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December of 2025 – COLD!!!
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Round Gobies in Keuka Lake
About a month ago, I heard about some online rumors of round gobies turning up in Keuka Lake. I didn’t want to write about until I had confirmation. DEC was out there a couple of weeks ago doing baitfish netting. No gobies turned up, but one of their crew or a friend of the crew […]
Keuka Lake Fishery Updates
I’ve had a chance to talk with some DEC personnel over the past week or two since both warm and cold water nettings were conducted in the lake back in late-July and early-August. I get a lot of the same questions from anglers who live around and/or fish Keuka Lake. Here’s what the nettings suggest […]
Great Lakes Angler – Article with some tips on Jigging King Salmon in Lake Ontario
https://www.glangler.com/blogs/articles/good-old-days-on-lake-ontario-is-now-bill-hilts-jr Outdoor writer and former Niagara County Promotions man Bill Hilts Jr. wrote this piece on the hot fishing on Lake Ontario last year and it was just published. I never, in a million years would have thought I’d have anything to go with a Great Lakes article, given how the Finger Lakes is my […]
Region 7 and 8 Diary Results are in….
The results and summaries will be posted in a month or two on the DEC website. In a nutshell, Keuka’s fishing has remained the same along with Canandaigua’s. Seneca Lake has shown a lot of improvement in the rainbow, salmon and brown trout catches. In Region 7, things remain somewhat the same, with Owasco Lake […]
Mandated New York State Boater Safety Course Now in Effect!
Normally, I wouldn’t write about this – but I’ve had a couple questions from clients about it. “Brianna’s Law” is NY State legislation that mandates that ALL boaters operating in NY – need to complete an approved boater safety course beginning in 2025. So whether you live in NY or drive up here from PA, […]