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Western New York

Lake Erie and tributaries: Tributaries are still holding many trout, with steelhead leading the way. Cattaraugus Creek was leading the way, but it may not be fishable following the snowstorm. Your best bet might be

Adirondacks

Lake Champlain fishing is slow – or maybe nonexistent now until safe ice, which generally comes sometime in late December or early January. First ice generally occurs up north in Kings and Kelly bays or

Central New York

Oneida Lake: Walleye fishing continues to be very good especially on the eastern end of the lake. Casting from shore with gold colored blade baits is working extremely well. Black/chrome and blue/silver stick baits are

Southeastern New York

Ice anglers were watching conditions closely at Muscoot Reservoir and could actually be on by now if the weather holds, according to John Miller at Bob’s Sport and Tackle (914-232-4085) in Katonah. Anglers were already

Solid salmon-trout fishing this year on Lake Ontario

Cape Vincent, N.Y. – Anglers flocked to Lake Ontario in search of salmon and trout this year despite media reports of VHS and other invasive species. DEC’s annual creel census, conducted throughout the lake by

Deer harvest reports up this season

Albany – An increase in whitetail harvest reports to DEC likely means more deer were killed by hunters this year than in 2006. But, DEC officials caution, the percentage increase in harvest reports won’t likely

Finger Lakes/Central NY

Cayuga Lake: There are some landlocked salmon, rainbow trout and brown trout in the larger tributaries. Good baits are streamers, egg imitating plastics and night crawlers. A reminder: fishing is from sunrise to sunset on

Deadly deer season: Five fatalities so far

Almond, N.Y – A 30-year-old Geneseo man has become New York’s fifth deer-hunting fatality of the 2007 season. State police said Brandon Haugh was hunting with a party of five on Dec. 1 when another

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