Fishing Reports

St. Lawrence River Cooler temperatures should trigger some muskie action, but we haven’t heard much lately. Bass and pike action remained solid, however. Black Lake While waterfowl season was off to a slow start due

Lake Ontario and tributaries Burt Dam and Eighteen Mile Creek needs some water to really pull some fish into the system. In the meantime, your best bet is in the harbor and off the piers,

Lake Ontario There were still salmon being found around tributary mouths. J-plugs and flasher and flies are still working. With the lack of rain most tributaries were still too low for salmon to make their

Cayuga Lake Lake trout fishing was slow, possibly due spawning activity. Fishing 80 to 110 feet down with flasher and flies was producing a few lakers, as was vertical jigging in 80 to 100 feet

This is the time of year when attention turns solidly to hunting, with the opening of the Northern Zone firearms season Oct. 20 after the weeklong (Oct. 13-19) muzzleloader offering. Fall turkey hunters were also

The blackfish season opened up to some excellent inshore and offshore fishing, with blackfish in the 8-pound class common offshore and fish up to 5 pounds inshore. From the shore, blackfish were caught off the

Lake George anglers continued to take advantage of some fine fishing, with lake trout found at 50 feet and bass – both largemouth and smallmouth – also offered consistent action. Northern pike were also cooperative