04Oct
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...
28Sep
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...
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
Seneca Lake out of Sampson State Park 9/23
Guided Zach, Jeremy and Dominic out of Sampson State Park today starting just after 9 am. The big story today was the weather, or should I say, the lack of it. The forecast was calling for rain - lots of it, along with thunderstorms. We...
22Sep
Otisco Lake 9/22
Guided Otisco Lake for a full-day trip getting underway at 7 am with Mark I. Tiger muskies on the fly was the target. Tigers can be hard enough to catch on gear - with the fly-rod it's usually tougher. It's much harder to cover water...
20Sep
Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 9/20 AM
Guided Don and his friend Rick for a 1/2-day trip getting underway at 7:45 am. I made a good run to start the day. Our bite was slow to start despite plenty of fish on the fishfinder screen. The guys know fishing and kept dropping away...
15Sep
Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 9/14 AM
We're now roughly 2+1/2 to 3 weeks away from the start of the lake trout spawn on Cayuga Lake. The fishing remains good. Plenty of rainbow trout along with some brown trout and landlocked salmon are around as well. With the sameness in the weather,...
13Sep