New York

Lake Ontario: Increased flows have led to some good steelhead and brown trout in the tributaries. Try egg imitations or egg sacs. Oneida Lake: The shore walleye bite is still happening, with fish being caught

Lake Ontario and tributaries: If you are not a hunter, then this could be a great time to go fishing because there will be a lot less pressure in places like Eighteen Mile Creek and

Cayuga Lake: Northern pike and chain pickerel were being caught on spoons in the north end. Any rain should bring the browns and landlocked salmon into the tributaries. Seneca Lake: Lake trout were being taken

Deer hunters are seeing buck activity and are connecting on some good bucks – even a few topping the magical 200-pound mark. There hasn’t been a lot of tracking snow this season, with the exception

The striped bass and bluefish action outside the South Shore inlets, especially between Fire Island Inlet and Moriches Inlet, and off Montauk Point and Orient Point remained excellent, but anglers were working harder for the

The focus now is clearly on deer hunting, both in the Northern and Southern zones. The Southern Zone opener got off to a warm and windy start but there were scattered reports of solid success

No fishing report right now with most of the attention focused on whitetail hunting.