Seneca Marine Bait & Tackle, Watkins Glen, NY

(NOTE: Pictures are posted in the order they are received, which may or may not be when they were actually taken)

DECEMBER - 2009

Here's a picture of a 400 LB deer somebody supposedly bagged in Maine.

Here's two two deer Andrew Melnychenko shot in 2009. One with a bow near Watkins, and the other with his single shot 12 guage H&R bought from Seneca Marine.

Over the Christmas holidays I caught some bass at Peach Orchard. They were good size, the one in the photo is around 4.5 pounds. I was fishing with a bobber and a bass shiner about 12 feet down, about 50-60 yards from shore. I was taking pictures at the time, but my bobber went past me while it was out in the lake. After setting the hook the bass jumped and splashed out of the lake 3 times. I did release the bass, and they swam off fine. Happy holidays, Steven Tarby

Brad Johns shot this doe on the 2nd to last day of shotgun season. She was 120 lbs. dressed weight.

Jeremy Munroe with a nice 9 point shot on 12/12 in the Town of Hector. Great job Jeremy!

Bernie Riley with a 185lb 10pt with a 18 in. spread.

Larry with a nice selection of bass and perch caught from off the pier.

Zach Landons whopper buck his first kill is a trophy 11 point with 18 3/8 inch spread and weighed 171 lbs.

Another nice Watkins area buck.

Gunter Minges and Corey Redditt with this monster 25 lb. Waneta musky trolling evil eye spoons chrome lightning bolt.

Mr. Gee (the rednecks dad) with his whopping 11 point buck from Tyrone.

This is Ken Luepelt's fishing buddy with a nice Seneca rainbow.

Here is one of our local boys with a nice bass.

Ron Harrington's nephew with 2 beautiful cock pheasants.

Mr. Rhea with a nice 5 lb. laker.

Mr. Rhea and his buddy with a nice days catch from Seneca.

This is a whoppin' fat 11 lb. brown trout from Seneca.

Ed Cragg, Jim R., and Bob S. went to the Niagara River. We had a few fish on, lost a big one. Bob boated this mid 30” fish.

Ed Cragg bought some spoons from Billy Bob Saturday morning and they paid off. He boated 12 fish!

NOVEMBER - 2009

Here's a video of Dave Baranyk and Dave Vosburgh on a fishing spree on Seneca Lake Sunday morning. 15 fish caught, 12 landed! We ended up with almost 20 minutes of video. This 3 minute video is 17.7 MB and may take some time to load.

This bad dog was nailed in the Van Etten area by Sherry Luepelt's son-in-law George. It's got some nasty teeth and was over 60 lbs.

Here is young Mr. Tobe with a bruiser 2-3/4 lb. monster jack perch caught off old man Tobe's dock up the salt plant road. Way to go!!! This perch was 17-1/2 inches long.

Ed Cragg gave up on deer hunting Saturday morning after the only shooter buck he saw was out the window of his truck standing along the road laughing at him at 5:00 AM on his way to hunt. Then he saw how calm the lake looked, went and got the boat and ended up with this fish. Got this fish on X-Rap Bunker running 3mph in 15’ water, 10’ down. Had three other fish on.

Hi Bill. I wanted to share a couple of pictures that I hope you would like to put on your honor roll. The first is my son Jeremy Munroe from Hector who shot this nice 8 point weighing 133# on November 8 while bow hunting in Hector. The second one is my husband Tim Munroe who shot this great 11 point weighing 168# on November 21, opening day, while hunting in Hector. Thanks so much! Have a great Day! Margaret Munroe (your friendly Lodi mail carrier :)

Phil Smock and Dave Baranyk caught nine pounds of laker Saturday morning on Seneca (that's Dave holding the fish).

Dave Vosburgh with a nice one caught while trolling on Seneca. (yes, it IS legal size).

Here is Eric Davis from this trapping season. All animals were caught outside of Cobleskill, NY where he goes to college. They include his first coyote, a second coyote, his first raccoon and his first red fox. So far he and his friends have taken 4 coyotes, 3 red foxes and a raccoon off of one dairy farm. Talk about a happy farmer!

This is Rich Pike with an 8-pt shot 11/11 in Alpine, and a coyote shot last month w/ 22-250 at 100 yards.
Thanks for sharing!

Hi BB...
Here's Jason holding yesterday's whoppers, and a photo of 3 fish I caught the day before. I have been catching lots of lakers and a few small LLs. Maybe 20 or so in the last 2 weeks on flasher fly setups in 60-80 feet of water. Yesterday all was spoon bite on cheaters off the riggers which were running 30 to 40 feet deep with the ball down 60-80 feet. The west side, 7 or 8 miles north of Watkins is dense with fish and bait. Seneca is the best. People bullshit talk about all the other Lakes, blah, blah, dragging their boats around like lost souls, but there is more water in Seneca than all the other lakes combined...duh. It is harder to fish and the devil is in the details... like currents, extreme water clarity and wind. See BB, I have gone from a complete novice to this kind of fishing to a self styled expert... $70,000 and two years later. You can buy a lot of frozen salmon at Sam's club for 70K but they are farmed and have to swim around in their own waste.
Cheers, Andrew

OCTOBER - 2009

Gary Williams and Phil Smock landed this nice 2.75 lb. laker on Saturday just north of the salt plant.

Here's Max Freeman with a small mouth bass he caught 10/16/09. It measured 18 inches and weighed 3-3/4 pounds.

SEPTEMBER - 2009

We had a decent day on the lake Saturday. Water got pretty rough, 2 1/2 - 3 foot waves with 4 foot rollers and lots of white caps. We were taking waves over the front of my boat. We ended up with three fish all in the 40" range. Danny ended up with this one, 42"-44". His first musky, Virgil helped him get it out of the water. I dropped the guys off and went back out. I hook up a 48" if not bigger. I could not get a picture because of the waves. All three fish were caught on X-Raps.

Here are Andrew Merrill and his dad Steve. The first is a 9lb lake trout Andrew got with a Seth Green trolling between Lodi and Sampson Point. The second is a 7.5lb lake trout Steve caught using a sutton spoon while downrigging near Sampson.

Phil Smock got this 3.7lb beauty while trolling Seneca Lake!

Here is Virgils' catch of the day. He and Ed Cragg did a lot of casting over and around weed beds and points, and had quite a few follows. Virgil pulled this one in on a lure that he made. It's a copy of a Gapen's Polish Shad. The fish is in the 38" to 40" range.

TJ Donnell with a 30" brown, caught on a sawbellie. Nice catch!

Ed Cragg ended up with one fish in the boat Saturday. Had five on. Was on the water from 2:00AM to 5:45PM. Fish was caught on X-Rap (bunker).

Jeff Berdine reeled this 3lb. LandLocked Salmon in halfway to the TiKi Bar on the west side. Phil Smock grabbed him with the net.

The Frisk boys with a nice 7 lb. lake trout caught trolling Seneca.

Paul and Josh with a small mouth, a largemouth and a great bunch of bluegills and sunfish from Seneca Lake.

Here is Mr. Mark Houck with more grillin' material. Pulling copper by the salt plant. The boy has it down, eh!

Here are some more Waneta Lake musky to check out. This puts Ed Cragg at 45 musky this year. Lost three fish Labor Day. Fish were caught on X-Raps, Evil Eye spoons, and V. W. plugs.

Coyote pictures taken by Dennis Money this morning in Canandaigua - face looks more like a wolf.

AUGUST - 2009

More Musky photos from last week, slow trolling with Summit To Stream Adventures.

Phil Smock caught this 4lb. 5oz. laker just south of the salt plant on the west side. He caught another smaller LT (about 3lb.) but threw him back! (a first for Phil - whose motto is 'if it's big enough to swim, it's big enough for him')

A charter with Summit to Stream Adventures produced these Waneta Lake Musky. 8 Fish total caught trolling Jake’s and Storm Kickin’ Minnows.

Here are some more Waneta Lake musky for you guys to check out. We ended up with seven fish in the boat, had nine on. All fish were caught on X-Raps, did a lot of different things to get them to hit. Steve D. (Toad) had a taste of his 1st musky, three times!

Here is Mark Houck with a nice laker caught while pulling copper above the Painted Rocks. He uses mostly Barracuda Reflecto spoons but also pulls twin minnows.

Another good catch for Fred Tucker. First is a 7.8 laker then a 4 3/4 brown just north of the salt plant. Then he does it again with a decent 4 1/2 lb. laker on an Alpena Diamond 80 ft. down over 120 ft. bottom just north of the salt plant.

Here is another nice largemouth.

The 'secret pond' by Watkins pays off again.

Here is Daryl and his cool Dad with 2 nice landlocked Salmon caught from the pier in Watkins with sawbellys under the bobber. Great job guys, and tasty too!

Mr. Wilson and Mr. Young with this delicious 7 lb. lake trout caught on Seneca. True teamwork gentlemen.

Here’s Bob Bernetti and friend George on a charter with Captain Mark Moskal-Summit to Stream Adventures with some nice brown trout caught while trolling Flashers with spoons and trout killers, producing 9 fish.

Gotta love a waxing moon. Boated 5 muskies Saturday, 3 Monday eve, and 6 Tuesday night; missed or had follows by several more on each day. All tigers, smallest fish was right around 30" but I did manage a bruiser estimated to be around 45". All fish were caught casting on plugs I build, X-raps, and 2 were taken with the fly rod (perch pattern similar to a Puglisi minnow).

Between boat trouble, weather, and traffic I did manage to put a few fish in the boat. The one is on a home made lure, (Virgil W. I told you I could catch one on it). I did break in a new musky hunter, Skip.

This is Ken Luepelt with a 4.9 lb. smallie taken above painted rocks on a crayfish 48 ft. down on the outside edge of the weeds. Sweet and fat!

Mark Houck is at it again with a brace of lakers pulling copper north of the salt plant about 110 ft. down, with a Reflecto spoon. 6.5 and 7.9 lbs. Not bad for the grill!

Daryls' dad with a feisty 23 in. 2.8 lb. landlocked salmon that inhaled a sawbelly so fast and deep off the pier in Watkins that Dad decided not to waste it with the hook being buried, so to the grill, eh!!!

Phil Smock and Barry Pappas caught these three beauties (two landlocked salmon and a lake trout - collectively weighing in at 9lbs) just north of the salt plant on the west side, Monday night.

Here's Phil Smock with a nice 4lb 10oz lake trout. Dave spotted the hit on the pole, Phil reeled it in, and Mike netted it!

JULY - 2009

Dana Haff caught this Large Mouth Bass on a lake in the Adirondacks on 7/27/09. It weighed 8 lbs 2 oz. Thought you might like to add it to the honor roll. Caught it off of the Crestliner (love the boat).

Here are a few more from Ed Cragg last weekend. All fish were caught on X-Raps on Waneta Lake.

Here is a nice pike caught by Mathew Seeley on 7-16-09.

Here's a charter with 'Summit to Stream Adventures'. On this day they were running flashers and trout killers produced this catch of the day 7lb lake trout.

Saturday turned out to be yet another good day for Ed Cragg after he did some changes. The 1st is 46" caught on X-Rap (Bunker). The 2nd is 42" caught on on X-Rap (Gold).

Here is another pike caught by Mathew Seeley on July 2nd at a local pond. It weighed in at only 8-10 lbs.

We did not place in the tournament but the guys had a good time on the lake. The 1st fish is 30". Ian and his family went out Saturday. The weather did not cooperate, but I did make a new musky hunter. The second picture was taken on Saturday late in the day. We would not have made the final weigh-in. The fish measured 35". Virgil’s 1st Waneta Lake Musky.

Here's some happy folks on a charter with Summit to Stream Adventures. They caught 4 Lakers & 2 Salmon. All fish were caught with flasher/spoon combos' at 25'.

Here's Ryan with his first fish - a 30" Pike. Next there's Ed Cragg with another 30"er. Finally we have Chris with a nice 40" female. All fish were released, as usual.

Here's Ed Craggs' catch. Check out the big one! A quick measurement put it at over 54" !! There's two more. All these fish were caught on X-Raps running 2.6 mph on Waneta Lake. Ed ended up with 7 fish Monday.

JUNE - 2009

Phil Smock with a 4.5lb laker and a 3lb brown caught on the east side of Seneca Lake, between the inlet and the Painted Rocks.

Here are some photos of a bass trip with outdoor writer Spider Rybaack. All fish caught on storm kickin' minnows and Carolina worm rigs. 8 bass in all.

This is Bill Hall with a 36" Pike he caught while jigging the bottom. He was on a charter with 'Summit to Stream Adventures'.

Here is Mel Switzer with two, fat largemouth bass. One is 2 lbs. the other a very respectable 3.8 lbs. Mel had a great morning fishing a pond just outside of Watkins with night crawlers and a black rubber worm. He landed 25 bass and only kept these two because they swallowed the worms so far down release was impossible. They will eat good and won't be wasted.

This is Brandon Pershas' awesome 28" 8lb. Rainbow Trout taken with an egg sac in Catherine Creek near the power plant. Nice fish!!

Max Freeman, Larry Field, and "Augie" Gates have found the fishing for lakers this year not very good. This day, June 16, 2009 was one of the better days for the fishing pals of some 60 years.

Ed Cragg had a good day on Saturday, putting three fish in the boat. First two were caught on X-Raps, the other on one of the Northern King’s (bright orange). The first one is 33", the second is 43", and the last was caught on the NK, 30".

Keith Bird with a nice bass he caught out of Little Lake on June 4th. He released this one.

MAY - 2009

Matthew Seeley caught this beautiful 39" Pike at a local pond.

James Ameigh with his 11.52 lb beasty brown trout which took 1st place in the Brown Trout division in the National Lake Trout Derby. 30-1/2" long it was caught 50 ft. down off Painted Rocks, trolling a mountain dew crush Northern King lure.

Justin Longmore with his 7.7 lb. brown that took 4th place in the Brown Trout division. Measuring in at 28" long it was also caught off the Painted Rocks 30 ft. down on a green monkey puke Northern King.

Claudia Van Houghton with her monster 9 lb. 31" Pike caught on a red and white dare devil from Fir Tree Point on Seneca Lake.

Here's Christina with a 35 lb carp she caught at Mays Point!! It took her a half hour to bring this one in. Nice catch!

Dave Baranyk with a 7-1/2 lb brown trout he got while trolling near the south end of Seneca. Nice one Dave!

Jeremy Brothers with a nice Tom Turkey. It weighed in at 23lbs., with a 10" beard and 1-1/2" spurs.

Ryan Davids and his 21-lb turkey with 1-1/8" spurs and a 10" beard. Done in by a Remington Wingmaster 12 Ga.

Bill Frisk with a 23lb 4oz turkey sporting a 10" beard and 1-1/8" spurs.

Vern Baker with 18lb 10oz Tom Turkey. It's got a 10" beard and 1-1/4" spurs.

Russell Lewis and his 20lb turkey with a 10" beard and 1" spurs.

Brandon Swartz and his 18lb turkey with a 9" beard and 3/4" spurs.

Zack Shaffer and his 16-1/2lb turkey with a 9-1/2" beard and 1-1/2" spurs.

Mark Houck with 2 nice lakers out of Seneca, caught while pullling copper.

APRIL - 2009

Jim Keeton with 10lb catfish off of Fir Tree Point with a silver spoon.

Here is the Oriel's gang with a nice bunch of lakers!

Gregg Randall with a 8.5lb. brown trout off from the Watkins pier using berkley gulp.

Mike Brown with a bunch of suckers and a nice rainbow out of Cathrine Creek.

Here is our Pennsylvania friend with a 9.9lb rainbow out of Cathrine Creek using range egg sacs.

MARCH - 2009

This is Steve with this 13lb LAKER he caught at the Falls Park in Cayuga!

This is Billy Croft with his brand new Ithaca from Upper Sandusky, Ohio. It's a thumbhole, laminated, parkerized, fluted, Deerslayer III.

Our salt plant stud with a gorgeous 10 lb. brown with the hooked jaw caught Mar. 24th.

A happy young lad with a brown and a salmon.

Here's Fred Tucker with 2 nice landlocked salmon caught while trolling past Hector Fall and the Salt Plant, top lining small bright colored stick baits.

This is Rich Moores with a 27 lb. carp caught in the cove at South Seneca Marina, right across from Dave Baranyk's boat.

Here is the take from March 7th outside of Montour Falls. Four geese taken by Eric Davis and Tom Bernard. It was a muddy walk in and out but well worth it.

Billy Bob actually put some lunch on the table. Three nice pike from 6.9 lbs. to 8 3/4 all from shore on Krocodiles. Afternoon was definitely better than morning. That will gradually change, so check the lunar tides. During hot hours they really work. They hit the mother of pearl and blue prism until the tape and paint were half gone from teeth marks! Remember Mar. 15th. is the last day to keep em' until they re-open on the first Sat. in May. In the mean time please release the females as they are right full of eggs for the next generation!

Here's some beaver Eric Davis trapped in Schuyler County during the extended beaver trapping season. He caught a total of 7 in 3 days, then spring break ended and he had to go back to Hobart.

FEBRUARY - 2009

Here is Brandon Williams with a nice stringer of Pike and a Landlocked Salmon. These were from the pier at Watkins. One on a Kastmaster, the other on a live shiner under a bobber.

This guy (Gary) got a pair of beauties. Wisely, he didn't say where.

Our fish It was a long week. It turned out to be ball though.

Here's Dan with a 23", 10 lb Stealhead caught at Pulaski. Dan said it was the best fight he ever had!

JANUARY - 2009

8 year old Justin L. Lamie caught this 9.17 lbs 23” large mouth base on January 29th 2009 while ice fishing at Keuka Lake with his father Al Lamie. They reside in Caton, NY.

Stienruck and Lewis with some nice pelts and more taken just now to help keep the girls warm! For the tree huggers, racoon get rabies if not harvested in proper numbers. Old Indian word for lousy hunter "vegetarian".

Eric Davis and Ryan Muller with their mornings bag of 2 drake Redheads, 3 drake Mallards, and a Merganser.

Mike Stamp took this great photo of a flock of Redheads on the wing over Seneca Lake.

Bradley Johns shot this black squirrel (his first one!) with his 20 ga. on Post Creek Road up toward Corning.

Bradley Johns and his first squirrel with his bow and arrow. It was running 30 yards from him and he shot it. It was a clean pass through. He also shot a rabbit that day. He tracked the blood to a hole in the ground but it never came back out.

Amos Little and his friend caught this in Cayuga Lake.

(NOTE: Pictures are posted in the order they are received, which may or may not be when they were actually taken)