Any advice for a midweek trip to Cayuga

[cellar]

I haven't been out at all in the last 2 months and want to catch a few more before the year is out. I also have never fall fished the finger lakes. Will be trolling... So any advice you could give would really help. Thanks!

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[moonfish]

The bass masters tourney was won on the north end by KVD on a large flat with thick weeds. Cast into holes with LIGHT weight or weightless finesse worms. Not sure what the depth is, looked somewhat shallow, but might get lucky with a couple catches if they have begun transition to deeper water. If not shallow go deeper.

[Big Spoon]

Did well deep last week. LLs and lakers. Down 110 on the riggers, 300 on wire with mags 2-3 setting. Spinny/fly and spoons.

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[Frisco]

Last trip up the Thermocline was 110' and the fleas were back, the fish are still there, we targeted silvers so we stayed with spoons!

[cellar]

Thanks for input. Any thoughts on Meyer's vs Long Point?

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[58Johnson]

The water is likely to be somewhat cloudy due to the heavy recent rain.

 

Meyers has had tons of debris washed out of Salmon Creek by the storm. The launch is clear but watch for debris out in the lake.

 

Long Point is always a good launch. Less runoff up north may make for cleaner trolling. 

 

You will likely need to switch up techniques to see what is working. I like the idea of flasher/fly combos for the fish attracting properties, but I have been amazed at how sucessful things like leadcore have been after bad storms. You just never know in unsettled conditions. Also as was said before, the water remains warm, so you may have to fish deeper to locate fish. Mix it up until they bite. Your timing might be great to find some hungry fish that have been looking for a meal for many days.

 

Let us know how it goes...

[moonfish]

Cellar - OMG... I THOUGHT YOU WERE TRYING BASS FOR LAST TIME....sorry bout that, have to laugh at self for that one

[relentless]

Flasher flies out on the wire divers 200 to 225' has been working for me all fall. 70 to 100 down on the riggers with spoons or FF.

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[cellar]

Report for yesterday:

Blew a trailer tire on the way to the lake, so I launched out of Meyers at 9am.  Came out and ran across to the west side and started a north troll south of Taughannock.  Surface temp was 58 degrees, Thermocline was at 110-120.  We marked fish and bait on the sonar in the 70-130 range for the majority of the day. We ran riggers and wire divers started out with FF and bare spoons and picked up a few lakers, switched it up with some cowbells with limited sucess.  Then trolled across the lake to the power plant landed 5, lost 2 others  Turned and headed south picked up a few but finally found the ticket a bit after lunch.  We turned and headed north with small dodgers and small spoons and had multiple simultaneous hookups with nice lakers and LL landed, headed back to the launch at 5:00pm .  All in all a great day, the advice was spot on.  Thanks!