Reports

Cayuga Lake 5/15 + 5/16

Had some very good to excellent lake trout fishing over the past couple days. On Sunday I managed to get my tournament partner's 2 kids into nice lake trout simultaneously! A 6 and 7 year old each with lakers on the line from 25" to...

Otisco Lake 5/11 + Seneca Lake 5/13

Otisco Lake 5/11:  Tried Otisco with my buddy Eric on Wednesday looking for Tiger Muskies on the fly. Never saw a single one despite working the narrows intensely, the causeway, a few major points and most of the north end and east shore including Turtle...

Keuka/Branchport 5/9 + Cayuga/Taughannock 5/10

Well I'm fishing more often than I thought I'd be, but I ain't complainin' ;-) Keuka Lake 5/9:  Checked out Keuka Lake for pike/pickerel/lakers/landlockeds. Obviously couldn't do a thorough job on all those species, but I did find some lakers down around 60' near the marina...

Cayuga Lake/Dean\’s Cove 5/5

Put in a LONG day on Cayuga with my buddy Terry. Started in around 80' to 110' off the Silos and I broke off a very nice fish on the drop with the jig maybe 20' down. Big Brown? Maybe a laker? We worked flats...

Cayuga out of Taughannock 5/6

Spent a quick 2+3/4 hours out on Cayuga field testing some flies I was sent, plus searching for lake trout areas. Found a few good areas within a short boat ride of Taughannock. Hooked 5 lakers - unfortunately I dropped them all. I think they...

Seneca Lake Sampson/North End Report 5/4

Couldn't wait to fish today as it's been a while since I targeted lakers on Seneca Lake. It didn't take long to get into fish today off Sampson State Park! Fish were in 90' to 105' of water. Temps on the surface were around 40....

Cayuga 5/2 + Skaneateles 5/3

Cayuga Lake 5/2:  Got out on Cayuga Lake for a little bit on Monday to check things out. Things are looking pretty good for the pike opener this weekend. Water clarity is good along the east and west shores and pike are around. I expect...

Cayuga – Shorefishing Report 4/28

Well I've had a tough week of "not fishing" thanks to nasty winds compounded with a run-in with Bambi on Route 89 a few nights ago, so off to Taughannock I went for some shorefishing/wading with my pal Shahab. We started around 1:30 pm and...

Seneca Lake/Watkins Glen 4/20

No great shakes to report today. Checked out the Watkins area for salmon and didn't find them. Also looked for lake trout jigging areas - found some good ones, but no lakers! Lake level is high. Some debris, but overall in good condition. Water temps...

Seneca Lake out of Sampson 4/19

Back out again with Willy for some lake trout jigging or so I thought! I was home after working at Bass Pro Shops at around 2pm. and figured I could hammer the lakers out on Seneca but it was not to be. Conditions were calm...