landlocked salmon

Seneca Lake out of Watkins 4/12

Finally got a chance to check out Seneca Lake for most of the day. I fished a lot of different areas with poor results. Eventually I found the landlocked salmon and the fishing was pretty much as good as it gets for a little while!...

Cayuga out of Taughannock 4/11

I forgot to post this report, due to being busy this week - but "better late than never".... Fished Cayuga Lake out of Taughannock for a quick 3 hours. Tried once around the park for LL Salmon - no sign of them. I ran north above...

Skaneateles Lake 4/9

Fishing is pretty much "par for the course" on Skaneateles Lake. It's a typical early season pattern with rainbows and salmon in pretty tight to shore and basically hitting lethargically in the cold water. Find warm water and you find the more active fish. Fly-fishing...

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...