There are still in shallow, too, in spots... Marked nothing for two hours fishing off the city until finding a small shoal out around 32 feet. 30 minutes after the sun went down, some gobs of bait start showing up out of nowhere and for the next half hour boxed three (two were a double). Orange beads and copper willowleaf blades with watermelon tape was the ticket. And a slower trolling speed than I would have suspected, just above 1.0 mph. I felt lucky because I'm sure if I hadn't stumbled onto that small shoal, I probably would have been blanked that night. I had my kids out on the boat earlier in the evening, so there wasn't going to be time to head further west... Good luck to everyone fishing this weekend, should be very good out on the water!

Interesting how all the fish I've caught so far this summer close to Buffalo seem to be within an inch either way of 16 or 21, which would match up well with the DEC survey data showing strong year class hatches on this end of the lake for both 2010 and 2012.