
Ice fishing 202: Hooking for live bait for walleyes this winter
How you hook your live bait – fathheads, shiners, or even grubs – will determine whether you catch winter’s finicky walleyes through the hard water

How you hook your live bait – fathheads, shiners, or even grubs – will determine whether you catch winter’s finicky walleyes through the hard water

Gov. Andrew Cuomo will place language in the 2014 fiscal budget that would give DEC the authority to develop regulations allowing for crossbow use in New York.
Ice fishing is in full swing throughout the region, and unless heavy snows create sloppy conditions anglers should have a lengthy season on the hard water. Lake Champlain was yielding plenty of perch, but many
Lake Ontario: Steelhead and brown trout were still being taken in the tributaries when weather conditions allowed. Oneida Lake: Ice fishermen, at last check, were on popular spots like Big Bay, Lewis Point and a
Cayuga Lake: Not hearing anything lately. Seneca Lake: Anglers still getting out in boats were catching a mixed bag of Atlantic salmon, brown trout, and some lake trout, but the window of opportunity has been
Anglers took advantage of the end of the sea bass season by fishing the deep-water wrecks aboard open and charter boats for large sea bass, jumbo porgies and a few cod, pollock and blues. The

DMP increase falls short of goal in some units
While the hard-water crowd impatiently awaited safe ice for Lake George, there were some good ice fishing options available in the region. Anglers were on Saratoga Lake and pulling perch as well as largemouth bass

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