Reports

Seneca out of Sampson 7/6

Lake trout jigging remains good to excellent on Seneca Lake. It didn't take long for me to pick up 4 nice fish from 22" to 28" today. Best depth was right at 60', though I picked up fish a little shallower and as deep as...

Cayuga 7/3 out of Dean\’s

Guide trip today out of Dean's Cove with Chris and Mike. We started EARLY today at 5 am looking for lakers. The predicted 5 mph south winds did not materialize. Winds were pretty strong, starting around 7 to 10 mph then cranking up to 20...

Cayuga Lake 6/29 + 6/30

6/29: Fished out of Dean's Cove looking for bass this morning. We worked south of Long Point and only picked up one smallmouth. Had a drum follow in a spinnerbait which was interesting. Lots of perch around. Many bass don't appear to have migrated down...

Seneca Lake 6/28 Sampson Report

Great day today with Brad and Rob from Colorado. Lake trout jigging started off hot at around 6:30am. Fish were hammering jigs in 30' to 45' or so. This fishing slowed at around 9 am. We did some smallmouth bass fishing and had very good...

Seneca Lake out of Sampson Sunday 6/26

Fished Sampson from around 7:30 to 2:00 pm. Guide trip today and we spent most of the day fishing lake trout. Bait and lakers were abundant in 20' to 40' of water. The morning bite was very good, then slowed around mid-morning and picked up...

Otisco Lake/Cross Lake Fri. June 24

We started on Otisco Lake at around 2:30 am looking for walleyes and/or muskies. Alewives were in around the marina launch and up along the stone wall on the south east shore. We worked these areas plus the north end flats and causeway hard for...

Sodus Bay/Lake Ontario/Seneca Lake 6/20

Started out today at Sodus Bay hoping for some drum/gar action. Bay temps dropped wickedly since last week. We had 68 today whereas last week the temp was into the 80s. Didn't see any drum in the bay so I shot out into the lake....

Sodus Bay 6/13 + Cayuga Lake 6/14 + Seneca Lake 6/15

Killing 3 birds here with one stone but here it goes: Sodus Bay 6/13:  Fished Sodus with my buddy Terry for gar on Monday from around 12:30 pm till 5pm. Blazing heat and humidity out there! WOW! The bay temps were in the 80s. We saw...

Keuka Lake Branchport 6/10

Fished Keuka Lake out of Branchport for a half-day guided trip. We were looking for lakers and marked a few fish from 90' up to around 40' or so. Derek worked hard jigging fish and lost 2 and missed a few other hits. Fish weren't...

Seneca Lake 6/7 + Sodus Bay 6/8

Got out on Seneca Lake with a friend of mine trying to see what the pike were up to. Not great conditions out there with a swirling westerly. We fly-fished northern around the south end of the lake on both shores and didn't get much...