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We didn’t hear a lot of fishing reports during the early September heat wave than enveloped the entire state. Lake Champlain anglers should be back plying the waters for bass and lake trout, which have been offering up superb fishing this year. Schroon Lake was yielding a few landlocked salmon. On the region’s trout waters, […]

September is typically the big fish month for fluke as they gather offshore to begin their migration to the continental shelf to winter over.  Normally the fluke fishing begins to improve on the open bottom in the 40- to 60-foot of water range, and then the fish move further offshore.  This year they are gathering

On Lake George, the folks at Fish307 say landlocked salmon fishing has been surprisingly good, with fish being taken near the thermocline. Smallmouth bass are being located anywhere from 30 to even 50 feet; forget the docks and drag tubes. Lake trout were on the bottom in 120 to 200 feet of water. The region’s

Not hearing a lot from the region’s anglers, perhaps because of the blistering hot weather the region had been seeing until it finally eased late last week. Bass are likely available in the weeds, but many sportsmen are now looking ahead to the approaching archery season.

Beaverkill/Willowemoc: Warm water temps limited fishing, but things have improved with cooler weather and some rain. Delaware East Branch: Decent water temps to about East Branch. Late day there has been some spotty Olives and some small spinners.   Delaware West Branch: Nymph fishing was tough at last look due to “the crud” in the

St. Lawrence River: Not hearing a lot of late, but some walleye trollers were finding success at sundown and after dark, as well as early in the morning. Things should improve now that the weather has cooled. Black Lake: Bass and bluegill action held up well during the heat wave, and cooler temperatures can only