August 9, 2012

The folks at FISH307 report that lake trout action on Lake George remains outstanding even in the dog days of the summer, with fish being caught from the thermocline (45 feet) all the way to the bottom. Smallmouth bass can be found in great numbers from 20-40 feet, with the biggest bronzebacks deeper than that. […]

Overall, the fishing has been good to excellent. The most notable improvement has been the freshwater fishing. The heavy rains and cooler nights have cooled the ponds and lakes a few degrees, putting the fish on the feed. There is plenty of bait in the bays and Sound, including mullet, bay anchovies, shad, spearing and

Lake Champlain Top-water action for bass – both smallmouths and largemouths – is always a fun option, but drop-shotting plastics will also work well. Not hearing a lot on the trout and salmon front, but fishing has been good all summer, with some big, alewife-fed lakers and landlocks being taken. West Branch of the Ausable

Cayuga Lake Waterfleas were less of a problem, but floating weedmats are still an issue. It seems to change from day to day, with spoons outfishing flashers and flies one day and then the reverse the next. Lake trout were hitting spoons, or flasher-fly rigs fished 55 to 80 feet down over 80 to 150

Lake Ontario Chinook salmon fishing slowed down over the last few weeks, with fish becoming more scattered and harder to locate. So if you’re not marking fish or bait, keep searching. Fish were being found in 150 to 300 feet of water. Fishing down 90 to 150 feet with spoons, flashers and flies, or flashers

Lake Ontario and tributaries Action on the lake has been decent, especially for big fish. Capt. Bob Cinelli reports that the best bite out of Olcott has been 120 to 150 feet for kings or out deep for a mixed bag of kings and trout, the 27 to 30 line of the GPS. Flasher-fly combos