Owasco Lake
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Species
Yellow PerchSeason
Spring (Current)
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Top Techniques Reported for Yellow Perch + Spring
Total Fishing Reports
8
Top Species Reported for Spring
Largemouth Bass2 Reports
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Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Drop Shot
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
47°
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Spinnerbaits
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
49°
Species
Yellow PerchSeason
Winter
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Water Temperature
36°
Fun trip out chasing Perch on Owasco Lake. We found the fish roaming rock rubble and sand flats with scattered weed beds in the 15- to 28-foot range. Best bait was a 3/16 oz. Hayabusa FPJ960 Jig Head dressed with, a Keitech 3 or 3.5 Easy Shiner and a Keitech 2.8 Fat Swing Impact, cast it out, let it fall to the bottom on a semi-tight line and begin a slow steady retrieve. Fifty percent of the strikes occurred as you began the retrieve and if that didn’t happen then I’d kill the retrieve, let the bait fall for a 2 or 3 count then start the retrieve again and that’d usually generate the strike. Most of the bites were very light, as the perch would just swim up behind the bait, take it in, and keep swimming toward you. I did have a few that crushed it on the strike, but today that was the exception and not the rule. Super fun times casting these Keitech Swimbaits using a Temple Fork Outfitters Professional Series rod, model PRO S763-1, 7’ 6”, ML power fast action, paired with a Shimano Spinning reel spooled with 4 lb. test line. All said and done, three of us caught over 200 perch in a 4-to 5-hour session casting Keitech swimbaits.
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