keuka lake

11Feb

Keuka Lake out of Keuka Lake State Park 2/10 Ice Report

Got back out onto Keuka Lake starting at noon.  Fishing here has been tough this season.  I felt lucky last week - I hit a good area and capitalized on a bite-window, but I have a fair number of contacts/friends who ice fish a bit,...
28Sep

Round Gobies in Keuka Lake

About a month ago, I heard about some online rumors of round gobies turning up in Keuka Lake.  I didn't want to write about until I had confirmation.  DEC was out there a couple of weeks ago doing baitfish netting.  No gobies turned up, but...
20Aug

Keuka Lake Fishery Updates

I've had a chance to talk with some DEC personnel over the past week or two since both warm and cold water nettings were conducted in the lake back in late-July and early-August.  I get a lot of the same questions from anglers who live...
24May

Keuka Lake 5/23

Did a trip out here out of Penn Yan with Bernard and his friend Mark.  Back when I lived in Trumansburg, I used to run upwards of 20 to 25+ trips on this lake a year, usually for lake trout and/or smallmouth bass.  These days...
18Apr

Keuka Lake 4/17

Guided Gordon out of Branchport (Keuka Lake State Park) for a full-day trip getting underway around 10:15 am or so.  Lake temperatures remain very cold, averaging 41 degrees in most areas.  We had some warmer water (43) up north on the Branchport Arm.  Water levels...
29Mar

Keuka Lake 3/27 PM, Seneca Lake 3/28

Fished Keuka Lake on my own on Thursday afternoon and then guided a full-day trip out of Watkins Glen on Seneca Lake yesterday.  Keuka Lake remains a terrific option for fly-fishing lake trout and also catching them shallow on gear.  The population is 100% wild and...
19Nov

Keuka Lake 11/18 PM

Today was a gorgeous day for this time of year, so I decided to check on Keuka Lake.  I love keeping a limit of wild lakers here when I can this time of year!  I freeze most of them and get to have baked trout...
29Sep

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...
17Sep

Keuka Lake out of Keuka Lake State Park 9/16

Guided Paul and his nephew Jeff for a full-day tutorial trip on Keuka Lake, mainly targeting bass.  I've had occasional questions regarding "tutorial trips."   A tutorial trip is a trip where the focus is on learning.  We spend a good amount of time working different lures...