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Lake Ontario and tributaries Trollers were doing well by pulling spoons, flasher-fly combinations and stick baits and catching both salmon and trout. In the King of the Lake tournament held out of St. Catharines, Ontario – just west of the Niagara Bar – the big fish for the event was a 32-pound, 12-ounce king salmon.

Lake Ontario Brown trout were still being taken along the lakeshore flat-lining (trolling a lure behind the boat without any weight) with stick baits and spoons. Try starting in the 5- to 30-foot range over 100 feet of water using blue and silver and black and silver lures. In clear water areas, fishing with planer

Cayuga Lake The state park boat launches were open. Water temps ranged from 44 to 46 in the main lake. Anglers trolling were getting lake trout, brown trout and Atlantic salmon. Lake trout were coming on flasher and fly rigs fished 100 to 125 feet down over 130 to 175 feet of water. Fishing stick

Stream fishing for trout took a back seat, at least briefly, to pond and lake action after some heavy rains last week created unfishable conditions for a time. That said, Hendrickson hatches were working their way up the West Branch of the Ausable River, and fish were “looking up.” Other waters (Saranac River, Boquet River,

The water temperatures inshore and in the lakes and ponds dropped a few degrees due to several days of heavy rains. It seems that the opening of the fluke season was a bit slower than expected due to this cooling, given the large number of preseason fluke caught. But some excellent fluke fishing occurred on

This is a good time of year to hit the region’s stocked trout waters when water conditions allow. The Mettawee and Battenkill are always worth a look, as is Kayderosseras Creek. Saratoga Lake should be seeing some walleye action with the season now open. On Lake George, laker trout fishing remained solid, with the occasional

The focus lately has been on the region’s stocked trout streams, but anglers have also been hitting the reservoir system. Kensico and Croton Falls reservoirs have been yielding some good brown trout; we’re not hearing much on the panfish front. Bobs Sport and Tackle

Heavy rains last week made most of the region’s streams unfishable, but just briefly and the rain was actually a welcome sight. Hatches were running about normal for this time of year, and some Sulphurs were starting to show on the West Branch of the Delaware River, as well as the main stem and the