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Oneida Lake 7/16

Guided Scott here today for a full-day trip getting underway around 7 am.  As most of you know, I'm not an Oneida Lake guide, but Scott enjoys trying different places and having me show him around.  We had a spectacular day on Lake Ontario jigging...

Cayuga Lake out of Long Point State Park 6/25 AM

I was back out for Day 3 with the Mariano clan.  Today I had 12-year-old Matt (soon to be 13,) his dad Steve and uncle David.  We started at 7 am with sunny conditions, light to no wind and some clouds, but not many.  The...

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...

Oneida Lake 7/9 PM

Got out here for some fishing with my buddy Todd.  He had never caught a walleye before, so that was one of today's goals.   A few wrapped bass boat rigs were at the launch today, so a few pros were enjoying the Oneida Lake bass...

Reports 8/25 – 8/29 Oneida/Cayuga Lakes

Fished Oneida Lake solo last Thursday and then guided the next four days.  Here's my report: 8/25 PM Oneida Lake:  Made it out here on my own for around 5 hours of fishing.  I had an annoying half-hour delay on the way over due to some...

Cayuga Lake out of Long Point 6/13, 15 + Oneida Lake 6/14 PM

First of all, it looks like a new state record smallmouth was caught yesterday out of Cayuga Lake.  I did see a bunch of bass boats out fishing. The fish reportedly weighed 8.57lbs and the photos certainly display the immensity of this fish.  As is...

Lake Ontario/Henderson Harbor 10/5, Owasco Lake 10/6

Got out for a half day of fishing on my own on Tuesday then did a full day trip on Owasco Lake yesterday. 10/5 - Lake Ontario/Henderson Harbor:  I have some planned days off this month and I fully expect to get out and fish a...

Oneida Lake 8/3 PM

I fished Oneida Lake on my own from around 1:30 pm until 6:30 pm.   As tired as I was, it felt good getting on the water and actually fishing instead of guiding.  The drive up was arduous at times between traffic, having to stop for...

Oneida Lake 6/25 PM

My buddy Mike was raving about the carp action he had here last weekend on the fly.  Not just the fly, but dry flies!  And not just any old carp but big tackle busting fish running up to around 20lbs!  If that doesn't get your...

Onondaga Lake 6/17

Got out on Onondaga Lake for the first time this season with my buddy Terry.  We started fishing at around 11:30 am and fished until around 6:30 pm.  Water temperatures over there ran from 68 to 71 degrees on the course of the day. Our bass...