Seneca Lake

Yates - New York


  • 38 catches

  • 688 followers

  • 13 spots

Largest of the "Finger Lakes" and the deepest inland lake in New York. Famous for Lake Trout and huge Yellow Perch. Excellent but underfished Smallmouth Bass. Brown Trout are trophy size. 43,343 acres.

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Seneca Lake Fishing Reports

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  1. Tim Crowley
    - Seneca Lake

    The perch were fat. Caught some nice smallmouth as well .

    Yellow Perch

    1. Dave Jerry 0
      Great
    2. Robert Coleman 0
      WOW, those colors POP!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
    3. George Horvath 0
      Nice 👍
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  2. Tim Crowley
    - Seneca Lake

    Earliest I’ve hit the Finger Lakes. Couldn’t get fish finders to power up. Wasn’t able to find key weigh points .

    Lake Trout with a Keitech Swing Impact

    1. George Horvath 0
      Nice 👍 one ☝️
  3. Jim Patterson
    - Seneca Lake

    Yellow Perch

    1. Chase Williams 0
      Yellow perch have those stripes and a fin. that's a trout
    2. George Horvath 0
      Looks like a lake trout
    3. Christopher Smith 0
      damn world record yellow perch🤣.
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  4. Jason Palladino
    - Seneca Lake

    The kidos can't wait to see the morning catch.

    18.0 in. Landlocked Salmon with a Dreamweaver DW Spoon

  5. Jason Palladino
    - Seneca Lake

    24.0 in. Landlocked Salmon with a Dreamweaver DW Spoon

  6. Bill Pealer
    - Seneca Lake

    3 lb. 6 oz. 19 in. Smallmouth Bass with a Softshell Crab Crayfish

  7. Bill Pealer
    - Seneca Lake

    3 lb. 16 in. Largemouth Bass with a Worm

  8. Matthew read
    - Seneca Lake

    8 lb. Rainbow Trout with a Mepps Aglia Wooly Worm Spin Fly

    1. Tim Crowley 0
      Beautiful monster!
    2. Robert Pollock 0
      nice, but that is a fall picture isn't it?
    3. Josh Sommerville 0
      TROPHY👍🏻👍🏻
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  9. Dean Moore
    - Seneca Lake

    Details: 32 in. Northern Pike with a Rapala Glass Shad Raps

    Caught off dock 80 ft cast hit 40 ft from dock.

  10. Nate Galimore
    - Seneca Lake

    Vertical Jigging northend flats

    6 lb. 13 oz. 27 in. Lake Trout with a Spoon

    1. Neal Drown 0
      going to Seneca first time mid August. Will rent a boat, so will not have a fish finder. Any helpful hints are much appreciated.
    2. Dan Culp 0
      Nice fish my man
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