Serving the Finger Lake, Adirondack, North Country, and Catskill Regions of Upstate New York.
Upstate Guide Service (UGS) 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 licensed professional guiding experience — Upstate Guide Service provides an expert guide service for anglers and hunters 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
UGS specializes in providing safe and enjoyable light tackle summer fishing trips in the Adirondack, Finger Lake, Central New York, and North Country regions of Upstate New York.
Please email or call for more detailed information.
Have a safe and enjoyable Summer season!
Regards,
Mike
315.283.8871
Alaska — Part Three
The rain was light as Dunk and I sat on the top of a steep and forested bank overlooking the Nonvianuk River. Smoking Camel cigs we lounged in our gore-tex waders on a soft bed of lingonberry bushes, blueberry bushes, and caribou moss; Miles above the Nonvianuk River’s confluence with
Alaska — Part Two
The Alagnak is a wild and vast river. Flowing for a hundred miles or more through the Alaskan bush, it rips apart tree-lined banks, tumbles rocks the size of refrigerators the distance of a football field, washing and wearing down the tundra. Finding it’s course it gouges new routes each season, turning rocks into pebbles and sand; It’s j0b since the dawn of time. Sending countless millions upon millions of gallons of freshwater over the wilderness to the ocean of Bristol Bay. My days are spent travelling The Alagnak as the captain of a 16 foot Lowe Roughneck flat bottom scow with a 60 HP
Alaska — Part One
As a fishing and hunting guide in my 23rd season I’ve spent much time outside navigating natural environments. In any trade there is an evolution. Gaining experience sharpens skills. The more trips the more success. Learning something new every time out is important. Floundering a bit is a default strategy of mine. The hard way is not the easiest but sometimes the quickest route. In the niche world of guiding — in any world of anything — good judgement is attained through experience. With more experience comes sharper decisions. A simple equation that results in success. The scrapes and dents along the way remembered and
Mud Season Blues
Stained and rotting snowbanks. Sideways rain that wants to turn to snow. Grey skies. Roads bleached with salt. Green and brown patches of snowplow scarred lawn start to show beneath the snow on the edges of driveways and parking lots. Mud season is coming fast. Just about here. And not one of us in “The Real Upstate New York” are immune to the dullness of the local landscape and the ensuing mild depression that results. We are coming to the end of one of the longest ice fishing seasons we have had in years here in Upstate New York. It is not over (in fact
