Re: Oneida Lake
Oneida lake is a shallow lake with mostly warm water species.Mainly walleye at that.Most Walleye is smaller than in the finger lakes,but there are gazillions of them.It is also a very busy lake.Once you are all the way in Upstate NY you may want to do Seneca or Keuka lake. Both are famous for all sorts of trout and land locked salmon.1 pound + yellow perch is what you come to expect in these lakes.There are very many great lodgings in the Fingerlakes area, a huge amount of vineyards and wineries (tastings)and to top it off there is the windmill in Penn Yan. This is an Amish market.It opens every saturday and it is lots of fun.It is just really nice to mingle with these people who seem to have a close to nature happiness that most people miss these days.The trout in Keuka lake are the largest because the lamprey never penetrated there. It is also arguably the cleanest water in the finger lakes.You can see minnows swimming at 20 to 30 feet depth.Keuka Lake is my favorite because starting in the eastern branch at 10 feet depth I can start with walleye, bass,perch and pike and continuing south one can change to coldwater fish.At the end of the day it is common to have a creel of limits of every fish I just mentioned.For the perch.It is a good idea to bring a five gallon bucket along, those one pound plus buggers tend to fill these buckets fast.But have a care,the perch limit is 50 fish in NY.
