Yearly Archives - 2023

Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 12/26 PM

Got out here for 4 hours.  I was hoping to pike fish a bit today as well as try to find out how the inshore bite was on trout/salmon/bass.  First off, launching is still possible over at Myers with smaller, lighter boats.  I bottomed out...

Skaneateles Lake 12/25 PM

Gave myself a bit of a Christmas present with an afternoon of fishing on Skaneateles Lake.  This was looking like one of the best days of December, with highs forecasted to be in the low-50s, sun, and light winds around 5 to 10 mph.  Can't...

Cayuga Lake out of Long Point 12/20 midday

Guided Jack out here for a short 1/2-day trip starting at around 10:30 am.  Water levels are up around 8" on the lake.  We spent some time searching deep water (120' to 150') for fish, but eventually wound up in around 120'.  Fishing was excellent! ...

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 12/16 PM

Got out on my own for around 3.5 hours today.  It didn't look like a great day for salmon or pike fishing weather-wise but did look like a great day to get out and just enjoy the lake, so that's what I did.  The lake...

Keuka Lake out of Keuka Lake State Park 12/14

Got out here on my own just after noon.  Water levels on Keuka Lake are pretty low, so I had to wait a little while to use the ramp that I wanted to, due to some guys unloading a working barge.  I was in no...

Owasco Lake 12/8

Guided Mark I. for a full-day on Owasco Lake starting just after 8 am.  Our target today was pike on the fly.  Mark fly-fished the whole day, save for 15 minutes spent casting gear in one marginal area.  We had tricky weather forecasts going into...

Owasco Lake 12/5 midday

Guided Zach for a 1/2 day trip getting underway around 10:15 am.  We were after pike on the fly.  He did not want me to bring any back-up gear (i.e., spinning/baitcasting tackle) onboard.  It's what I call "fly or die" fishing.  Your success is based...

Gift Certificates are available!

Usually I forget to mention gift certificates until later in December, but not this time!  I have plenty of them and they can be written up for any amount of money.  No need to set a trip date - the recipient of the Gift Certificate...

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 11/26 midday

Guided Curt for 1/2 day today starting at around 10:30 am.  He's been trying to time a landlocked salmon trip with me for a good year or more now, and today looked like a great day to give it a shot.  He brought along a...

Waneta Lake 11/17

Got back out here with Mark I. for what will be our final Waneta trip of the year.  One other rig was in the parking lot when I arrived around 8:15 am.  On the day, we saw two boats apart from ours fishing the lake. ...