Weather: Sunny & Clear
Water Temp: 80 Degrees
MONROE, NY – Since I’ve been fishing Walton Lake in Monroe I decided to try Round Lake just down the road from Walton. Arrived about 6:45AM and had the boat launched by 7AM. Since I had no idea what the lake was like I began fishing the center island which had small size lilly pads all around it. I tried some top water, frogs and senkos with no luck. I continued working the shoreline, even tossing a jig at one point.
When I had arrived I recalled reading a sign about weed poison having been added two weeks ago so I noticed tons of weeds with an ugly dead color. That’s probably why I struggled to find fish. I tried to search out some healthy green vegetation but could not find any. 10AM was nearing and I still had not a single nibble. I decided to call it a day and return another day to try to scout the rest of the lake. Leaving skunked was a bad feeling since it’s been a very long time I’ve skunked out while out on one of my local lakes.
WELL, as I began making my way back to the boat launch, the fish decided to make an appearance. I was working a power worm with a twist on bullet weight (Florida Rig) when I felt my rod tip get heavy. BAM!! I set the hook and it was on. All I could hear was my drag screeching. I still had not seen the fish so I wondered; do I really have one. Well I was rewarded with this nice fish…
He probably was around 2.5lbs but I didn’t weigh him. He came off of some wood so I figured I’d look around for more wood and see if they were relating to wood this morning. And what do ya know, bam, bam, bam! I got 3 more fish on the senko all from pieces of wood or some type of lay-downs. All four of the fish I caught were within 30 mins of leaving the lake. I’m certainly going to come back and check this lake out again.
