NY · Lake
Seneca Lake
Water conditions
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Weather
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Best times today
70/100Good · Waning crescent (11% lit)
- Major period19:54–21:54
- Minor period00:49–01:49
- Major period08:29–10:29
- Minor period17:15–18:15
Moonrise 01:19 · Moonset 17:45 · times UTC-5 (approx)
Recently stocked
- Lake Trout · 18,170 · 8.3Jan 1, 2025
- Lake Trout · 40,000 · 6.1Jan 1, 2025
- Brown Trout · 3,087 · 7.5Jan 1, 2025
- Brown Trout · 22,680 · 7.9Jan 1, 2025
- Fish · 24,760 · 6.7Jan 1, 2025
- Lake Trout · 15,600 · 8.4Jan 1, 2024
- Brown Trout · 860 · 10.1Jan 1, 2024
- Brown Trout · 23,110 · 7.8Jan 1, 2024
- Lake Trout · 40,000 · 6.6Jan 1, 2024
- Fish · 80,023 · 1.5Jan 1, 2024
- Fish · 24,000 · 6.7Jan 1, 2024
- Lake Trout · 40,000 · 6.5Jan 1, 2023
- Brown Trout · 21,600 · 7.8Jan 1, 2023
- Fish · 21,420 · 6.6Jan 1, 2023
- Lake Trout · 19,310 · 8.2Jan 1, 2023
- Fish · 11,190 · 6.5Jan 1, 2022
- Fish · 11,370 · 6Jan 1, 2022
- Brown Trout · 18,360 · 8Jan 1, 2022
- Lake Trout · 40,000 · 6.5Jan 1, 2022
- Lake Trout · 20,000 · 8.5Jan 1, 2022
- Fish · 24,000 · 6.5Jan 1, 2021
- Lake Trout · 19,110 · 8.7Jan 1, 2021
- Brown Trout · 31,100 · 3.5Jan 1, 2021
- Lake Trout · 40,000 · 5.9Jan 1, 2021
- Brown Trout · 9,000 · 9.5Jan 1, 2021
- Lake Trout · 36,510 · 6.3Jan 1, 2020
- Brown Trout · 21,600 · 8Jan 1, 2020
- Brown Trout · 21,600 · 7.8Jan 1, 2020
- Brown Trout · 54,214 · 3.9Jan 1, 2020
- Lake Trout · 19,110 · 8.2Jan 1, 2020
- Fish · 24,000 · 7Jan 1, 2020
- Brown Trout · 11,680 · 6.4Jan 1, 2019
- Brown Trout · 30,000 · 3.9Jan 1, 2019
- Brown Trout · 19,140 · 8.1Jan 1, 2019
- Fish · 6,790 · 7.3Jan 1, 2019
- Lake Trout · 26,800 · 5.7Jan 1, 2019
- Lake Trout · 13,400 · 8.3Jan 1, 2019
- Fish · 3,200 · 12Jan 1, 2019
- Brown Trout · 43,000 · 5.6Jan 1, 2019
- Lake Trout · 26,800 · 5.8Jan 1, 2018
- Brown Trout · 18,790 · 8.9Jan 1, 2018
- Brown Trout · 43,000 · 5.5Jan 1, 2018
- Lake Trout · 13,400 · 8.7Jan 1, 2018
- Fish · 24,000 · 7Jan 1, 2018
- Brown Trout · 43,000 · 5.3Jan 1, 2017
- Fish · 24,000 · 6.6Jan 1, 2017
- Lake Trout · 13,400 · 8.8Jan 1, 2017
- Lake Trout · 26,800 · 6Jan 1, 2017
- Lake Trout · 13,400 · 8.9Jan 1, 2016
- Brown Trout · 9,410 · 8.4Jan 1, 2016
What to throw
Brown Trout
No exact temperature rule — widened by temperature.
Jerkbaitnatural shad
temp n/a, clarity n/a, summer → twitched at dawn near cover natural shad jerkbait
Why we say this: In-Fisherman summer brown trout
Rapala Shadow Rap ($12.99)
Megabass Vision 110 ($24.99)
Gear partners
Sonar and lake mapping earn their keep on a water like Seneca Lake — find the depth and structure the bite is holding on, then match it to the picks above.
- Electronics & fish finders: Garmin · Bass Pro Shops — Fish finders, sonar & lake mapping
- Rods & reels: Abu Garcia (Pure Fishing) · Bass Pro Shops
- Boats & marine: Bass Pro Shops — Boats, trolling motors & marine gear
Nearby & related
Nearby waters
- Keuka Lake Outlet 7 mi
- Canoga Creek 12 mi
- Flint Creek 14 mi
- Cayuga Lake 14 mi
- Sugar Creek 16 mi
- Canandaigua Lake 18 mi
Waters with the same fish
- Alewife Brook · MA
- Ashland Reservoir · MA
- Assabet River Reservoir · MA
- Bachelder Brook · MA
- Bachelor Brook Reservoir · MA
- Beaver Brook Reservoir · MA
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