Monthly Archives - February 2026

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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,...