Conesus this sunday..how they biting in the region??

[kingfisher42]

Heading to Conesus lake sunday for a week per you guys recommendations when i asked last fall/winter. Got a house on Honeoye. Prob fish that too. How they biting? Whats water temps and stage they are in?

Im prob gonna hit Cayuga at least once too. I have never been to finger lakes area. Only chautauqua lake. Are there any of the other finger lakes you guys think i should hit?

And certain restaurants or pizza i need to check out in the conesus honeoye area??

Cant wait!!
Thanks for any help

[zaremskij]

Conesus will have a good number of fish on beds
Last weekend the bigger ones were still offshore/prespawn
Water temps will range from high 50s to low-mid 60s

Cayuga will fish pretty well
Again I would look offshore up north
Look for rock piles and maybe new grass and you should find fish

Skaneateles is really clear lake that can be really fun to catch good smallmouth
Sodus Bay will be flooded but the fishing should be really good right now
Oneida should be fishing pretty well too if you want to make a longer drive

[Pagregss]

Definitely hit the 3 Legged Pig in Livonia for some awesome BBQ! One of the things I look forward to when I stay up there for tournaments.

Also, if you like craft beers and local wines, check out the Cornerstone Market in Honeoye. They have all sorts of growlers and wines from local breweries/wineries. Pretty neat place and they have some good food as well.

You may also consider making a ride over to Silver lake in Perry. It's to the west of Conesus. Big largemouth and smallmouth in there and it's a smaller lake, so it gets overlooked often.

Post back on what you find, please. I'm heading up there on the 8th for 5 days. Staying in a house on Conesus.

[kingfisher42]

Not a good start. Started fishing at 2 or so on honeoye. Got 10. Rough weather too start. When sun came out didn’t see anything swimming. Threw bout everything except lures with treble hooks lol. Worked docks and the weed line.

Trying decide on conesus or Cayuga tomorrow. Wind nnw 10-20. Watch’s think?

[Murph44]

Cayuga is doing well 4-6 pounders... fishing less than 6 ft

[Pagregss]

10-20 winds will likely make Cayuga ugly.

[zaremskij]

If the winds are out of the south for sure. East or west can be manageable depending on what you're willing to put up with

[kingfisher42]

Winds were rough. Ended up with 25. Some nice ones. Launched by campground. Had to stay in west side cause of wind. Couldn’t even fish north of rail road. They were rolling in there!!

and them damn stupid pike lol!!!!

gonna try conesus our tomorrow.

[zaremskij]

Glad to hear Cayuga still worked even with the wind!
Hopefully today is treating you better with the weather

[kingfisher42]

Glad to hear Cayuga still worked even with the wind!
Hopefully today is treating you better with the weather

weather better. Getting cloudy tho. fishing is not better today on conesus. Still few smb on bed. Sawcouple lmb on bed. Only 6 fish so far

[dmackaravitz]

Kingfisher, I ran into you this morning at the launch.

Day was a little slow for me. Only fished until about 1. Caught all of mine on the East side.

Hopefully you found some big ones

[kingfisher42]

Kingfisher, I ran into you this morning at the launch.

Day was a little slow for me. Only fished until about 1. Caught all of mine on the East side.

Hopefully you found some big ones

were you the guy who launched right b4 us? We only ended up with 10-12. Saw bunch cruising. Some Smb still on beds

that lake is better than that right? Lol. I pitched at docks all day!!

[Pagregss]

My experience with Conesus and dock fishing is that you've got to get the bait way back under there. Most folks can only flip around the edges. Skipping is a must there.

[harrys]

are the large mouth done spawning on Conesus already, i am going there on the opener and just wondering what to expect....

[Pagregss]

I'm heading there in the morning for 5 days. I'll let you know if I see spawners.