Yearly Archives - 2024

Keuka Lake out of Keuka Lake State Park 2/1 PM

Lakes are finally starting to settle out after all the run-off of the past two weeks.  According to the NYS Canal System water level chart, Cayuga Lake is up two feet from just about a week ago.  Seneca is up a foot, and for what...

Updates – Moving into February

I have done some updates on the "lakes" and "species" parts of this website.  Nothing major, but I added some photos of some of the nice fish clients caught last year and some observations for the fishing outlook going into 2024. The Rochester Boat Show winds...

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 1/12/24 PM

The past two days looked pretty good for fishing "on paper" - i.e., forecasts were showing milder temperatures combined with south winds, which depending on what sources I checked, varied in speed from 7 to 25 mph.  I talked to a client about a guided...

Heading into the 2024 season

I just dropped my Angler-Cooperator Diaries off at the Region 7 Fisheries office and had a chance to catch up with some of the staff over there. Biologists are aware of concerns/complaints about Cayuga Lake's salmon and brown trout fishing.  Around 60 to 70 salmon showed...

Cayuga Lake out of Long Point 1/2/24

It felt great to kick off the New Year and month of January with a guide trip.  Joe and Bruce did a half-day trip with me getting underway just after 10 AM.  At the boat ramp, we were prepping at the same time as client/friend...