honeoye open

Queit, yes, but starring at our plaques, no!

[email protected] and I had a tough day today. To sum it up, I stuck to a non-working pattern all day in hopes of the fish "turning on", but they never did. We ended up with 3 smallies and 2 largemouth for 7.4 pounds.

Both Seth and Ted faired a little better, but not much.

It seems most of the big fish in the tx (largemouth anyway) came out of very shallow water, like 2-3 feet. I guess with the heat wave on Friday, that moved them in.

Avon Anglers had an awesome turnout with 41 boats. That's right, 41 boats in November!!! Even saw some guys out there that would normally be sitting in trees this time of year.

Ron Hill and son Brandon won with 15.7 pounds. Second was 14 and change, and I believe 3rd was 12 and change. The next three bags in the 10's (including my dad with 10.50) and the rest were less than that.

Even though we had a pitiful day on the water, Joe and I had a great time! We spent the day trying to figure out where these fish went, or what would make them bite if they didn't go anywhere. We never did answer our question(s). Joe's P and J sandwiches were excellent, along with the Peach Snapples. Thanks Joe!! (and BTW "Top Gun"!! I knew I would think of it LOL!!)

Well, my prefish report was pretty much on track. Honeoye was its usual self. Easy to catch fish, impossible to find big fish.

Charlie and I started on the usual east side drift. Right away, we had a few in the boat on the first drift. Nothing over 2 lbs. The 2nd drift never put a keeper in the boat, but I did have a good one come unbuttoned along with 2 other small ones!!??!! That tube had something wrong with it....I decided to "store" it out in about 25' of water!

The next drift produced 1 more keeper, but still no size. The next drift filled the limit, and yet another good fish came off. After gently setting my rod down and thinking about what I am doing wrong, i went back to drifting. On a lake like Honeoye, you just can't lose good fish, you may not get many chances!!!

We drifted a few more times, culling for a couple of ounces. Our first 12 fish of the day were all Brown....not even a dink largie! We decided to go flipping in hopes of finding a bigger fish, and we really never did. We sorted out 2 of the brown fish with green fish, but still nothing over 2 lbs. We weighed in a dismal 8.48 lbs for a middle of the pack finish.

On to Conesus!!!

Seth V

Hi Guys,

I had company over the weekend so I'm a little late getting on. It was not a terrific day of 'catching' for Noel and I, but it was a terrific day of fishing, laughing, strategizing, etc., etc. (Good job Noel comming up with Top Gun, but his handle was 'Maverick' - I think it's a 'draw').

I got a pretty good feel for 'dragging', at least enough to start figuring it out on my own (Noel caught the keepers and I caught the peepers). In addition, Noel gave me a lot of information regarding when, where, etc. so I've got a good start.

It wasn't a good day for pics, so we didn't end up with any except for the weight in photo (the Avon guys put on quite a show). It was very nice to see Noel's Dad and Stepmom, looked like they had a good time (his Dad almost cashed).

Thanks again for the ride Noel, I hope we can do it again sometime.

Joe K.