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Finger Lakes/Central NY

Cayuga Lake: There are some landlocked salmon, rainbow trout and brown trout in the larger tributaries. Good baits are streamers, egg imitating plastics and night crawlers. A reminder: fishing is from sunrise to sunset on

Capital District

Not much to report as anglers gear up for the ice fishing season, which may not be far off on some waters. Lake George, however, generally doesn’t offer safe conditions until sometime next month.

Lake Michigan/Metro Area Lakes

In Milwaukee County, ice is forming on most tributaries, but the Milwaukee River remained open near the harbor last week. Shore anglers behind the Summerfest grounds have been catching a few browns on minnows or

Hayward Area

Most of the area lakes had 3 to 5 inches of ice last week, and the big lakes were starting to get ice around the shorelines. The fishing has been pretty good, with good reports

Thousand Island

Black Lake: Safe ice might not be too far off, notably in some of the bays where anglers can usually get on by mid-December in a normal year. St. Lawrence River: No reports of safe

Lake Winnebago Area

Ice conditions are improving for walking, especially in the bays, channels, and sloughs. Anglers are catching a lot of bluegills and a few perch, too. A few northern pike have turned up. Fox River Bait

Chippewa Falls Area

There was some ice on small lakes and bays in the area, but the big lakes were still open as of last week. In some places there is snow on an inch or two of

Sturgeon Bay Area

Anglers were walking from the new boat launch at Little Sturgeon, but most local fishermen were waiting for better ice conditions. Stevenson Pier Mini Mart, (920) 824-5222.

Sauk City Area

Anglers are catching bluegills on Lake Wisconsin at Whalen’s Grade and in the sloughs, and they’re also catching bluegills on Crystal Lake. On Lake Wisconsin, anglers found about 5 inches of ice on Lake Wisconsin

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