31Mar
29Mar
Cayuga Lake out of Long Point State Park 3/29 Midday
Guided out of Long Point for my first time this year. Water levels are up at 382.14'. For people that have no idea what that means, in a nutshell, Cayuga Lake is launchable out of Long Point, Union Springs and Myers. It would still be...
27Mar
Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 3/26
Guided an abbreviated full-day trip today with Don and Franny. Fellow guide friend Kurt Hoefig had a party of four that wanted to fish, so we each took 2 people out. The lake level remains excellent on Seneca Lake. Water temperature was 39 on the...
26Mar
Skaneateles Lake 3/25 PM
Got out here at about 1 pm and was fishing by 1:30. The DEC Operations Crew were prepping the area for the dock installations, which they told me should be done by next week. A few days after that, the dock will go in at...
24May
Keuka Lake 5/23
Did a trip out here out of Penn Yan with Bernard and his friend Mark. Back when I lived in Trumansburg, I used to run upwards of 20 to 25+ trips on this lake a year, usually for lake trout and/or smallmouth bass. These days...
31Mar
Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 3/30
Guided a full-day trip with Carl, who's been a fan of this website for awhile. His family is renting a place on Seneca Lake this July, so he was looking to get out here and see what the lake was like. He also has a...
17Oct
Owasco Lake 10/16 AM
Guided Kathy and her (just turned) 14 year-old son Blake for a 1/2 day trip getting underway around 7:45 am. Blake was hoping to get into some pike today but he was open to whatever was biting best. The day didn't appear to be a...
16Oct
Reports 10/10 – 10/15
I had a busy week of fishing on my own (as well as with my buddy Mike) and guiding. As is usually the case heading towards November, the fishing is often good to great but the weather is the main factor. Here's the breakdown: 10/10: I...
18Apr
Cayuga Lake/Deans 4/17
Guide trip this am with Jeff K. Many lake trout in Cayuga Lake are still in deep (150 -160' of) water - though some fish are starting to move up a bit. 130' to 140' had some concentrations of fish. Jigging with white flipping tubes...
26Sep