what stage of spawn are they in?

I'm guessing a wave of largemouth have already gone through. This weekend should be a big weekend for the spawn. Well at least near me which is only ~2 hours away from Chautauqua. Not sure about the smallies tho.

I just moved out of NY to Mass, but Chautauqua is/was about my fav inland lake in NY

Id say they are def late prespawn still...the males will be right up near the bank by now, but you got a week before the females come up, prob peak early the 2nd week in june. just an edu guess tho