18Oct
18Oct
Owasco Lake 10/17 AM
10/17: Guided Dayton and his wife Joan for a 1/2-day guided trip starting at around 8:45 am. We had plenty of bait and some fish on the depthfinder to start, but the first couple of hours were very slow. Dayton got us started with a...
15Oct
Skaneateles Lake 10/14 PM
Got out on my own today starting just after 1 pm. There were around 8 or 9 rigs in the parking lot - likely people who took an extra day off after the Columbus Day weekend. The water level here is low. Launching is easy...
11Oct
Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 10/10 + 10/11 AM Reports
Guided back-to-back 1/2-day trips on Cayuga Lake starting at 9 am. Fishing ran the gamut from good to excellent, with the overall bite being very good. 10/10: Guided Bernie and his cousin Dave starting at 9 am. Last night was the first major (killing) frost of...
07Oct
Seneca Lake out of Lodi Point State Park 10/6 midday
I got out here on my own just to check things out. I brought my usual lake trout tackle as well as some smallmouth bass gear. The water here is low! Launching isn't too bad out of Lodi, but some boats - if they draft...
04Oct
Cayuga Lake out of Long Point 10/4 midday
Guided my old friend from way back in elementary school, Chris, along with our high school friend Jim and his friend Barb for a 1/2-day trip. We were planning on starting at 8:30 am, but they missed their exit so that put us back to...
03Oct
Skaneateles Lake 10/2 PM
Got out here on my own for around 4 hours this afternoon. The lake level is low, but not as low as it was last year at times. The surface temperature was around 67 degrees. These cold nights won't cool the lake much with daytime highs...
29Sep
Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 9/29 AM
Guided Joe and his friends Kevin and Larry, all of whom have been out with me quite a bit in the past. The lake trout bite has been pretty tough lately from what I gather from friends' reports. This is to be expected with spawning...
24Sep
Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 9/24 AM
Guided Jack today for a 1/2-day trip getting underway at around 8:45 am. The weather was weird all morning long, with fog and cloud cover over the lake. We had some intermittent sun and then more clouds. It was the kind of day, where if...
23Sep