Fishing Reports

Lake Ontario and tributaries: Capt. Bob Cinelli out of Olcott sends word that he’s been hitting fish from 60 to 300 feet of water on spoons and flasher-flies. They’ve been catching a mix fish down

Lake Ontario: Brown trout fishing has slowed down and fish are more scattered. Fishing stickbaits and small spoons in shallow nearshore water during the early morning has been a good starting point. As the day

Cayuga Lake: Anglers trolling stickbaits or spoons from 15 to 30 feet down were catching some brown trout and Atlantic salmon. Vertical jigging was yielding lakers in 50 to 150 feet of water. Perch were

Conditions were superb on the region’s trout waters, with streams and ponds stocked and last week’s rains boosting flows and keeping water temperatures ideal. Fishing was very good on the West Branch of the Ausable,

Weakfish were caught in Flanders Bay from the beach at Indian Island County Park on white bucktails tipped with sandworms in the cut to the salt pond, and at Roses Grove and at Jessup’s Neck.

Trout anglers were taking advantage of freshly stocked waters last week, and that will likely continue until the regular-season bass kickoff next month. The Battenkill, Mettawee and Kayderosseras are good bets. On Saratoga Lake, Tim