Reports

25Jun

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...
21Jun

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....
15Jun

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...
12Jun

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...
09Jun

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...
06Jun

Cayuga out of Dean\’s 6/5

Guide trip "repeat" with Chris and Mike. Jigging for lakers on Cayuga was good to excellent in the morning and evening with just a mid-day lull in the action. Bait and lakers are swarming in 15' to 40' of water along the lake's shelves. Our...
01Jun

Cayuga Lake 5/31 out of Taughannock

Had a guide trip today mostly spent fly-fishing for pike. In a nutshell the pike fishing was slow. Joel did manage his first pike ever, a hard fighting 29" fish on a streamer. We worked the east and west shores. We spotted some fish hovering...
01Jun

Lake Ontario/Sodus Bay 6/1

Finally made it out to Lake Ontario with my good buddy Terry. First trip this season. Had to run errands this morning so we didn't make it out till almost noon. We went out searching for trout/salmon and baitfish. We wanted to jig today. We...
30May

Seneca Lake Memorial Day Lake Trout Derby 5/28 – 5/30/2005

Managed to get out and fish the derby for 3 hours on Saturday, a full day Sunday and today until closing time at noon. My Cornell boss Phil fished with me, and his 8 year old son Casey spent Sat/Sun with us. The jigging bite...
27May

Cayuga out of Dean\’s Cove 5/27

Lake trout jigging is getting better and better. We still aren't seeing much bait but today we finally found a small pod of bait and hooked a good 5 to 6 lakers in 15 minutes or so, including one double. Fish are averaging 24" to...