cayuga lake

Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 11/21 PM

Got out here on my own today for just over three hours starting at around noon.  The surface temperature in the lower lake is 48/49.  Expect mid-40s up out of Union Springs/Cayuga.  On a whim, I decided to try some deep fly-fishing, given the abundance...

Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 11/20 midday

Guided Joe, Larry and Kevin for a 1/2-day trip getting underway at 9:30 am.  Last night's low temperature hit 26 degrees, so I didn't feel any need to start super-early.  The guys are steelhead fishermen and would've been up for it, but I didn't see...

Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 11/13 AM

Got out today with Bob and his girlfriend Cathy for a 1/2-day trip starting just after 8 am.  For starters, the lake level is starting to drop noticeably.  It's a good foot down from last week.  Launching is still easy, but the drop-off from the...

Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 11/7 + 8

Guided back-to-back full-day trips out of Myers Park.  Here's the breakdown: 11/7:  Today I guided Mike and his buddies Steve and Monty.  The weather forecast looked awful for today in terms of the wind - Weather.com had south winds from 15 to 25 mph.  Weather.gov had...

Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 10/27 + 28

10/27:  Guided a full-day trip with Olin and his friend Jamie.  It was a whopping 27 degrees this morning when I woke up.  We had some fog and around 34 degrees as we got underway around 9 am.  I decided to have the guys wait...

Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 10/18 AM

Guided Joe, his son Kyle and son-in-law Scott today for a 1/2-day trip starting just after 8:30 am.  In a nutshell, we had a very solid day today with double-digit numbers of fish landed, including some big ones - a 30" and a few 28" to...

Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 10/10 + 10/11 AM Reports

Guided back-to-back 1/2-day trips on Cayuga Lake starting at 9 am.  Fishing ran the gamut from good to excellent, with the overall bite being very good. 10/10:  Guided Bernie and his cousin Dave starting at 9 am.  Last night was the first major (killing) frost of...

Cayuga Lake out of Long Point 10/4 midday

Guided my old friend from way back in elementary school, Chris, along with our high school friend Jim and his friend Barb for a 1/2-day trip.  We were planning on starting at 8:30 am, but they missed their exit so that put us back to...

Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 9/29 AM

Guided Joe and his friends Kevin and Larry, all of whom have been out with me quite a bit in the past.  The lake trout bite has been pretty tough lately from what I gather from friends' reports.  This is to be expected with spawning...

Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 9/24 AM

Guided Jack today for a 1/2-day trip getting underway at around 8:45 am.  The weather was weird all morning long, with fog and cloud cover over the lake.  We had some intermittent sun and then more clouds.  It was the kind of day, where if...