Anyone fishing from shore (With luck?)

[GoodKnight]

Stopped into taughannock yesterday for a few hours later in the morning but no luck. Curious on peoples opinion of what depth the fish are at with peculiar weather like this.

[Big Spoon]

They're all over the place, from in close to out deep.  On Tuesday morning I caught one casting from shore that hit in waist-deep water.  Matter of right place, right time.  Just be there early, they'll slide out as the sun gets higher.

[steelydan]

Mon morning we saw a guy catch a 25" plus salmon on a fly rod off the shore at taughannock.We were coming in to go up north to deans. Lent him a net, his buddy was trying to tail it.

[FishingTheFL]

I saw couple jumping, chasing bait and flies for about 10mins. Then nothing. Maybe the trolling boat approaching stopped the action but it was neat to watch them chase bait just under the surface, even jump a couple times. Water had to be only waist deep and clear

[GoodKnight]

What time of day would that have been? @FishingtheFL?

[FishingTheFL]

Between 10 and 12:30. Fish started jumping around 12, right after everyone else left lol. I was casting spoons and drop shot with worms. I forgot my back pack with lures in it so I was stuck with what I had with me.

I bet something imitating stone flies probably would do well. Tons of them down there

[GoodKnight]

No kidding. I was at taughannock dropshotting minnows for a few hours to no avail Wednesday. Guess ill have to switch up tactics.

Edited March 11, 2016 by GoodKnight

[FishingTheFL]

My plan was to use gulp smelt with a jig head... but forgot my back pack lol

[hermit]

In my experience that's how it usually is there especially with salmon.  Long periods of nothing happening punctuated by streaks of hot fishing.  

 

The minnows might have been fine but you were maybe there an hour early or late.  Early morning seems to be better, though plenty can happen all day.  Might catch nothing for four hours then several within a few minutes.  I've even seen people catch down a line, starting at one side of the park then progressing to the other as a school moves through.   Man I love Taughannock for so many reasons!

[GoodKnight]

@fishingtheFL do you use a slip bobber with that?

[FishingTheFL]

No just a new technique I wanted to try not sure if it works

[Ahab]

The good shore fishing right now is along the tracks 1/2 mile north of Meyers park. Big fish not those 14" dink salmon that are being caught on flies at TF.

[FishingTheFL]

Caught one today about 8am. Also caught a stupid seagull chasing my lure as it dropped in the water. Line landed on his wing... Best mannered bird I've ran into. Didn't peck at me and he was easily released. Salmon was 17.5 so he went back.

Edited March 15, 2016 by FishingTheFL

[GoodKnight]

Were you using a gulp smelt with jig head from shore? How do you do that?