Lake Effect Guide Service

When you’re guiding nonstop, you can forget the little things when it’s your turn back in the hot seat… like actually loading your gun 😅
With no clients booked, we linked up with our friends at Final Flight Waterfowl for a layout buddy hunt, and it was an absolute blast. Just buddies, birds, and a good reminder that sometimes you need to slow down and enjoy it for yourself.

This is what a good morning looks like a big water.
Big late season Redheads dropping in as the sun breaks the horizon.
Cold hands, Warm blind, and birds that make it worth every early alarm.
We still have some openings for this year.
This is what we do.
Come join us if you can.

Big waves. Big wads. Big Water.
We’re here to change the game.

For too long, sea duck and diver hunts in upstate New York have been run by inexperienced guides—or kids paid just to hold a license. That’s not us.

When you hunt with Big Water, you’re hunting with people who live and breathe waterfowl just as much as you do. Experienced. Passionate. Dialed.

Ice, wind, and open water don’t scare this crew.
Thanks for being part of the journey—hope to see you in the blind someday.