Duane1982

We may not have 10lbers but numbers wise in CNY I think would be hard to beat. I think a big part of why people from the Ne aren't on the elites is the fisheries up here are much different than down there. We have clear water with lots of weed growth and flats. Probably 10x the numbers of tx's are won down south on cranks than up here.

I'm usually out there until Late Sept early October. Once the wind kicks up in the fall you get very few days you can manage out there with the wind, waves and cold.

I got one last year. Figured I would be smart and leave it in the glove box of the boat, by the time I forgot about it then remembered , opened it back up it was pretty much useless. -5 points for me.

Good stuff guys. For whatever reason I only go into the lake once mid-july hits. I'll make it a point this year to get out there on one of the first warm days after ice out and see if there is any difference in catch rate. Has anyone went out and looked for beds to see how many spawn in your areas?

Fish were scattered on a couple different spots with no numbers. At our annual club banquet Sunday they had a marine biologist from Cornell speaking about Oneida Lake. Some questions were brought up about Lake O's southern shore. He relayed some thoughts from some colleagues that thought the smallie numbers were way down Rochester to Oswego. He had no answers as to why. I'm thinking vhs might have wiped out a bunch. I've heard tales of a few years ago thousands of smallies dead in the lake at a thermocline .

I think they had these boats up for auction and they went in the 5-7k range and there was a reserve. I could be wrong but pretty sure.

I went out Saturday and got 3 on tubes. I'm fishing out of port bay but can get anywhere fairly quickly in calm water. What dept were you fishing. Mine cam 18-24 feet.

I've ran into multiple people now that are reporting getting into some 3+ pounders out there. The reports also are that the fish are coming in shallower than earlier in the year. I'm hoping to get out this Saturday and "validate" these reports.

I trolled this evening for over an hour outside of port bay from 50ft in to 30 ft with no takers and nothing showing on the graph. I've heard reports of fish lately but have yet to get into them.

The problem lies in finding the nomadic little buggers.They don't hold onto the spots they used to.

The lake might be a bit tough to find them in. They don't appear to be around in the numbers they used to be.

Fair haven has been good to me this year. Hope it fairs the same for you!

If the weather holds and my circuit boat arrives for my trolling motor I'll be out there. If I can't get the tm working I might try the big O and see if I can't get on a good drift.

I've spent a couple hours searching and have not located anything except for a few wanderers

stren sonic braid imho is 10x better than power pro or fireline.