The Finger Lakes of central and western New York were formed by glaciers many years ago. The lakes starting at the most eastern point are Otisco, Skaneateles, Owasco, Cayuga, Seneca, Keuka, Canandaigua, Honeoye, Canadice, Hemlock, and Conesus Lake. Oneida lake is not a Finger Lake but, is referred to as the thumb of the Finger Lakes. The species of fish found in these lakes include brown trout, rainbow trout, Atlantic salmon, and lake trout. Brown trout can be found in all the Finger Lakes except Conesus and Honeoye Lakes. Atlantic salmon can be found in Skaneateles, Cayuga, Seneca, Keuka, and Hemlock Lakes.

  All of the Finger Lakes have abundance of smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, yellow perch, northern pike, and chain pickerel, with tiger muskies and a large assorment of other panfish species. Walleye can be found in Honeoye, Conesus, Owasco and Otisco Lakes with spring being an excellent time to fish for them. Tiger muskies are also available in Conesus and Otisco lakes.

  Conesus Lake is 8 miles in length with a maximum depth of 66 feet. At one point it is nearly a mile wide. Conesus Lake is warmwater fishery. The lake supports the following species of fish, northern pike, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, walleye, tiger muskies, yellow perch, bluegills, pumpkinseed rock bass, and brown bullhead.

Hemlock Lake Fishing Charters

  Hemlock Lake is 7 miles in length and has a maximum depth of 91 feet. The lake is nearly half a mile wide. Hemlock Lake offers a coldwatwer fishery for lake trout, brown trout, rainbow trout and landlocked salmon. The rainbow trout fishery is supported by natural reproduction from Springwater Creek. Hemlock Lake offers a warmwatwer fishery walleye, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, chain pickerel, yellow perch, rock bass, bluegill and pumpkinseed.

Canadice Lake Fishing Charters

  Canadice Lake is the smallest of the Finger Lakes at a length of 3 miles. It has a maximum depth of 95 feet and is only 0.3 miles wide. Canadice Lake provides fishing for the following species lake trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, landlocked salmon, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, chain pickerel, rock bass, yellow perch, bluegills, and bullheads.

Honeoye Lake Fishing Charters

  Honeoye Lake is 4.5 miles in length and has a maximum depth of 30 feet. The lake is just over 3/4 of a mile wide. Honeoye Lake is a warmwater fishery with the primay species of fish being walleye, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, chain pickerel, bluegill, pumpkinseed, yellow perch, rock bass, and black crappie. Walleye are the only species stocked into the lake by the DEC with over 8 million walleye fry stocked here annually.

Canandaigua Lake Fishing Charters

  Canandaigua Lake is fourth largest of the Finger Lakes. Canandaigua Lake has fantastic fishing for Lake Trout, Brown Trout and Rainbow Trout, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Rock Bass, and Yellow Perch.The lake is just over 15 miles long and at one point almost 1.5 miles wide. The lake has a maximum depth of 276 feet.

Keuka Lake Fishing Charters

Keuka Lake is the third largest of the Finger Lakes. Shaped like a Y it is just under 20 miles long in length. It is the only Finger Lake which flows into another. At the north end of the east branch its outflow drains into Seneca Lake. The deepest part of the lake is just under 200 feet deep. Keuka Lake has a good population of lake trout, rainbow, browns and landlocked salmon. Bass both smallmouth and largemouth abound in its clear waters. Northern pike, perch, crappie, rock bass, bluegills, and bullheads are plentiful here as well.

Fish beautiful Keuka Lake with Ketchum Fish Charters. Captain Brian Ketchum is a life long resident of Keuka Lake and is a NYS licensed guide. Your captain is also a member of the Finger Lakes Trollers Association that holds tournaments on many of the Finger Lakes and is a two time FLTA Club Champion with extensive experience fishing the Finger Lakes.

Learn the various fishing techniques such as planer boards, downriggers, outriggers, Dipsy Divers, bait rigs, and even Seth Green rigs for those tournament fisherman wanting to learn more. The boat is fully equipped with 4- Cannon Digital Downriggers, 2- Sitex Fish Finders, GPS receiver, Loran receiver, Radar, Autopilot, Speed & Temp telemetry, Chart Plotter and more.

When fishing Keuka Lake you can expect a mixed bag of lakers, browns, rainbows, and landlocked salmon depending on the season. Charters are available year round - weather permitting. Rates are: Minimum 4 hour charter = $200.00 and each additional hour is$50.00 per hour.

Seneca Lake Fishing Charters

Seneca Lake was formed by glaciers many years ago. It is just over 38 miles long and has a maximum depth of over 600 feet. It is the largest and deepest of the Finger Lakes. Seneca Lake is home to the following species of fish lake trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, landlocked salmon, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, northern pike, chain pickerel, rock bass, crappie, sunfish, bullheads, bowfin, white suckers, channel catfish, lake sturgeon, carp, alewives and smelt.

Cayuga Lake Fishing Charters

Cayuga Lake is the longest of Finger Lakes, being just over 38 miles long, with a maximum depth of 435 feet. In a few spots the lake is almost 2 miles wide. Cayuga Lake is home to the following species of fish lake trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, landlocked salmon, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, northern pike, chain pickerel, rock bass, crappie, sunfish, bullheads, bowfin, white suckers, channel catfish, lake sturgeon, carp, alewives and smelt.

Owasco Lake Fishing Charters

Owasco Lake is the sixth largest Finger Lake. It is 11 miles long, with a maximum depth of 177 feet. Owasco Lake provides fishing for the following species lake trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, landlocked salmon, northern pike, walleye, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, chain pickerel, rock bass, yellow perch, bluegills, and bullheads.

Skaneateles Lake Fishing Charters

Skaneateles Lake is 14 miles long, averages three-quarters of a mile wide, and reaches a maximum depth of 300 feet. Skaneateles Lake is home to the following species of fish, lake trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, landlocked salmon, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, northern pike, walleye, chain pickerel, rock bass, crappie, sunfish, bullheads.

Otisco Lake Fishing Charters

Otisco Lake is the eastern most lake of the Finger Lakes chain but is considered a minor Finger Lake. The lake is 6 miles long and has a maximum depth of almost 70 feet. Nine Mile Creek is the main outlet. Otisco Lake supports the following species of fish, brown trout, walleye, tiger muskies, northern pike, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, yellow perch, bluegills, rock bass and brown bullhead.

Lamoka and Waneta Lake Fishing Charters

  Waneta and Lamoka Lakes are located between Keuka and Seneca Lakes. Both lakes were formed by the same glaciers that formed the Finger Lakes, but on a much smaller scale. Sometimes know as the minor or baby Finger Lakes, they are not deep enough to support a trout fishery, but are a fantastic warm water habitat. Both lakes are linked by a canal that is right on County Route 23. The DEC has a launch for each lake one on each side of the road. These two lakes are very popular with bass fisherman and can be very crowded on the weekends.

Finger Lakes Streams

The Finger Lakes region contains many streams with native brown trout, brook trout, and rainbow trout populations. The Finger Lakes tributaries also recieve runs of trout and landlocked salmon in the spring and the fall. Other streams in the area such as Cohocton River and Cayuta Creek are stocked each year but have many fish that are hold overs from previous stockings and they are now having a lot of success spawing naturaly. These two streams have recieved a lot of attention in recent national fishing publications.