fly-fishing

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...
29Dec

Keuka Lake out of Branchport State Launch 12/29

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...