New York

Cayuga Lake: The north end of the lake was seeing the bulk of the ice fishing pressure, with anglers encountering lots of small perch as well as pickerel. Seneca Lake: Some ice was reported on

Lake Champlain hard-water fishing remained solid, with some good numbers and good-sized perch reported throughout the lake. Lake trout were also appearing at times, as were northern pike in the traditional spots, such as Ticonderoga,

Cold weather and winter storms dominated this report period. Boats that found a weather window were rewarded with cod, ling and pollock. The fishing was good, which may partially be due to the reduced pressure

Lake George was offering up some of its best hard-water action in several years, thanks to good ice conditions that allowed anglers to flock to the popular water. Lake trout were providing some good action,

Muscoot Reservoir: Brown trout and panfish at last check. West Branch Reservoir: Anglers were frustrated by slow fishing, according to recent reports. Some brown trout were iced, however. East Branch (Sodom) Reservoir: Slow at last

Weather conditions kept die-hard fly-fishers off the Catskills streams and rivers that remain open to fishing. And we’re hot hearing anything on the ice fishing front right now.

St. Lawrence River: Fishing has been decent of lake in spots like Lake of the Isles and Eel Bay, but snow and slush made for tough travel without a snowmobile. Anglers were connecting on perch