Cayuga Lake
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Lily Pads
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
60°
Jimmy Ward
Bronze Ambassador
5/19/24
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
61°
3-5 Ft Mid Lake
Jimmy Ward
Bronze Ambassador
5/19/24
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
61°
3-5 ft of water.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
65°
Largemouth are spawning around weed clumps in 6-8 ft of water
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Ledges
Forage
Perch
Fishing was tough, but i did manager to catch a few smallmouth. Cayuga is a huge body of water and seems like sometimes you just don't run into them. The smallies really do seem to be keying in on perch.
Jimmy Ward
Bronze Ambassador
5/17/24
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
60°
8-10 Ft of water.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Perch
Water Temperature
61°
Found a nice group of fish setting up to spawn. Had quantity but not quality as far as overall weight. Put two dozen fish in the boat in about 45mins by throwing a shadow rap at a medium tempo around sparse grass in 5-8’ of water. Water temp in the area was 61 with stained water.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Docks
I know it's not the sexiest, but it's hard to beat a 4" senko around docks during this time of year. I often rig it wacky, but sometimes texas rigged with a 1/4-3/8 bullet weight. Green pumpkin with red flake is my go-to, but have also found success with black & blue flake in stained water.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Docks
Forage
Bluegill
Fishing is getting good on Cayuga! The fish are moving up and seem to love the docks. I caught a ton of fish skipping a jig around docks! Water temps are in the mid 50s
