Cochester area fishing w/o August 1

This week I went to Amston Lake, WIlliams Lake, Powers Lake and Red Cedar Lake. At Amston Lake I caught a lot of fish, 24 to be exact, but all were small. Have you noticed that some days it seems like only the big or medium or small fish are biting? On this day t was all the 6 -10 inch fish and a lot of tails bit off the grubs.
The next day I went to Lake Williams and I had a great day with big fish. I caught (4) 2 pound bass and a 4 pound 12 oz largemouth as well. All the big fish were caught in the weeds with senkos and I got a bunch on the way back with spinner bait, all told I landed 21 fish.
Matt and I fished Powers Lake with some success. The lake seem to be the same depth as Williams, without the cover. They don't seem to be very interested in Senkos and we caught almost all the fish on lures and spinners. Matt worked on catching as many sunfish as he could and caught 13 sunfish and small bass. I used bigger bait stuff and caught 10 fish. All mine were small except for a monster bass that hit a crank bait and weighed out at 5 pounds 2 ounces.
On Saturday I had to be home by 10 so I went to Red Cedar Lake. It is small enough for me to fish it well in 3-4 hours. I caught 11 fish with two 2 pound fish. For some reason I am not doing as well this year at Red Cedar. I think it is getting fished pretty heavily this year. I have seen the same groups of fishermen there multiple times during my trips there. So I assume they are fishing there a lot.

Colchester Area Fishing Week of July 4th

Lake of Isles
I spent most of this week fishing, including the Lake of Isles Lake near the casino. On Monday, the 4th of July I went to Lake Hayward, because I didn't want to be bothered by water skiers, jet skiers, power boats, etc. It was a good idea and many had the same idea as well. I was the second person out of the boat ramp but within 2 hours 13 more boats launched from the ramp. The lake was too crowded for me and after caching only 2 average size fish I quit and went home.

Tuesday I spend with my family, and Wednesday I went to Red Cedar Lake. It never felt like it was good fishing, but by the end of the morning I had 14 fish. One was 17", two were 15" long and most of them were caught using the Baby Bass Senko. It was a good day for equipment too, I didn't lose any jigs, hooks and only used up 2 worms. I am almost fishing exclusively with senkos now. I am getting no action on the hulas, grubs or power worms.

Thursday morning was spent fishing Amston Lake, it was very good. Using a combination of the smoke/pearl senko and a converted grub I caught 25 small to medium bass and pickerel. I had a Yamamoto (Watermelon w/red flakes) "Creature" with two long fins in front, small paddles in the back and finished with a hula skirt. I haven't caught anything with it, so I cut off the big fins and fished it with the 3 inch body, paddles and hula skirt, 8-10 of the fish were caught with this grub.

Friday I took a trip to Amos Lake. I only got 20 minutes of fishing in before it started raining. So I sat in my car for an hour until the rain stopped and went back out. It is a big, beautiful and deep lake. At one point I tried to test the depth of the water, but my (30')anchor line ran out before the anchor hit bottom. This being the first time to fish this lake I fished the edge of the lake for most of the shoreline. I caught 6 small (6-8") bass using senkos and had no luck with the hulas or grubs. It is a very nice lake and I do plan on going back soon.

On Saturday I went to Lake of Isles and Avery Pond. Lake of Isles is very pretty with its golf course and it's rock crusted islands. The water is moderate to shallow with a lot of weeds. I only able to catch a couple small bass in the lily pads. I did see another boat catch a couple nice sized pickerel. I was finished by 9:30 and went to Avery Pond. It is a nicely sized round pond with mostly shallow water. The wind was blowing 10-15 mph by then and the water was pretty murky. Again, I was only able to catch a couple small bass.

Sunday was my first time on Powers Lake. I really like this lake. Other than the Yale "Educational Center" (complete with cabins, beach, slide, kayaks, canoes, raft, pavilion)there are no camps on the lake. It seems to be moderate depth along the edges with patches of lily pads along it's shoreline. I did not fish the middle, so I don't know how deep it goes. By 9am I had caught 10 (8-10") bass in the northern section. As I moved to the southern part, there were no more bites. I put a small crank-bait on one of my poles and started flipping it under the overhanging tree limbs. A sunfish hit it while it was still on the surface. So I started fishing for sunfish that way. I would throw it out and count to 5 while it laid on the surface, then I would retrieve the lure. By the time I caught 10 more sunfish, it was noon and I was getting hungry. I was worth the extra drive and I will go back.