Articles and Tips

Articles & Tips


Odds and Ends

Wind, wind and more wind - November thus far is looking very reminiscent of May.  It's one thing to have 10 to 15 mph winds in the fall, but recently we've had peak gusts going into the 30s and even the 40 mph range.   Certain areas are fishable, but these conditions aren't much fun to [...]
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Website Updated!

This website has pretty much been rebuilt from the ground up.  Load times are much quicker and the website is more secure.  Hopefully those of you having problems accessing the site won't have issues anymore.  We shall see!
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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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Updates heading into March

We're finally starting to see some signs that the heavy aka "traditional" or old school winter of 2024/2025 is relinquishing its grip.  I never made it out ice-fishing this year.  Keuka Lake completely froze up a few days ago and when we need another week of low temperatures, we wind up with highs in the [...]
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Odds and Ends moving towards March

Updates to this website have pretty much been completed.  I’m hoping that the site will run smoothly moving forward.  In general, I’ve been very happy with this WordPress site.  I did update the lakes and species pages taking into account the 2024 season.  Most updates on the species pages were for fish we actively target […]

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Updates Moving into 2025

I am currently working on getting this website functioning better. I’m hoping to have everything finished up shortly. Once the WordPress updates are completed (hopefully soon!,) I’ll start updating all the species and lakes pages to hopefully reflect and incorporate observations from 2024. Silver Lake Marine will be at the Rochester Boat Show from January […]

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