Monthly Archives - July 2025

30Jul

Cayuga Lake 7/30 AM

The bite on Cayuga Lake continues to be good to very good and it certainly feels like mid-August out on the lake.  Today I had Carl out, who joined me in the early spring for a salmon trip on Seneca Lake.  He managed a nice...
29Jul

Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 7/29 AM

Guided Jesse, his son Jack and son-in-law Dave for a 1/2-day trip starting right at 7 am.  The guys had a rental on Owasco Lake with some other family members, but after the past weekend's tough bite over there, we decided that Cayuga Lake would...
28Jul

Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 7/28 AM

Water clarity (aka "transparency") is getting better and better on Cayuga Lake.  I didn't check it carefully, but I'm guessing we've got 6' of visibility as of today.  We have a few more hot days in the immediate forecast and then we are going to...
27Jul

Owasco Lake 7/26 + 27

Just when I thought that Owasco Lake might be the hot lake in the region, the bite here got tough.  Cayuga Lake fished alright according to the few reports I received this weekend.  Lake trout action was decent on Saturday AM.  Fish can be found...
25Jul

Seneca Lake out of Sampson State Park 7/24

Guided a full-day with Leo and Ada.  We fished "banker's hours" again from around 8:15 am until 4:15 pm.  Leo and Ada do not like to get up early when on vacation.   To me, I'd much rather start early on a day featuring heat indexes...
23Jul

Seneca Lake out of Sampson State Park 7/23

Guided Scott for close to a full-day today starting just after 7 am.  I had him bring some bass gear along as well.  The lake trout appeared finicky to start.  Scott managed to land three fish, but he easily had another dozen hits/short hookups.  Friends...
21Jul

Owasco Lake 7/21

Guided Leo and Ada here for a full-day trip starting at 8 am.  Leo is the guy who caught the 14lb+ brown trout here last year, so I couldn't blame him for wanting to fish Owasco Lake again this year.  No monster browns today, but...
19Jul

Seneca Lake 7/19 AM

Guiding Alec, Evan and Ben for a 1/2 day trip getting underway at 6:45 AM.  Alec and Evan were out with me on this same date back four years ago - in 2021 on Cayuga Lake out of Dean's Cove.  On that trip, we dealt...
18Jul

Owasco Lake 7/18 AM

Guided a half-day trip on Owasco Lake today starting just after 6:40 am with Jack and Erik.  This lake really colored up - or should I say "discolored up" late last week.  The lake has been fishing great for the most part over the past...
17Jul

Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 7/17

Got out for a full-day trip with Mark I.  Algae/clarity issues on Owasco Lake and strong southerlies on Seneca Lake made doing anything apart from Cayuga a risky proposition, so Cayuga it was.   The bloom is in full-swing on Cayuga Lake.  Swim areas in the...