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Adirondacks

We are beginning to receive a few reports of ice anglers fishing for northern pike and yellow perch on some smaller ponds/lakes at higher elevations in Warren and Hamilton counties. In the Tupper Lake area,

Big Six

LAKE_MILLE LACS East – Walleye action has slowed, with the gravel kicking out more fish than the mud flats. The Four Mile and Five Mile gravel bars have been most productive in 28 to 32

Boulder Junction Area

Bluegills and crappies are being caught over the tops of weeds near deep water, and on the weedlines. The walleye bite has been OK, with some scattered pockets of good action. Walleyes were relatively shallow

Lake Michigan/Metro Area Lakes

In Sheboygan, the river was iced over and unfishable in most areas. Ice was forming in the harbor too, but there were still pockets of open water. In Port Washington, shore fishing has been slow

Minocqua/Woodruff Area

Despite the almost daily weather changes, fishing has been pretty good overall. Walleye fishing has been good. Obviously some nights are better than others. Set up by 3 p.m., because on most afternoons the bite

Long Island/NYC

The striped bass and blackfish seasons are both closed, with the blackfish season scheduled to reopen on Jan. 16. There are herring at Shinnecock Inlet and to the east, most notably in Montauk Harbor, but

Lake Winnebago Area

Fishermen started picking up more perch and walleyes on Lake Winnebago last week. Anglers on Lake Poygan have been having some success with walleyes at Herbst landing. The Lake Butte des Morts channels were seeing

Southeastern New York

Fishing was pretty quiet earlier this month, as anglers awaited some safe ice and open-water hopefuls, in many cases, were stymied by skim ice. Most of the angling attention was for brown trout, with some

Beaver Dam Area

Ice conditions on Beaver Dam Lake were in good shape as of last week – anglers were driving out with ATVs and snowmobiles. Walleye and panfish action was running above average as of last week.

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