Yearly Archives - 2026

07Mar

Cayuga Lake out of Taughannock 3/6 PM

I launched out of Taughannock Park at 12:30 pm.  The water level remains very low on Cayuga Lake, but a lot of water is running into the lake via numerous tributaries and intermittent "rivulets."  The lake should rise pretty quickly, but the NY Canal Dept....
04Mar

Cayuga Lake out of Taughannock Park 3/4 PM

Got out today with Jack for a 1/2 day trip starting at around 12:30 pm.  There was very little ice remaining in the Taughannock Marina.  Word is from Angling Zone friend Bob, is that Long Point has one launchable slip and the others should be...
28Feb

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 2/27 + 28 (AM)

2/27:  Guided Carl for a full-day today starting just after 9:30 am.  Last year he was out with me around this time of year and managed a rainbow trout on bottom in around 40' of water on a bladebait!  We also had some salmon action...
20Feb

Updates – Long Point and more

In case anybody was wondering, yes - Long Point State Park is still iced up.  Angling Zone friend/client Bob B. took the photos posted below today at the park. Between warm air temperatures, wind and the lake rising with run-off and rain, the ice should dissipate...
18Feb

Cayuga Lake out of Taughannock Park 2/17 PM

Got out here for just over three hours starting at 12:30 pm.  With winter seemingly winding down and spring hopefully just around the corner, my plan today was to check out casting and fly-casting opportunities mainly for browns and salmon, although lake trout and rainbows...
17Feb

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 2/16 PM

Checked on Seneca Lake's salmon today.  For what it's worth, I'm pretty much done with this season's ice fishing.  If it had stayed cold, I certainly would have fished Canandaigua Lake again, but with this thaw and rain in the forecast for Wednesday and Thursday,...
14Feb

Canandaigua Lake 2/13 PM out of Onanda Park

Took the two-hour drive today over to Canandaigua Lake for another 1/2-day ice-fishing excursion.  I'm 60 years old, and this lake has only frozen in its entirety a handful of times during my adult life.  I'm guessing it froze around 2015/16, 1979 and maybe a...
11Feb

Keuka Lake out of Keuka Lake State Park 2/10 Ice Report

Got back out onto Keuka Lake starting at noon.  Fishing here has been tough this season.  I felt lucky last week - I hit a good area and capitalized on a bite-window, but I have a fair number of contacts/friends who ice fish a bit,...
25Jan

Website updates and looking ahead!

As I write this, we're looking at the first major winter storm that we've had in quite a while coming through tomorrow. All of this snow, once it melts will help get our lake levels back up to normal after last summer and fall's drought. ...