30Oct
06Oct
Otisco Lake 10/6 AM
Did a 1/2-day trip with Kevin and his buddy Drew targeting tiger muskies. Kevin and Drew generally book a trip every year with me around early November. In years past, we've targeted everything from pickerel/bass on Cayuga Lake to pike on Seneca Lake, as well...
14Jun
Otisco Lake 6/13
Guided Mark I. here for a full day targeting tiger muskies on the fly. Mark is still trying to nab his first tiger on the fly-rod. We stuck with the fly-gear today, although I did have some gear-rods onboard. We weren't sure if we were...
06Oct
Otisco Lake 10/4 PM, Cayuga Lake 10/5 AM
Water temperatures throughout the region are gradually dropping. Foliage is becoming more brilliant by the day. It's fall in the Finger Lakes region - the best time of year to be on the water! 10/4 PM: A few years ago I purchased a couple fly-fishing outfits...
03Oct
Otisco Lake 9/29, Cayuga Lake 10/1 – 10/2, Owasco Lake 10/3 AM
Otisco Lake 9/29: Got out here for the second time this year, again with Mark I. targeting tiger muskies on the fly. I'd like to fish here on my own once or twice this year but haven't gotten around to it. When I've had days...
09Jun
Otisco Lake 6/8 + Cayuga Lake 6/9
Otisco Lake 6/8: Guided a full day here with Mark I. getting underway just before 8:30 am. The target was tiger musky on the fly. Mark fly-fished hard for a good 5 hours with fair to good conditions without any signs of musky. A few...
11Nov
Otisco Lake 11/10
Guided Greg for a 6 hour trip here targeting tiger muskies starting just after 7:30 am. The lake is high but water clarity is pretty good in most areas. Water temp was in the low 50s (my old console Lowrance wasn't giving me a temp...
29Sep
Otisco Lake 9/28
Guided Mark I. for a full day on Otisco Lake targeting Tiger Muskies. Over the past few years, Mark has had some impressive pure strain muskies grab his streamers on Waneta Lake but so far the Tigers on Otisco Lake haven't been quite as cooperative. ...
09Nov
Reports 11/4 – 11/8
Got back out on the water last Wednesday after a good 8 or 9 days of pretty windy, cold, winterlike weather. I'm a pretty firm believer in former Fishing Facts/In-Fisherman writer Rich Zaleski's theory that the fishing is generally best when the weather does what...
25Oct