Hey shellback
I've seen you post before and know you fish NYS some. I used to live in Rochester and had a cottage on Keuka Lake. Fished that lake and Canandaigua for 12 years. Never did anything with crappie, but I can help you on trout. In the next few weeks and up 'til memorial day when the water gets up to 48-52 degrees every fish in the lake will be in the top 6' of water. I used to troll j-7 Rapalas in Firetiger 6' down on the downriggers and topline the same lures. This is when you get the big fish. We also used to drift with smelt or sawbellies (alewives) 4' down under a bobber on a fairly clam day. From the dock we caught huge perch (takes a big perch to eat a 6" sawbelly), bullheads, trout and 4-6lb smallmouth (put 'em back--season's closed). Used to plan a week vacation just for fishin' around Mother's Day. The full moon in May is usually when the 'bellies run into shore to spawn and the close in fishin' is really good. Now I'm livin" in South Carolina and I'm gettin' the hang of crappie fishin'. Got some nice biguns down here. If you ever come this way give me a hollar.
One taste of the bait
is worth the pain of the hook
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