Fishing Report For Keuka Lake, NY

By Rick Seaman

February 6, 2025

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Fishing Report Keuka Lake, NY

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Popular Fish Species Keuka Lake, NY

Smallmouth Bass

Current Report: Fair To Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

As soon as the water starts warming in Spring, smallmouth bass start seeking out food in preparation for the spawn. Summer is the best time to be on the lake for fast, smallmouth action. Topwater lures, crankbaits and tube baits are among the best choices here. The Rebel Pop-R is a good choice before the sun gets high in the sky. Crankbaits are working in the 5' to 10' range. According to reports by locals, once the smallies move to deeper water, tube baits and drop shot rigs are go-to options.

Lake Trout

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good

Lake trout in Keuka Lake generally hang out in depths between 60' and 180', and will move shallower in Summer. Prime fishing season is during Spring. Lake trout feed on small fish, so lures imitating baitfish, sunfish or small trout are good choices. Other choices include nightcrawlers or Berkeley Power Crawlers, fished on drop-shot rigs. Flashy spoons can be fished at any depth, either jigging, trolling or cast and retrieve. For big lakers, use larger baits.

Northern Pike

Current Report: Fair To Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

The northern pike in Keuka Lake love to cruise the shorelines attacking anything that swims. Northerns are being caught on crankbaits, topwater, and jerkbaits, especially around reeds and vegetation and other shallow cover. Summer brings these big eaters shallow, and locals report a slow, steady retrieve.

Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, black crappie, rainbow trout, brown trout, lake trout, bluegill, pumpkinseed sunfish, rock bass, yellow perch, Atlantic salmon and northern pike at Keuka Lake in New York.

Formerly Crooked Lake, Keuka Lake is an 11,600-acre finger lake, nearly 20 miles long, with 60 miles of fishy looking shoreline. Smallmouth bass are one of the prized catches in Keuka Lake. This is also home to healthy populations of lake trout. largemouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch, and panfish.

Primary fish species to catch

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".