Seneca Lake Tournaments
The Seneca Lake event calendar with winners and launches.
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Hosts publish the Seneca Lake schedule themselves; DEC requires a permit for a black bass tournament but does not make the permits public.
Fields on Seneca Lake compete as three-day derby.
DEC black bass tournament permit summary; host pages linked in each row; retrieved October 2026.
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This file holds 1 scheduled event for Seneca Lake; 0 are yet to be fished and there are 1 published result. Hosts on Seneca Lake include National Lake Trout Derby. Check-in happens at Derby stations in Fayette and Watkins Glen, per the hosts.
First place on Seneca Lake, as printed
| Date | Event | Winner | Winning weight | Per day (lb) | Big fish | County |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-23 | National Lake Trout Derby (62nd, 2026) | Mark Curren (Pine City, Chemung County) | 15.89-pound lake trout | Landlocked salmon 11.4 lb (Richard Augustine); brown trout 9.85 lb (Gary Chambers); rainbow trout 9.08 lb (Shawn Domblaser) |
New York winners exactly as the host or news page printed them, one link per row.
Done for the season on Seneca Lake
| Date | Event | Organizer | Launch or weigh-in | County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-23 | National Lake Trout Derby (62nd, 2026) | National Lake Trout Derby | Derby stations in Fayette and Watkins Glen | Seneca County |
Getting to know Seneca Lake before signing up
Seneca Lake spreads over 43,394 acres touching Seneca County, Yates County, Schuyler County and Ontario County in the NYS Hydrography layer. DEC lists brown trout, rainbow trout, lake trout, landlocked salmon, smallmouth bass, sunfish, yellow perch and northern pike for Seneca Lake. 8 boat launches on Seneca Lake appear in the DEC launch layer, Clute Park, Lakefront Park and Lodi Point State Park among them.
NYS Hydrography (NHD); DEC Recommended Fishing Lakes and Ponds; DEC boat launch layer; retrieved October 2026.
Launch points and hosts on Seneca Lake
DEC and park launches on Seneca Lake
- Lodi Point State Parkhard surface ramp, parking: 68 spaces (dec park field), Lodi
- Severne Point Launchhard surface ramp, 30 car-and-trailer spaces, toilets, Lodi
- Sampson State Parkhard surface ramp, parking: 64 spaces (dec park field), Dresden
- Smith Memorial Parkhard surface ramp, parking: 5 spaces (dec park field), Dundee
- Seneca Harbor Parkhard surface ramp, parking: 65 spaces (dec park field), Watkins Glen
- Clute Parkhard surface ramp, parking: 60 spaces (dec park field), Watkins Glen
- Seneca Lake State Parkhard surface ramp, parking: 30 spaces (dec park field), Geneva
- Lakefront Parkhard surface ramp, parking: 20 spaces (dec park field), Geneva
Organizers fishing Seneca Lake
The Seneca Lake county list
- Seneca County
Rigging up for an event on Seneca Lake
Bass lures
Frogs and swimbaits
Baitcasting combos
For heavy cover
Braided line
For grass
Boat gear
Culling and livewells
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Where New York hosts fish when not on Seneca Lake
- Lake Champlain6 events
- Lake Erie8 events
- Lake Ontario4 events
- Oneida Lake3 events
- South Shore of Long Island3 events
- St. Lawrence River0 events
Pictures of fishing water around Seneca Lake
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Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Geoffrey.landis at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0
Waters and harbors near Seneca Lake, in pictures
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Googoo85, CC BY-SA 3.0
Seneca Lake derbies and tournaments in short
How long a New York event list does Seneca Lake have?
1 dated rows on file, 0 not yet fished, and 1 published result.
Which date is next on the Seneca Lake calendar?
No future date for this water appears on the host pages read so far; New York hosts post their own schedules once the season is set.
What scale weight wins a Seneca Lake event?
No one-day five-bass winning weight is printed for this water; multi-day, derby and walleye results are listed in the tables instead.
Which trails and clubs come to Seneca Lake?
National Lake Trout Derby.
Which launch or weigh station serves Seneca Lake events?
The host pages name Derby stations in Fayette and Watkins Glen.
Who took first at the latest Seneca Lake event?
Mark Curren (Pine City, Chemung County) took first at National Lake Trout Derby (62nd, 2026) (2026-05-23) with 15.89-pound lake trout.
Which permit lets an angler fish a Seneca Lake event?
Each entrant 16 or older carries a DEC freshwater license: $25.00 for residents, $50.00 for nonresidents and $5.00 for residents 70 and older.
How does an angler join a Seneca Lake field?
Registration runs through each host, and every event name links to its page.
Could our club event on Seneca Lake appear here?
The Add a tournament button at the top accepts host dates.
Scout Seneca Lake ahead of the field
Launch sites and seasons are listed on the water page.
Know a tournament that is not listed?
Send it here with a link to the organizer’s event page or schedule. Weekly and monthly ones only need to go in once. If that page shows the name and the date (or the day of the week), it goes on this page right away. If not, we check it by hand within a week.
We keep what you send so we can check the event. Your email is never published.