Chain Pickerel

Cayuga Lake 6/13, 14, 15

Long Point 6/13:  Guided Rich and his son Tyler for close to a full-day starting at 7:30 am.  The guys were open minded to whatever offered the best opportunity.  Rich has caught plenty of small pickerel (13" to 15" range) in his past and was...

Tags, tags and more tags!

No, this isn't about tagging fish - it's about this website.  Over the past year, you may have noticed green "tags" at the bottom of my reports.  Most of you probably know, that with a WordPress website like this, I can tag articles/reports as reference...

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...

Keuka Lake 4/9

Guided Mark I. here for a full-day.  Conditions weren't going to be ideal for what we wanted to do, which was fly-fishing for lake trout, but this was the best day for Mark to go.  The lake is currently high and surface temperatures ranged from...

Skaneateles Lake 10/16 PM

Got out here on my own for around 4 hours this afternoon.  The weather forecast looked pretty iffy with winds out of the north from 10 to 15 mph and drizzle/showers expected for most of the day.  I did get the wind, but the rain...

Cayuga Lake out of Union Springs 9/25

An old angling friend of mine, BC, has decided to keep his Ranger Bass Boat on Cayuga Lake after years of keeping it on Canandaigua Lake, then Braddocks Bay and over the past dozen years or so, Sodus Bay.  (He's actually on his 2nd Ranger...

Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 10/26 AM

Did a 1/2 day trip this morning with Spencer, who was out with me last week on Skaneateles Lake.  He lives on Cayuga Lake and has been trying to catch some bass in the lower lake over the past month or two without much success. ...

Reports 11/2 – 11/7

Lakes in the area are still slowly getting back to normal after being deluged by rain on October 26th and then hit with another 1/2" to 3/4" around the 31st/1st.  Fishing for lake trout has been very tough, if not downright brutal lately on Cayuga...

Reports 10/21 – 23

Did trips on Skaneateles Lake, Cayuga Lake and Owasco Lake over the past three days.  Here's the breakdown: 10/21 - Skaneateles Lake:  Guided Keith and his brother in-law Steve for a full day here starting just after 8:30 am.  The guys enjoy fishing Honeoye and Keuka...

Cayuga Lake 9/1 + 9/2

Fished out of Myers yesterday and out of Union Springs today.  The lake looks great all the way around.  Boat traffic was very light (which is usually the case just before a big holiday weekend.) 9/1 AM:  Guided Ken and his uncle Tracy for a half...