Reports

21Mar

Cayuga Lake out of Taughannock 3/21

A decent day today. We fished from 11am till just before 6pm. My buddy Shahab and myself landed 4 salmon, 2 of which were keeper-sized 22" and 19". Fish came on streamers fished on sinking flylines and floating lines with sink-tips. Water temps remain very...
18Mar

Cayuga Lake out of Taughannock 3/18

What a great day to kick off the 2005 guiding season! Spent a full day on the lake with John and Chris, a couple experienced fly-fishermen (not to mention very creative fly-tiers!) from Western NY. The action started early and was fairly steady throughout the...
07Mar

Cayuga Lake 3/7/05

Checked out the lake today for a little over 3 hours. Landed a beautiful 25" landlocked salmon that was fat - probably over 5.5lbs. No lamprey marks at all. The fish was stuffed with alewives and layered with fat. I caught it on a new fly...
11Feb

Cayuga Lake February 7 + 8

Spent a couple short days out on Cayuga Lake checking things out. Water temps are obviously still very cold - around 35/36 degrees. Pike are still hitting steamers well in around 12' to 17' of water. I caught a few and they ranged from around...
10Jan

Cayuga Lake out of Taughannock 1/10/05

Pike, pike and more pike! Started out targeting salmon today but the salmon fishing was slow. Westerly tinged winds tend to push landlockeds away from shore. The wind today was strong out of the WNW/NW. The east shore was a bit too rough to fly-fish...
05Jan

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 1/3/05

Got out on my own for some pike and perch fishing. The pike fishing remains excellent on Seneca Lake. Landed around 6 pike and one pickerel on the day. Had follow and hits from another dozen fish or so! The pike were all running from...
05Jan

Keuka Lake out of Branchport 1/4/05

Fished Keuka Lake with my friend, former Owasco Lake guide George Fiorelli. George is a terrific fisherman who's shared a boat with everyone from Jerry Mckinnis to Denny Brauer, Rick Clunn, Jimmy Houston and loads of other well-known and not so well-known anglers. We explored...
30Dec

Seneca Lake Perch fishing out of Severne

I always post reports - both good and bad. This one falls in the latter category! I'm not a big perch expert - so take this report as a hint of what not to do. I fished Lodi and South Kashong Points pretty hard today...
29Dec

Keuka Lake out of Branchport State Launch

Fly-fished Keuka Lake for around 3 hours today. It was nice just to get the boat out and make sure things are running well. Didn't have much time to scout potential pike areas. I focused on the north end of the Branchport arm and managed...
28Dec

Seneca Lake/West Shore

With the temperatures finally getting above freezing over the next couple days I'll be heading out to check on a few things. I want to fish Keuka Lake out of Branchport in search of some trophy northern pike on the fly. Keuka has coughed up...