Cayuga Lake is the longest of New York's Finger Lakes, stretching over 38 miles through Tompkins, Cayuga, and Seneca counties. This impressive body of water covers nearly 43,000 acres with a maximum depth of 435 feet and an average depth of 181 feet. The lake features a distinctive two-story fishing structure with a shallow, weedy area at its north end extending approximately six miles (covering about 5,800 acres), while the remainder of the lake is deep and supports a coldwater fishery. With its steep drop-offs along the eastern and western shorelines, 106 miles of shoreline, and a maximum width of 3.5 miles, Cayuga Lake offers diverse fishing opportunities year-round for both coldwater and warmwater species.