Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Maps of Oneida Lake xii
Introduction 1
Definitions (Glossary) 11
Fish Species of Oneida Lake 13
Spring
1 Starting Line-up: Caughdenoy 23
2 Big Bend 24
3 Mud Creek 25
4 Brewerton Dock 26
5 Crappies in the Toad 28
6 Wildlife Management Area Bullheads 31
7 Bullheads in the Park: Oneida Shores 32
8 Muskrat Bay Beyond the Park 33
9 Harboring Panfish 34
10 Frank Talk (Interview with Todd Frank) 35
11 Drifting in the Wind 36
12 Davy's Locker: Shackelton Shoals's Bars 37
13 Maple Bay 38
14 Off the Wall: Sylvan Beach 39
15 Fish Creek 41
16 Mouth-Feeding Walleye 43
17 Spring Surf-fishing 44
18 Oneida Creek's Fallen Bridge 46
19 Two Faces of Caughdenoy 47
20 Ripping Blade Baits off the Beach 49
Summer
21 Brewerton Terminal Wall 55
22 Above the Lock 56
23 Below Lock 23 58
24 Eaton Bay 59
25 Between a Toad and a Muskrat 60
26 Corner Hawgs 63
27 Short Point Bay and Lower South Bay 64
28 Briggs Bay 66
29 Long Shore 68
30 Lakeport Bay 69
31 Bottom Feeding at Cleveland Dock 70
32 Buoy Bouncing 72
33 Pancakes for Breakfast… or Any Other Time 73
34 Blade Running on Shackelton Shoals 74
35 Jiggin' Shackelton Shoals 75
36 Joe's Place 76
37 Fishin' Dogs: Gary and Kelsy 77
38 Mud Lines 78
39 Smallies in the Heat 79
40 End Cast at the Riverhead 80
41 Perch Triangle 82
42 Up Fish Creek: Landlocked Atlantic Salmon 84
43 North Shores Deep Summer Perch 86
44 Chapman Park 87
Autumn
45 Taking it to the Bank 93
46 South Bay 95
47 Lineup at the Gateway: Sylvan Beach 95
48 Godfrey Points Sound Garden 97
49 Cleveland Dock Shuffle 100
50 Cleveland's Break Waters 102
51 Phillips Point Twilight Serenade 104
52 Exit Strategy: 1-81 105
53 Scrambling and Wading at Oneida Shores 107
54 Joseph F. Williams Memorial Park 109
55 Larkin Point 110
56 Lewis Point 112
Winter
57 Big Bay on Ice 117
58 Hardwater Village at Sylvan Beach 118
59 Vienna Bar: Grand Slam Capitol of Oneida Lake 120
60 Drilling for "Eyes" off Lewis Point 122
61 Perch in the Mud off Chapman Park 123
62 Billington: Burt's Bay 124
63 Cleveland's Lawyers 126
64 Taft Bay 127
65 Hitchcock Point 127
66 Constantia on Ice 128
67 Verona Beach State Park 129
Appendix 131
Index 139
About the Author 143
