Pan Fishing the Seneca/Cayuga Canal

Wow, Summer is almost over and the weather has been great. These past July evenings I found myself wading with sneakers into cool creek beds. And engaging my usual summer task of seeking out rock bass and small mouth. The water has been changing almost hourly. Some days it's high water and cloudy because of storms up stream. Other creeks are low and clear which did not yield a lot of fish. Kim and I also took the boat out and had success with spinning rods.

One evening my brother Marvin and Kim and I went to an old favorite spot. It was difficult at first finding the right fly. Usually, after tossing a few tinsel nymphs, the fish come out of hiding. Before dusk we managed to hook several pan fish. I have no pics of that evening which tells you that they were not worth photographing.

I do have pics of the canal trip my brother Paul and his friends toured. It was late July and we got together on the Seneca/Cayuga canal and traveled to Seneca lake and also up the Erie canal. As rule I do not fish this area, but have been attracted to the Cayuga area since last spring. I always fish rivers to the west of home but now am finding new waters and streams and the lakes East.

Some bass are just not safe around this guy. :)

Kim and I met up with Paul and Frank one night for fly fishing the canal. Kim did really well with a bait casting rod. The rest of us were having fun with top water flies.
It was later that week that the big fish started to be caught and netted.









As July finished up, I realized that most of my free evenings were spent driving home late from fishing.
 










Hopefully this weekend I'll be engaging in midnight fishing.