New York

Willowemoc and Beaverkill: Both rivers are fishable at last look and actually abnormally low for this time of year. There were still a few Olives and midges around but sub-surface is the way to fish.

St. Lawrence River: Not hearing anything yet on the ice fishing front, but that could change at any time. Black Lake: Some ice fishing was taking place as of last week, notably on Rollaway Bay,

Lake Ontario and tributaries: Burt Dam and Eighteen Mile Creek were still holding fair numbers of trout. Best bait was a jig tipped with a wax worm and fished under a float, but egg sacs

Oswego River: Anglers were still getting some nice brown trout and steelhead and good baits have been pink trout worms, egg sacs, trout beads and white jigs. Salmon River: Flows were up at last look.

Cayuga Lake: A few brown trout were being reported from the tributaries around the lake. Streams were running low and clear at last check. When there is snowmelt, look for conditions to improve. Seneca Lake:

Not hearing a lot yet on the ice fishing front, with very few waters offering safe ice at this point. Snow hasn’t helped ice formation. There were reports of hard-water anglers out on Lincoln Pond

The weather was generally windy and stormy this report period, keeping many boats tied to the dock. Boaters who did make it out took advantage of the last two weeks of the striped bass season.