Red Cross Derby

Fishing Reports 7/7 – 7/10 (including Red Cross Derby!)

Skaneateles Lake 7/7: Guided a full day with Anthony and his brother John. The guys are both from Australia with John still living there and Tony living in Ithaca. Fun trip. Bass fishing is fair on Skaneateles now. It isn't the (somewhat) easy stuff we're...

July 10th and 11th – Red Cross Report, July 12th Keuka Lake

Red Cross Derby Report July 10th and 11th : My buddy Mike and I fished Seneca Lake for the Red Cross Tourney. Most of my jigging trips on the N. end of Seneca Lake have produced lakers in the 10lb range, and my Cayuga trips...

Reports 7/9 to 7/12

What a wild week it's been! Here's how things went: 7/9 AM - Seneca Lake out of Geneva: I got a call from Craig the night before, and we set up a 1/2 day trip. He was accompanied by his 9 year old son Cain. I...

Seneca Lake 7/11 + 12, Cayuga 7/12 + 13, Seneca 7/14

I spent a lot of time on the water over the past week/weekend. Here's what happened: Seneca 7/11: Had a slow day with Tony on Friday. We went out of Watkins, since he didn't think he'd be able to meet me further up the lake due to...

Cayuga out of Dean’s 7/15

Fished the 2nd. day of the Red Cross tourney with Mark D. We started very early (before 5 am) and worked a few areas on both sides of the lake. The bite for us was very slow this morning with very few fish marked and...

Keuka Lake 7/13 + Cayuga 7/14 Taughannock Report

Keuka Lake 7/13:  I'm not superstitious. I've actually had good luck on Friday the 13ths. But yesterday was looking like a bad luck day. Jim and Ron have fished Keuka Lake a lot before, but nearly always with live sawbellies. New VHS regulations have made...

Cayuga Lake 7/5 – 7/9

I don't have the energy now for a "play by play" reportbut here's what's going on in Cayuga Lake re: lakers. The best bites are generally in the morning - usually they start by 6:30 or 7:00 am. Sometimes the bite goes till 9, sometimes...

Red Cross Fishing Tournament Report 7/9 -7/10 Cayuga Lake

My buddy Terry and I pounded Cayuga Lake for lakers this past weekend. Saturday morning was tough fishing and we marked a lot of fish but couldn't get them to go. Picked up a dink in 100' and caught a couple 25" fish in various...