Great REO song and it pretty much sums up how I approach guiding and angling on the Finger Lakes.   The only constant I see in fishing most area waterways is change.  And while I'm talking 70s to 80s rock music, the other lyric/song that comes to mind is a quote from Scandal's "Goodbye to [...]

What a wild year on Lake Ontario!  By nearly all accounts, spring King salmon fishing was beyond compare along virtually the entire south shore of the lake, from the Niagara Bar east past Oswego Harbor.   Double digit days were common and some anglers experienced doubles and triples on mature salmon in less than 50 [...]

Here’s a link to a chart that shows the lake levels that the NYS Canal Authority tries to maintain during the course of the year.  So as I write this on March 15th, 2019 the lake is below target levels. The main factor that determines the optimal lake level in the winter is the snow […]