31May
27May
Cayuga Lake out of Long Point 5/25, Owasco Lake 5/26
Guided two doubles over the holiday weekend. My schedule has been screwy, most likely due to the weather and rainy forecasts. I wound up having to cut a PM trip short due to thunderstorms on Saturday, extend my AM trip earlier on Sunday and then...
23May
Lake Champlain State of the Lake Meeting
This meeting has been time-stamped and posted on YouTube. Just check out the "Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department" channel, or do a search on it, and it will come up. I pay attention to this meeting every year. There are biologists there from Vermont's Dept....
23May
Otisco Lake 5/22
Guided Mark I. for a full day starting just after 8 am. Mark spent the entire day fly-fishing for muskies using his 10 weight rods. That's a LOT of casting! A lot of GREAT casting in Mark's case. He really is a superb caster and...
21May
Cayuga Lake out of Long Point State Park 5/19, 20
Guided a double on Sunday and a full-day yesterday (Monday.) Lake trout are scattered as is the norm for this time of year. Bass fishermen are catching trout in 15 to 20 feet of water. Plenty of fish are in mid-depths and out deeper, mostly...
18May
Reports Cayuga Lake 5/16, 17; Seneca Lake 5/18 AM
So far this has been a weird season with the weather and my schedule. The next week is busy with Thursday 5/23 and Friday 5/24 remaining open. Sunday May 26th is open in the AM for an Owasco Lake trip. After that, I do have...
15May
Cayuga Lake out of Long Point State Park 5/14 PM
Got out here on my own from around 12:30 pm. I did a lot of motoring around today checking on potential areas to fly-fish for lake trout. The great thing about knowing this lake so well, is that I already know where the best fly-fishing...
13May
Cayuga Lake 5/12 PM
Got out here on my own for the afternoon. I am working on some open water lake trout fly-fishing techniques. I have a few clients who have shown some interest in it. So far, it's been working pretty well at Keuka Lake from February through...
12May
Skaneateles Lake 5/11
Guided Chad and his son Dean for a full-day trip starting at around 8:45 am. I was pleasantly surprised to only see a few rigs parked at the State Launch on a Saturday in May. Dean spent the entire day fly-fishing and we targeted smallmouth...
10May