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Lake Ontario and tributaries Heavy winds ruled out any kind of pier fishing lately. Those piers in Wilson and Olcott were ice covered at last check. Wes Walker at The Slippery Sinker reported Eighteen Mile Creek was flowing sufficiently and there was about a foot visibility late last month. If you do try to venture

Oneida Lake Ice thickness reports varied greatly around the lake, and that was before the late-month warming trend. We can’t offer up a report given the iffy ice conditions. Oswego River Heavy snowfall last month sent flows up and made for difficult fishing. Salmon River Not much happening on the heels of the heavy snow

Seneca Lake Yellow perch and black crappie were being caught from the pier on fathead minnows, wax worms and spikes. After catching a few fish on one type of bait, if action slows down, switch baits to keep the bite going. Brown trout and Atlantic salmon were hitting on stick baits fished around the salt

Ice conditions remained OK for the most part, even surviving the late January warm spell. That said, use caution, as always, when you head out. Most of the information we’ve received has focused more on ice conditions than the quality of the fishing. On Lake Champlain’s Bulwagga Bay, anglers were scoring on perch, searching for