April 14, 2016

The trout season opened to a beautiful 60-degree morning, with anglers doing well fishing the usual mix of spinners, trout worms, PowerBaits, grubs and streamers, in many of the stocked lakes and streams throughout Nassau and Suffolk counties on opening day. Anglers fishing the ponds and lakes reported a quite a few bluegills and yellow […]

It was one of those rare opening days when backcountry brook trout pursuers were able to find open water on their favorite ponds and score well on the ice-out brookies. Even a few anglers ventured out onto the West Branch of the Ausable River and picked up the occasional holdover fish. Cold weather stalled fishing

Broome County: Chenango Lake, Dudley Creek, East Branch Nanticoke Creek, and Nanticoke Creek. Chemung County: Post Creek, Sing Sing Creek, Newtown Creek, Cayuta Creek and Wyncoop Creek. Chenango County: Genegantslet Creek and the Otselic River. Steuben County: Post Creek, Meads Creek and Cohocton River. Tioga County: East Branch of Owego Creek, Owego Creek, and West

A number of county web sites offer good information on fishing in the area, including bait shops, guides, etc. Among them Onondaga County (fishonondagacounty.com); Oswego County (visitoswegocounty.com); and Wayne County (waynecountytourism.com). Oswego and Wayne counties also have a weekly fishing hotline on their web pages, as well. Tip of the week: When fishing for stream

Trout waters recently stocked include: Allegany County: Dodge Creek (Clarksville), Genesee River (Wellsville, Amity), Little Genesee Creek (Bolivar), Allen Lake (Allen), Dyke Creek (Andover), Cryder Creek (Independence), Black Creek (West Almond), Canaseraga Creek (Burns), Hunt Creek (Alma), Root Creek (Bolivar), California Hollow Brook (Bolivar). Cattaraugus County: Forks Creek (Great Valley), Great Valley Creek (Great Valley,

Season Dates April 15: Striped bass season opens (marine waters, south of George Washington Bridge) April 15: Snow goose season closes April 23-24: Youth turkey hunting weekend April 30: Diamondback terrapin season closes May 1: Spring gobbler season opens May 1: Scup (porgy) season opens May 7: Walleye, northern pike, chain pickerel and tiger muskie

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ALEXANDRIA AREA Another week of cold weather has done little to jump start the spring crappie bite. Some fish had moved into shallower water, but they’ve been tough to find with water temperatures remaining cool. With warm weather expected and a spike in water temperatures as well, many shallow bays and lagoons – those traditional