27Feb
26Feb
Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 2/25 PM
Got out on Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen today to check on landlocked salmon fishing. I'm out guiding tomorrow for lake trout and Tuesday through Thursday are looking pretty windy this week, so this looked like a great day to give it a shot. ...
22Feb
Cayuga Lake 2/20 PM + 2/21
Cayuga Lake is back down to its usual winter level, which is LOW. Launching is still fairly easy at Long Point State Park and Taughannock (I haven't been there, but that's the #1 winter launch on Cayuga.) Other launches may pose some issues until the...
13Feb
A good reason to keep a DEC Diary for Region 7 on Cayuga Lake
A lot of anglers, including myself, have been disappointed with the landlocked salmon fishing over the past few years on Cayuga Lake, especially after they did so well there after NY State changed back over to the Sebago strain of salmon around ten years ago. ...
12Feb
Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 2/10
Guided Ken and his friend Derek for a full day of fishing starting around 8:45 am. Going back a week ago, we had no idea where we were going to fish today. After my tough Seneca trip for salmon on Friday, we ruled Seneca Lake...
10Feb
Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 2/9
Guided Mark I. out here for a full day of fly-fishing starting at 8:30 am. Fishing was very tough today. We had what I consider to be very good conditions for catching salmon on the fly - a bright, sunny day, good water temperatures and...
08Feb
Cayuga Lake out of Long Point 2/8 midday
Back on Cayuga Lake today with Joe (from January 2nd) and his friend John (who has also been out with me as a friend of Joe's.) We saw another two boats out on the lake on the day. Water temp is hovering around 40 degrees...
07Feb
Cayuga Lake out of Long Point 2/7 midday
Water levels on Cayuga Lake are about a foot below summer pool, according to the Canal System Chart. https://www.canals.ny.gov/waterlevels/netdata/cayuga-levels.pdf This is a good chart to have bookmarked. There are charts available for Seneca and Oneida Lakes as well. By taking notes on lake-levels when you launch,...
03Feb
Booking Trips in the Winter
I'm happy to say that I am completely booked up this coming week from Wednesday through Saturday - that's a first for me in February - and this is my 20th year guiding. We'll see how long the mild weather lasts. I've had a decent...
02Feb