August 22, 2013

St. Lawrence River: Bass are starting to move into shallower water at around 25 feet. Crayfish have been the hot bait. Northern pike continue to cooperate in weedy areas for anglers using minnows. Black Lake: Richard at Chapman’s Sports in Hammond (315-324-5265) reports fishing action has slowed slightly, but bluegills should turn on with cooler […]

Beaverkill/Willowemoc: Both rivers were clear and wadeable late last week, with good fishing conditions for late August and water temps below 60. . Small attractor dries and terrestrials have been effective. Small BWOs are about in the morning and some caddis and spinners late in the day. West Branch of the Delaware: Nymphs have been

Bass are in their summer pattern. Try fishing with topwater baits in shallow water around weedbeds early in the morning and in the evening. During the day target deep weed edges with soft plastic baits and weedless jigs. East of Hudson waters: Anglers have been reporting nice-sized trout, bass and panfish in Croton Falls, Cross

Tim Blodgett at Saratoga Tackle & Archery (www.saratogatackle.com) reports largemouth action on Saratoga Lake has been in a bit of a lull of late, but bucketmouths are responding to spinnerbaits and frog patterns as well as the standard jig and worm setups. On Lake George, lakers can be found 70 to 120 feet down, while smallmouth

The snapper fishing was excellent in all areas. Spearing fished under a bobber, snapper poppers and small tins all caught snappers around 6 inches long. Snappers were also caught by anglers targeting porgies and fluke with regularity. A few “snapper blues” between one and two pounds occasionally spiced up the action, especially in the inlets

Lake Champlain fishing has been good of late, topped off by topwater bass opportunities. But lake trout continue to offer good fishing throughout the lake, usually on the bottom. Landlocked salmon reports have been spotty. The region’s trout waters – including the West Branch of the Ausable – have been offering up superb fishing thanks to

Cayuga Lake: Trolling down 70-100 feet over 80-120 feet of water with spoons or flasher and flies, fished off downriggers, copper wire, or Dipsey divers is still working for lake trout. Vertical jigging is also producing lakers in 90-105 feet of water. Atlantic salmon and some brown trout are being taken on spoons fished 35-55

Lake Ontario: The strong winds over the weekend made getting out on the big lake very difficult, so no new fishing information to report this week. When things settle down look for salmon 60-80 feet down over 150-200 feet of water. Good baits were spoons, flashers and cut-bait, flashers and whole alewives, and flashers and

Lake Ontario and tributaries: Fishing has been very good on Lake Ontario. Just ask some first-timers on the lake like Kyle Costello of Lockport; 14-year-old Bradley Poeller of Lockport; and youngsters Mark and Chris Finney of Jacksonville, Fla., and their dad, Keith Brong. Fishing with Capt. Bob Cinelli of Olcott, the five fishermen managed to