31Mar
29Mar
Cayuga Lake out of Long Point State Park 3/29 Midday
Guided out of Long Point for my first time this year. Water levels are up at 382.14'. For people that have no idea what that means, in a nutshell, Cayuga Lake is launchable out of Long Point, Union Springs and Myers. It would still be...
27Mar
Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 3/26
Guided an abbreviated full-day trip today with Don and Franny. Fellow guide friend Kurt Hoefig had a party of four that wanted to fish, so we each took 2 people out. The lake level remains excellent on Seneca Lake. Water temperature was 39 on the...
26Mar
Skaneateles Lake 3/25 PM
Got out here at about 1 pm and was fishing by 1:30. The DEC Operations Crew were prepping the area for the dock installations, which they told me should be done by next week. A few days after that, the dock will go in at...
22Mar
Skaneateles/Keuka Lake Fishery Findings/Diary Results
I now have all of my Diary Summaries from both Region 7 and Region 8. Region 8 Keuka/Canandaigua Lake Biologist Pete Austerman included some "Technical Briefs" in the Keuka Lake mailing. A lot of fisheries work was conducted on Keuka Lake last summer and fall...
22Mar
Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 3/19 – 21
Seneca Lake continues to provide good to excellent fishing for Landlocked Atlantic Salmon along with some bonus fish as well. 3/20 PM: Got out here on my own to do some scouting after last week's rain and blow. I also wanted to field-test some new fly-patterns...
20Mar
Upcoming Openings Remainder March/April
Landlocked Salmon fishing remains good to excellent on Seneca Lake! I should have new reports up on Sunday or by Monday at the latest. Expect good jigging and casting on Cayuga Lake. Skaneateles and Keuka Lakes are ice-free. Keuka produces some unique Alaska-like fly-casting for...
18Mar
Seneca Lake Diary Summaries
Seneca Lake Diary Summaries were mailed out last week. I received mine today. The good news, which those of us who've been fishing Seneca Lake over the past few years have known, is that the fishing has bounced back to form here. Eighty-three percent of...
11Mar
Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 3/8 – 3/10
Guided three full-days in a row: Landlocked Salmon fishing remains good to excellent on Seneca Lake. Numerous smaller fish are around, but there are also good numbers of fish in various year-classes that keep things very interesting! I've been casting and fly-casting for salmon on...
07Mar