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Toolman
06-12-2002, 06:04 AM
Anybody doing any good on Seneca Lake ('eyes) lately? I am going there this weekend and could use a little help w/ locations and presentations.
Thanks,
Tim
Paul H
06-12-2002, 12:25 PM
I was there Monday (10th) at daybreak. Trolled the big island with spinner, worm and bottom bouncer - couple catfish, only made two passes and gave up. Tried around the submerged road, couple catfish. NO Walleye - talked to a couple others - lots of cats - no walleye, a few white bass.
I was about 50/50 bass/walleye - not really good on either - water was 77 degrees clear, about normal pool,
AND NO I'M NOT A SENECA WALLEYE EXPERT - open to any suggestions.
Toolman
06-14-2002, 07:31 AM
TTT,
Anybody?!? No baseball tomorrow. I'm goin' fishin'! Probably should hit the Western Basin but need to prefish Seneca. Anybody got any info? At least a starting place? Thanks.
Tim
eyeguy
06-16-2002, 03:35 PM
Toolman is there a eye tourney on seneca? when and who?
Toolman
06-17-2002, 05:43 AM
eyeguy,
GFO (Go Fish Ohio) Cabela's Walleye Tournament June 29.
Event/tourney
http://www.gfowalleyetour.com/
I haven't seen Jim Corey on-line much for the last several weeks .. the last I heard from Jim was that he had some unresolved I-Net Bug problems & a heavy workload. I hope he can answer a few Qs before the tourney :-). See you there Toolman, I'll be fishin' with Jeff/ILreel!
Ray
your going to have to do your homework and figure it out yourself
Jim Corey
06-18-2002, 10:24 AM
Seneca Lake was picked for this event because of its fairly central location, ramp/parking facilities, and the variety of fish-holding locations and presentations. The Walleyes here can be successfully targeted with Crankbaits, either trolled or casted, jigs, spoons, bladebaits, harness/bouncers, slip bobbers, etc..Of the last 9 events hosted by the Southern Ohio Walleye Club on this lake, 1 was won on bouncer/crawler harnesses, 1 on jigs, 2 trolling cranks, 1 casting cranks on windy rocks, and 4 on jigging spoons. There are many rocky points, sharp drops, shale banks, humps, flats, roadbeds, etc., that hold feeding Walleyes. Substrates include mud, sand, gravel, rock, and shale. The forage base consists mainly of Gizzard Shad but the young-of-the-year White Bass are also a prime forage when they are of the right size. Other forage includes Crawfish, Mayflies, small Perch, Bass, Crappies, etc..
Toolman
06-18-2002, 10:33 AM
Thanks Jim,
I'll probably prefish again this Sunday. If you are going to be there, let me know, maybe we can talk. Hey rob. Thanks for the tip!
Tim
Timbo toolman
06-18-2002, 09:17 PM
I fished all day sat. 15th, managed 1 keeper on crawler harness in 12 ft. water.I fish this lake frequently bu don't have much luck as I seldom get a chance to go when they are hitting. You know-Should have been here yesterday! I talk to a lot of people fishing here and it seems that this is a shallow bite lake as a lot of bass fishermen catch walleyes while bassin the banks. Also I've heard the best time of day is the middle of the afternoon on a hot summer day in 2 to 5 ft. of water. Probably do to the normal turbidity of this lake do to powerboaters and jet skiers tearing up the lake. Especially on weekends!
Hey .. Thanks for the Info Timbo toolman & Jim Corey! :-)
Kinda sounds more like S-Eye methods than W-Eye .. anyway, I haven't been on Seneca since the 70s in a Bass tourney. Jeff & I are not prefishin' & we wanted to mostly attend the tourney/event to meet other Ohio I-Guys & get away from IL for a day, as we are a pair of IL S-Eye Guys - (BASS) Harry/Raybob & Charlie/Jeff :-). You'll probably see us out in the middle doin' a Erie program w/PBs .. is there a Boobie Prize for the largest Skiier hung on a PB :-)
We'll have Fun & we hope someone drops the Hammer!
See Ya,
Ray
Update from Jim Corey on the Seneca Tourney:
Sorry but all the time that I have available to spend on the 'Puter has been taken up
with fighting viruses and trying to maintain my sanity. I'm beginning to hate this darn
thing.
We still stand at less than 40 pre-registered, which is great for Ohio. Erie and the
Ohio River have Buckeye anglers conditioned to wait till the last minute to see what
the weather does. There have been a few cancellations due to a larger event out of
state that conflicts on the same date. Reports of 'Eye fishing on Seneca are conflicting.
Some anglers are doing well and others are doing poorly. Casting jig/tail combos
seems to be the ticket right now but that could change drastically between now and
the event. We are still looking for nearly a full field on the 29th. See you guys there!!!!
__________________
Jim Corey
http://66.216.66.212/forum/showthread.php?s=caa3830080657cb5c003b505f2eb383a&postid=138684#post138684
Toolman
06-21-2002, 10:44 AM
Jim,
Thanks for the update. All you Ohio 'eye guys-let's make this a great event! See you on the 29th.
Tim
tpet96
06-27-2002, 05:33 AM
See all of you there. Will be fishing in a grey Lund with "yesterday" from the boards. Good luck to all!
Erie, you probably won't be the only ones running Erie patterns before it's over ;) I'll shoot ya an e here quickly.
Jim,
>Thanks for the update. All you Ohio 'eye guys-let's make
>this a great event! See you on the 29th.
>Tim