Monthly Archives - March 2025

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...

Mandated New York State Boater Safety Course Now in Effect!

Normally, I wouldn't write about this - but I've had a couple questions from clients about it.  "Brianna's Law"  is NY State legislation that mandates that ALL boaters operating in NY - need to complete an approved boater safety course beginning in 2025.  So whether...

Keuka Lake 3/27 PM, Seneca Lake 3/28

Fished Keuka Lake on my own on Thursday afternoon and then guided a full-day trip out of Watkins Glen on Seneca Lake yesterday.  Keuka Lake remains a terrific option for fly-fishing lake trout and also catching them shallow on gear.  The population is 100% wild and...

Seneca Lake 3/22 AM, Cayuga Lake 3/23 PM

Guided back-to-back half-days on Seneca and Cayuga Lakes, here's how things went: 3/22 AM Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen:   Guided Derrick and his step-son Aaron for a half-day starting at around 9:15 am.   The guys have joined me for years, mostly doing lake trout trips. ...

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...

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...

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 3/11

Did a 6-hour day with Gordon starting at 9:45 am.  I've had a few people ask me why there haven't been any fishing reports over the past couple of months.  For those of you who do not read all of my posts, I'm pretty sure...

Updates….March 2nd.

I'll be picking up my 2020 boat from Silver Lake Marine early this week.  I'm looking forward to getting back on the water after a long break.  We are still looking at a lot of wind in the forecasts over the next 10 days at...