rainbow trout

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 3/30

Guided Mark I. for a full-day trip starting just after 9 am.  Lake levels are great and water temperatures were around 39 degrees on the surface.  Mark spent a lot of the day casting spinning gear, but he also worked the fly-rod as well.  I...

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...

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 3/19 – 21

Seneca Lake continues to provide good to excellent fishing for Landlocked Atlantic Salmon along with some bonus fish as well. 3/20 PM:  Got out here on my own to do some scouting after last week's rain and blow.  I also wanted to field-test some new fly-patterns...

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 3/8 – 3/10

Guided three full-days in a row:  Landlocked Salmon fishing remains good to excellent on Seneca Lake.  Numerous smaller fish are around, but there are also good numbers of fish in various year-classes that keep things very interesting!  I've been casting and fly-casting for salmon on...

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 2/27 + 28 (AM)

2/27:  Guided Carl for a full-day today starting just after 9:30 am.  Last year he was out with me around this time of year and managed a rainbow trout on bottom in around 40' of water on a bladebait!  We also had some salmon action...

Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 11/20 midday

Guided Joe, Larry and Kevin for a 1/2-day trip getting underway at 9:30 am.  Last night's low temperature hit 26 degrees, so I didn't feel any need to start super-early.  The guys are steelhead fishermen and would've been up for it, but I didn't see...

Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 10/27 + 28

10/27:  Guided a full-day trip with Olin and his friend Jamie.  It was a whopping 27 degrees this morning when I woke up.  We had some fog and around 34 degrees as we got underway around 9 am.  I decided to have the guys wait...

Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 10/18 AM

Guided Joe, his son Kyle and son-in-law Scott today for a 1/2-day trip starting just after 8:30 am.  In a nutshell, we had a very solid day today with double-digit numbers of fish landed, including some big ones - a 30" and a few 28" to...

Owasco Lake 10/17 AM

10/17:  Guided Dayton and his wife Joan for a 1/2-day guided trip starting at around 8:45 am.  We had plenty of bait and some fish on the depthfinder to start, but the first couple of hours were very slow.  Dayton got us started with a...

Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 10/10 + 10/11 AM Reports

Guided back-to-back 1/2-day trips on Cayuga Lake starting at 9 am.  Fishing ran the gamut from good to excellent, with the overall bite being very good. 10/10:  Guided Bernie and his cousin Dave starting at 9 am.  Last night was the first major (killing) frost of...