We need your help!

- Friday, April 5th

- Friday, April 19th

We will be bucket stocking the Cohocton River:

• We need a dozen or more people each day.

• We will distribute the roughly 3,570 fish (3,110 – 1-year-olds and 360 2-year-olds).

• Stocking starts in Atlanta and after 20 or so stops ends in Kanona around 2:30 or 3:00 PM.

• We need your help to effectively bucket stock and spread out the trout.

Please consult the weather and dress appropriately. High rubber boots or waders are recommended.

We will gather at 9:00 AM, at the Mountain View Inn located at 34 E Main St, Atlanta, NY 14808.

For those of you who have not participated before, this is a great way to start understanding where to fish on the Cohocton River.

If you can help, please email Ralph Rothfelder (rrothfelder@gmail.com) and let him know which day(s) you can help so I know how many volunteers are coming.

We need your help!

- Friday, April 5th

- Friday, April 19th

We will be bucket stocking the Cohocton River:

• We need a dozen or more people each day.

• We will distribute the roughly 3,570 fish (3,110 – 1-year-olds and 360 2-year-olds).

• Stocking starts in Atlanta and after 20 or so stops ends in Kanona around 2:30 or 3:00 PM.

• We need your help to effectively bucket stock and spread out the trout.

Please consult the weather and dress appropriately. High rubber boots or waders are recommended.

We will gather at 9:00 AM, at the Mountain View Inn located at 34 E Main St, Atlanta, NY 14808.

For those of you who have not participated before, this is a great way to start understanding where to fish on the Cohocton River.

If you can help, please email Ralph Rothfelder (rrothfelder@gmail.com) and let him know which day(s) you can help so I know how many volunteers are coming.

Cohocton River Profile with DEC's Peter Austerman

Our Guest Speaker will be Peter Austerman, who has been an Aquatic Biologist in the NYSDEC Region 8 Fisheries Unit since 2006. He is originally from Penn Yan and grew up fishing in many of the lakes and streams in the Finger Lakes region. Pete completed environmental programs at Finger Lakes Community College and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Doors will open at 6pm

- Come early to enjoy a beverage and exchange fish stories with your buddies.

- Bernie will be tying flies and/or making fly line welded loops. 

Holiday Party!

Our meeting will be in person at American Legion Canandaigua Post 256 at 454 N Main Street. We will not be simulcasting on Zoom. 

If you had a fun adventure over the summer and want to share your fish stories, email us at Info@CanandaiguaLakeTU.org.

Note: This season we are starting meetings at the Legion half an hour earlier at 6:30pm and ending promptly at 8pm. The doors will open at 6:00pm. Come early to help us setup, grab some refreshments and tell fish stories with your buddies. 

Join us at Canandaigua Lake TU's October meeting of the 2023-24 season on Monday, November 13th at 6:30pm.

Our meeting will be in person at American Legion Canandaigua Post 256 at 454 N Main Street. We will not be simulcasting on Zoom. 

If you have any questions about the meeting or the chapter, email us at Info@CanandaiguaLakeTU.org.

Note: This season we are starting meetings at the Legion half an hour earlier at 6:30pm and ending promptly at 8pm. The doors will open at 6:00pm. Come early to help us setup, grab some refreshments and tell fish stories with your buddies. 

Join us at Canandaigua Lake TU's October meeting of the 2023-24 season on Monday, October 9th at 6:30pm.

Our meeting will be in person at American Legion Canandaigua Post 256 at 454 N Main Street. We will not be simulcasting on Zoom. 

If you have any questions about the meeting or the chapter, email us at Info@CanandaiguaLakeTU.org.

Note: This season we are starting meetings at the Legion half an hour earlier at 6:30pm and ending promptly at 8pm. The doors will open at 6:00pm. Come early to help us setup, grab some refreshments and tell fish stories with your buddies. 

Join us at Canandaigua Lake TU's first monthly meeting of the 2023-24 season on Monday, September 11th at 6:30pm. Our theme is 'How I Spent My Summer Vacation', as our speakers share their fishing and other adventures. 

Our meeting will be in person at American Legion Canandaigua Post 256 at 454 N Main Street. We will not be simulcasting on Zoom. 

If you had a fun adventure over the summer and want to share your fish stories, email us at Info@CanandaiguaLakeTU.org.

Note: This season we are starting meetings at the Legion half an hour earlier at 6:30pm and ending promptly at 8pm. The doors will open at 6:00pm. Come early to help us setup, grab some refreshments and tell fish stories with your buddies. 

Shoreline Cleanup and Bass & Panfish Invitational
Boughton Park, East Bloomfield NY
Monday July 10 7am to 11am or 4pm-Sunset

For the past two years, the Boughton Park Commission has given Canandaigua Lake TU a Special Use Permit and several parking passes for our members and friends to enjoy this beautiful park. 

This year, we will show our appreciation for this access by holding a Shoreline Cleanup event on the two lakes. Unfortunately, some anglers are slobs when they are on the water, so we'll be picking up any floating bottles, cans, plastic bags, worm containers and especially broken off fishing line and hooks. All trash we collect will be carried out of the park. 

Click Here to register for the Shoreline Cleanup and Bass & Panfish Invitational

For more information about Boughton Park, click this link: 
https://www.victorny.org/Facilities/Facility/Details/Boughton-Park-1

Click Here to Reserve your Special Parking Permit

Canandaigua Lake TU is assisting Boy Scout Troops 46 and 122 in Phelps and Wayne County with their Boy Scout Fly Fishing Merit Badge. The event will be held at Budd Park in Shortsville, NY

It's that time of year again when we wind down yet another great TU season that was full of great conservation efforts, education programs, and of course fishing.

We will be cooking up hot dogs, burgers and providing beverages. Please bring a dish to pass (salads, desserts etc.)

Click here for the TU Event center link to RSVP and get tickets, so that we know how much food to buy.

Bring your rod and try your luck on the pond!

This event is free but donations to defray the food costs would be appreciated.

Mon, June 12 at 6:00 PM at Victor Municipal Park - Picnic pavilion, Victor, New York

We be holding our Intro to Fly Fishing school again this May 13 at Onanda Park on Canandaigua Lake.  To Register as a Student for the school, click the link below:

Click Here for Student Registration for Intro to Fly Fishing 

Here is a quick outline of what to expect:

• The school will be three hours long, from 9am to 12pm on Saturday May 13th. 

• The school will be free of charge. We will limit attendance to twenty students.   

• The school will be designed for beginners.  No previous knowledge of fly-fishing is required. All skill levels are welcome to come.

• After a brief introduction to the flyrod, line and reel, we will go outside and learn the basics of the fly cast.

• After the class practices their casting, we will reconvene and cover more topics like where to fish, what to catch and what kind of flies to use.  We will break into smaller groups to cover more advanced topics like reading a stream and knot tying.  

Rick Kustich presents “Fly Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead”

Join us At 6:30 PM on Monday March 13th, 2023, the Canandaigua Lake Chapter of Trout Unlimited is hosting fly-fishing writer, instructor, and guide Rick Kustich at the Orvis Store in Pittsford Plaza.  Rick will be discussing the pursuit of steelhead in the Great Lakes Region. His presentation will include run timing, steelhead behavior, strategy, techniques, flies and some of the region's top rivers.

 Enter a raffle for a chance to win a Rick Kustich guided trip for two (a $550.00 value).  

Rick offers guided trips for Spey fishing for Great Lakes steelhead, lake-run brown trout or smallmouth; dry fly or swinging the fly for inland trout; or fly fishing for musky. All trips are designed to be instructional with a balanced emphasis on success, learning, and enjoying the overall experience while exploring the variety that the Western New York region offers.

You can find more information about Rick:

website: http://www.rickkustich.com/

instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rickkustich/?hl=en

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RickKustichFlyFishing/

This December 12th we will have our annual Holiday Party and first at the American Legion since 2019. Come celebrate with your fishing buddies with some good food and beverages, funny videos and our first White Elephant Gift Exchange. Clock Here to RSVP.

To participate in the White Elephant exchange, please bring a wrapped present that is somewhat related to fishing. The more unusual the gift, the more fun the event is. Don't spend more than $20 on a gift. Re-gifting is perfectly acceptable! Click here for the semi-official rules.

We'll also show some funny videos, old fishing shows, and share fish stories. We are also giving ourselves a break from Zoom this month and only meeting in person.

Volunteers needed for Cross Road Embrace-a-Stream Habitat Improvement Project Tree Planting phase.

We are scheduling a work party to plant the trees on Saturday October 8th.

We will meet/start at 9:00 AM at the end of Cross Road (GPS coordinates: 42.425772, -77.437415)

Bring long handled shovels, work gloves, pliers, and wire cutters. A couple of weed whackers would also be helpful. Please note that there is a lot of long grass where you will be working, so long sleeves, long pants, a hat and bug spray are a good idea as tick prevention measures.

After the tree planting in the morning, we will have an Oktoberfest Tailgate picnic for all the volunteers.

To Volunteer, please contact us at rrothfelder@gmail.com.

Our first meeting for the 2022-2023 season will be held on September 12, 2022. The meeting will be held in person at the American Legion in Canandaigua. We also plan to live stream the meeting for those not able to attend in person.

Our theme is 'How I spent my Summer Vacation'. We are looking for several folks that went on interesting fishing trips, so please contact me if you would like to share your stories.

Doors open at 6:30 pm.

Bass and Panfish Invitational, Boughton Park

Time to be determined

Annual Picnic and fishing, Cohocton River

Location: will be at the Cohocton River Special Regs PFA lot on Wallace Avoca Road.

From RT 415, turn left onto County Road 105/Henderson Street and bear to the right onto Wallace Avoca Rd.

Map Coordinates: 42.433173031468975, -77.43847413594716

Canandaigua Trout Unlimited will be at Dick’s House of Sport, Eastview Mall, Victor, NY.

Come out and enjoy the fun! Stop by our table and learn about the sport of fly fishing including fly tying, casting, and learn more about our conservation mission!

We will be out on the turf field from 11am - 3pm.

Fly Fishing School at Onanda Park, Canandaigua Lake

Report to Crouch Hall

9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Click here to register

Introduction to Fly Fishing

Thursday, April 14th 6:00PM

Join Gordon Mueller from the Canandaigua Lake Chapter of Trout Unlimited, to learn the basics of fly fishing. Learn how fly fishing is different from other forms of fishing, what gear is needed, how to cast, what flies to use, where to fish and what types of fish to catch locally, when New York's fishing seasons are and more!

For more information and to register, please click Here