Beautiful day on Hemlock Lake

Hemlock Lake

The morning started with Hemlock Lake like glass, a bald eagle flying overhead, and the air full of song birds.  It is hard to believe this stunningly beautiful body of water is only 20 minutes from my home.  This was our first time fishing this lake.  It is 7 miles long and not a house on it. 

We marked lakers on the bottom and hooked a few, but none in the boat.  We used the same jigging method that John Gaulke had taught us on Cayuga and Keuka lakes.  We also used live minnows and oak leaf grubs.  The only one in the boat was a nice small mouth that Shu caught with a minnow.

Shu with a nice smalley

The sharp dropoff along the shoreline had us fishing adjacent to the hillside.  The sound of the streams flowing down the hillsides into the lake was very relaxing.