River & Lake trips
Our guide service specialize in fishing the Salmon River and surrounding Lake Ontario tributaries for Steelhead, Chinook (King) Salmon, Coho Salmon, Brown and Rainbow trout.
We may use fishing method base on your preferences but we will advice you what is working best at specific time. We do Fly fishing, Spinning fishing (float), Center pin float fishing.
We show you spots where nobody else is fishing and we have no secrets! We know many places with low fishing pressure but good fishing at the time. We will teach you all details.
Somebody may think it cannot be true but it is and history shows us what is important to customer and feeling you may achieve same result without us is huge after trip with us.
So why are customer coming back to us over and over again? Because condition may be different every year, water is higher or lower, weather is colder or warmer. Many customers coming back to us with feeling learn new stuff, what is working now and where. They will try fishing next day with lot of new information without pressure to catch fish after successful day with us (most of the time).
Seasons
Chinook & Coho Salmon – end of August through October
Brown Trout – mid October through November and April through Jun
Steelhead – mid October through May
Walleye – May through Jul
Gear you will need to bring:
NY Fishing License
Lunch/snack
Waders w/studded felt soles and/or corkers
Polarized sunglasses, warm clothing and rain gear
Camera
Cooler (if you decide to keep fish)
Included in Trip
Rods, Reels, all terminal tackle, flies, and egg sacks.
Oneida Lake
Oneida Lake is the largest lake entirely within Ney York state (79.8 square miles (207 km2)), located northeast of Syracuse. It feeds the Oneida River, a tributary of the Owego River, which flows into Lake Ontario. The lake is about 21 miles long and about 5 miles wide with an average depth of 22 feet (maximum 55 feet). Because it is shallow, it is warmer than the deeper Finger Lakes in summer, and freezes solidly in winter. It is relatively safe and popular for the winter sports of ice fishing and snowmobiling. Gamefish present include walleye, smallmouth and largemouth bass, northern pike, pickerel and tiger musky. Panfish present include yellow perch, black crappie, bluegill, pumpkinseed sunfish, white perch, white bass and bullhead. Channel catfish, freshwater drum (sheephead), and carp are also found in good numbers.
Oneida Lake is best known for its walleye and yellow perch fishery. In the spring walleye can be found in shallow water adjacent to spawning areas and tributaries. During the summer months walleye are usually caught by trolling worm harnesses and stickbaits in deeper water. They may also be found along outside weed edges and can be caught on jigs and blade baits. Oneida Lake has become a popular tournament stop for professional bass fishing organizations such as BASSMASTER, LOC and FLW.