lake trout

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

Keuka Lake/Branchport 9/25

Spent the day fishing with John Sander. Not a particularly nice day weather-wise with south winds gusting to around 22 mph. We found good schools of baitfish up at the north end of the Branchport arm. John hooked what appeared to be a decent fish...