Serving the Finger Lake, Adirondack, North Country, and Catskill Regions of Upstate New York.
Upstate Guide Service is a licensed full-time guide service that outfits and leads sporting trips throughout the year.
From the storied trout waters of the Northern Catskills…
To the wild backcountry of the Adirondacks.
From the streams of Central New York…
To the clear waters of the Finger Lakes .
Make the most of your valuable vacation time.
With over 20 years of professional experience — Upstate Guide Service provides an expert guide service for anglers of all ages and skill levels!
UGS outfits and guides the following;
UGS offers guided trips in these regions;
- The Finger Lakes
- The Adirondacks / North Country
- The Northern Catskills
- The St. Lawrence River
- Oneida Lake
- Skaneateles Lake
Guide service rates vary depending upon location and number of anglers.
Please email or call for more detailed information.
Have a safe and enjoyable Summer season!
Regards,
Mike
315.283.8871
Ice Fishing Season!
It’s early January in Upstate New York and the ice fishing season is expected to be very good. Extended below-normal cold temperatures will build thick ice on the lakes and bays. We are overdue for a real winter. It will feel nostalgic when, if, I find myself guiding and fishing
Ice Fishing — The Original Die Hards
One of my earliest memories of ice fishing is traveling down the middle of Oneida Lake in a late 70’s four door Ford sedan doing about 30 miles per hour. The driver was a guy named Sam Pirano. The front passenger — with a bottle of red wine squeezed between his legs — was a fellow named Walter Lorezel. His glasses were thicker than the bottom of a coke bottle and hung precarious on the bridge of his big red nose like scaffolding falling off a building. My Dad’s ice fishing buddies. I was about 12 years old and sat in the middle of the
The Times — They Are A Changin’
Professional Outdoor Guide In Upstate New York
A Trout Stream Epiphany
In 2018, after entertaining several public forums across New York state, the DEC fisheries managers reversed their inland trout stream management policies. After some 75 years of put-and-take, hatchery-fueled stream management, they abandoned their course. In the management, of anything, a drastic 360 degree turn in procedure, an abrupt change of path, is interpreted as a serious correction. In this case, 75 years of inland trout stream management based upon an in depth stocking program, was deemed no longer suitable. The creeks, streams, and flows that make up the inland trout waters of New York State have changed over the era for the worse. The
