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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...
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...
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...
01Jun

Owasco Lake 5/29, Cayuga Lake 5/30, Owasco Lake 6/1

5/29 PM:  I took a drive over to Emerson Park to get my new season pass and check on the pike and lake trout conditions.  I found some trout and bait but the bite was slow.  I had a few fish chasing but no grabs. ...
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...
21May

Skaneateles Lake 5/20

Got out here with Mark I. getting underway just before 9:30 am.  He was up for different stuff today, so I brought a laker set-up along with some outfits set up with jerkbaits, tubes and hair jigs.  That was all we needed today.  As is...
31Mar

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 3/30

Guided a full-day trip with Carl, who's been a fan of this website for awhile.  His family is renting a place on Seneca Lake this July, so he was looking to get out here and see what the lake was like.  He also has a...
19Mar

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 3/18 + 19

Guided half-day trips on Seneca Lake over the past two days targeting landlocked salmon on spinning gear. I was hoping to do a little fishing on my own after the trips, but due to a late start on Wednesday and strong winds (to 30 mph...
15Mar

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 3/13 + 14

I fished Thursday on my own for the afternoon and on Friday I guided fly-fishing regular Mark I.  Fishing is good to very good for landlocked salmon and a lot is happening on Seneca Lake right now. 3/13 PM:  I was pretty psyched to get a...
19Dec

Cayuga Lake out of Taughannock State Park 12/18

Guided Derrick and Ken today for a full-day trip getting underway at around 8 am.  I haven't done any casting for trout/salmon out here this late-fall/winter season yet.  I've had a few reports and everything seems to be the same as it has been "post...