Monthly Archives - October 2025

Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 10/27 + 28

10/27:  Guided a full-day trip with Olin and his friend Jamie.  It was a whopping 27 degrees this morning when I woke up.  We had some fog and around 34 degrees as we got underway around 9 am.  I decided to have the guys wait...

Otisco Lake 10/21 + 22

Guided Otisco Lake for a full-day trip yesterday and a half-day today.  Here's how it went: 10/21:  I met Mark I. at the launch just before 8 am and we were soon underway.  Our hopes were running high with the new moon phase along with forecasted...

Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 10/18 AM

Guided Joe, his son Kyle and son-in-law Scott today for a 1/2-day trip starting just after 8:30 am.  In a nutshell, we had a very solid day today with double-digit numbers of fish landed, including some big ones - a 30" and a few 28" to...

Owasco Lake 10/17 AM

10/17:  Guided Dayton and his wife Joan for a 1/2-day guided trip starting at around 8:45 am.  We had plenty of bait and some fish on the depthfinder to start, but the first couple of hours were very slow.  Dayton got us started with a...

Skaneateles Lake 10/14 PM

Got out on my own today starting just after 1 pm.  There were around 8 or 9 rigs in the parking lot - likely people who took an extra day off after the Columbus Day weekend.  The water level here is low.  Launching is easy...

Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 10/10 + 10/11 AM Reports

Guided back-to-back 1/2-day trips on Cayuga Lake starting at 9 am.  Fishing ran the gamut from good to excellent, with the overall bite being very good. 10/10:  Guided Bernie and his cousin Dave starting at 9 am.  Last night was the first major (killing) frost of...

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Seneca Lake out of Lodi Point State Park 10/6 midday

I got out here on my own just to check things out.  I brought my usual lake trout tackle as well as some smallmouth bass gear.  The water here is low!  Launching isn't too bad out of Lodi, but some boats - if they draft...

Cayuga Lake out of Long Point 10/4 midday

Guided my old friend from way back in elementary school, Chris, along with our high school friend Jim and his friend Barb for a 1/2-day trip.  We were planning on starting at 8:30 am, but they missed their exit so that put us back to...

Skaneateles Lake 10/2 PM

Got out here on my own for around 4 hours this afternoon.  The lake level is low, but not as low as it was last year at times.  The surface temperature was around 67 degrees.  These cold nights won't cool the lake much with daytime highs...