Tiger Muskies

08Jun

Seneca 6/6 – 6/7, Otisco 6/8

Seneca out of Watkins 6/6: Did a full day trip primarily for fly-fishing northern pike with Lance and Jack. I hadn't been out of Watkins pikin' in a while, so we did a bit of searching. The weather was, and still is HOT. We found pike...
05Jun

Otisco Lake 6/5

Well the "Fish Gods" finally paid us off on Otisco Lake today. After getting my boat inspected by the NYS Parks Dept (I'm a certified "Public Vessel") at 1 pm, Jessica and I took the boat over to Otisco Lake, which is something I've wanted...
23Nov

Otisco Lake Wed. 11/22

I gave Otisco Lake a shot for less than a 1/2 day. The drive from Ithaca to Otisco takes forever. I left my place at 11 am and fought traffic in Ithaca, Dryden, Cortland and Homer. Pain in the butt! Finally got out around 1...
30Jan

Otisco Lake 1/30

A co-worker of mine at Bass Pro Shops suggested I try Otisco Lake for some winter tiger muskies. Sounded good, so off we went. He's done alright there ice-fishing for them so we figured open water fishing could be the ticket. Got to the launch...
25Jun

Otisco Lake/Cross Lake Fri. June 24

We started on Otisco Lake at around 2:30 am looking for walleyes and/or muskies. Alewives were in around the marina launch and up along the stone wall on the south east shore. We worked these areas plus the north end flats and causeway hard for...
13May

Otisco Lake 5/11 + Seneca Lake 5/13

Otisco Lake 5/11:  Tried Otisco with my buddy Eric on Wednesday looking for Tiger Muskies on the fly. Never saw a single one despite working the narrows intensely, the causeway, a few major points and most of the north end and east shore including Turtle...