it is somewhat isolated I think. That is a good thing...but as far as the zebras and quaggas etc. it is way too late to do much there. There are some real problems with the launch ramp approach starting with the fact that the "students" are only there during "business hours" When I came back in a 6 PM the other day there was a line of boats waiting to enter the water and the girl had gone home

Edited June 27, 2015 by Sk8man

[Rainbow Kid]

Right on with the weed.! how the DEC or NYstate can identify and deal with that remains a mystery on both sides.There is another weed in the creeks on the east side of NY...forgive me ",snot weed"!? It is a thick matt that clings to rocks and chokes out everything. Even in moving water and is gritty to touch.Look on the DEC web page..I fear that and the weeds that choke out Saratoga Lake every year..I pray the Finger Lakes are deep enough and cold enough that if this green crap shows up on a Trailer or Bait bucket,..it cannot survive.

Plus,..nothing for nothing,,the state funded college kids are great...but I would prefer and independent Trained specialist on watch....Just saying,

             Tight lines