Otisco Lake

22Oct

Otisco Lake 10/21 + 22

Guided Otisco Lake for a full-day trip yesterday and a half-day today.  Here's how it went: 10/21:  I met Mark I. at the launch just before 8 am and we were soon underway.  Our hopes were running high with the new moon phase along with forecasted...
22Sep

Otisco Lake 9/22

Guided Otisco Lake for a full-day trip getting underway at 7 am with Mark I.  Tiger muskies on the fly was the target.  Tigers can be hard enough to catch on gear - with the fly-rod it's usually tougher.  It's much harder to cover water...
05Jun

Otisco Lake 6/5 AM

Got out here for a 1/2 day fly-fishing trip for tiger muskies with Fred and his brother Matt.   Both have joined me in the past for laker trips.  If I said we had any semblance of good conditions today, I'd be lying. We had next...
15Nov

Otisco Lake 11/14

Guided Mark I. today for a full-day starting just after 8:15 am.  Very few boats were out on the lake today with the beginning of deer season (with shotgun) nearly upon us.  Lakes will be very quiet this next week!  This fall, in my guiding...
04Nov

Otisco Lake 11/3 AM

Got out here with Jim for a 1/2 day trip starting at 7:30 am.  We'd both forgotten about daylight savings time, but that wasn't a big deal.  On the drive over, I had 25 degrees in places registering on my truck temp gauge!  It was...
01Nov

Otisco Lake 11/1

Guided Mark I. for a full-day of musky fishing.  We started our day as the only boat at the launch or on the lake at 8 pm.  The goal is to get fish on the fly.  Today we had west winds gusting into the 30...
11Oct

Otisco Lake 10/10

Guided a half-day trip with Larry and his wife Jenn today, starting just after 8:15 am.  Larry has wanted to catch a musky or pike for awhile.  Last year, he caught that 41" mambo northern pike on Owasco Lake.  That fish was a lucky fish...
02Oct

Waneta Lake 10/1 + Otisco Lake 10/2

Guided Mark I. for two-days of targeting muskies on the fly;  we fished pure-strains on Tuesday and hybrids on Wednesday.  Each lake couldn't have fished more differently! 10/1:  Today I met Mark over at Waneta Lake at just before 7 am.  Mark has a couple more...
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...
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...