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Southwest Region

Allegheny River – Andy Blackwell, of Homewood, landed a 40-inch, 35-pound flathead catfish on a shiner at Highland Park in recent weeks. Shawn Kurtz, of Springdale, caught a 4-pound, 2-ounce smallmouth bass on a sucker

Northeast Region

Lake Wallenpaupack (Pike County) – Rainfall raised water levels and the fall bite was turning on in recent weeks, with good action reported on stripers, brown trout, perch, pickerel, northern pike and walleyes. Stripers are

Central New York

Lake Ontario: Salmon and trout fishing is slowing down in the lake. Oneida Lake: Casting from shore with black/chrome or blue/chrome stick baits is working well for walleye. The best action has been from around

Central LP

Saginaw Bay Area Perch fishing has been good on Lake Huron’s Saginaw Bay. Anglers fishing at the mouth of the Saginaw River and around Buoy 22 report a good bite. A fair catfish bite has

Southern Tier

Susquehanna, Chenango, Tioughnioga and Unadilla rivers: Walleye fishing has really picked up with the cooler weather. Walleye are hitting Shad Raps and pearl-colored plastic swim baits. Smallmouth bass fishing continues to be very good. Tube

Siren Area

Walleye fishing has been going OK in the area, with fish starting to come in a little bit shallower now that the water is cooling off. Fishermen have also tangled with a few muskies on

Hayward Area

With the deer rut going full force, bowhunting has pretty much been the main form of outdoor recreation the past week (along with fair numbers of grouse hunters as well). There has still been some

Rice Lake Area

Muskie action is good, with fish up to 48 inches being caught. Depending on the lake, depths holding fish will vary from 4 to even 20 feet. Anglers are mainly using big suckers, suspending them

Minocqua/Woodruff Area

As good as things were for this past weekend, the coming week looks awesome for muskies. Surface temps were ranging from a low of 42 degrees on shallow lakes and flowages to nearly 50 degrees

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