Perch on Seneca ?

[chinook35]

I would like to bring my 83 year old buddy down to fish for perch (his favorite fish ) . We are coming from Watertown on July 6th or 7th , and would appreciate any info that you could provide . I have fished the LT derby many times but never chased the big perch . We will buy bait and launch at Roy's . Thanks in advance for your help . Mark

[Sk8man]

The search for "Seneca Gold" is sort of like prospecting for real gold and the locations of the "mines" are hard to come by from veteran local fishermen. This time of year and given where you are launching from I'd say try right in Glass Factory Bay just to the north of Roy's (near where the Geneva Country Club is) and start out in 15 -20 ft of water and drift around looking for them. Go deeper if you can't locate them in shallow. They can be anywhere this time of year. Softshell crabs (expensive if you can even find them  use half at a time) or small grass crabs, left over spikes or fat head minnows usually work either on small jigs or just with usual double  hook and line set ups with sinker at bottom. depending on wind/wave conditions can either drift for them or try to locate and then anchor away from them and cast back into them. They spook easily in the clear water and shallow and electric trolling motors can help. Good luck.

Edited June 30, 2015 by Sk8man

[chinook35]

thanks Sk8man , Glass factory was  going to be my first stop . Hope to hook up with a few slob perch . Fishing at Henderson has been poor to non existent lately . We hit them on the St. Lawrence a couple of weeks ago , but it's getting late up there .