landlocked salmon

Seneca Lake out of Watkins 3/31

Not much to report, since I was only able to fish for a little over 2 1/2 hours today. The water looks great! Temps are around 39/40 with areas of warmer water. I didn't find any salmon today, but I'm optimistic. The warm winter and...

Skaneateles Lake 1/10 out of Mandana

It felt great getting out on Skinny today! It's been a while. I fished from around 11:45 till close to dark and things got underway with light west winds. Worked the east shore of the lake with an olive colored bionic smelt (my pattern) and...

Skaneateles Lake 11/9 + 11/12

Well there wasn't much to report last Wednesday. I tried getting out with Jeff from Alaska and his daughter. "Tried" is the key word! The advance forecast was looking dismal for Wed - Fri. Wed. appeared to be "the day". We knew the forecast was...

Skaneateles Lake 11/2

Great day today out on Skinny!  Can't say enough about this fishing/fishery. Good numbers of trout and salmon are concentrated, active and FEEDING! I did one pass through an area and picked up 2 bows, 2 salmon and a bass. All the trout/salmon were nice...

Keuka Lake Branchport 8/18

Got out on Keuka from around noon to 8 pm. Basically spent a bit of time working with my new pitching set up for bass. Had some good bass fishing with 3/4 oz. black/blue jigs with a blue Rick Clunn trailer. Found large and smallmouth...

Skaneateles Lake 5/17 WOW!!!

Best fishing I've had all year - bar none! This lake is smokin' right now. I couldn't decide whether I wanted to throw hair jigs for 12" to 13"+ perch or streamers for rainbows and salmon. Everything was pounding the hair jigs - lakers, rainbows...

Cayuga – Shorefishing Report 4/28

Well I've had a tough week of "not fishing" thanks to nasty winds compounded with a run-in with Bambi on Route 89 a few nights ago, so off to Taughannock I went for some shorefishing/wading with my pal Shahab. We started around 1:30 pm and...

Seneca Lake/Watkins Glen 4/20

No great shakes to report today. Checked out the Watkins area for salmon and didn't find them. Also looked for lake trout jigging areas - found some good ones, but no lakers! Lake level is high. Some debris, but overall in good condition. Water temps...

4/15 -16 Seneca + 4/17 Skaneateles

It's been a wild 3 days of serious angling here at the Angling Zone! Friday 4/15 was Seneca for around 4 hours with Shahab, my good friend and co-teacher of "Intro to Flyfishing" at Cornell. We jigged lakers out of Sampson State Park and had...

Cayuga Lake out of Taughannock 4/8

Spent 4 hours on Cayuga Lake salmon fishing today. Nothing special happening. I'd give Cayuga another 4 or 5 days before I fish it again. Lots of masses of murky debris laden water from the heavy rains drifting around out there. Found a few small...