Fishing Reports

Lake Ontario and tributaries: More salmon should be coming into the lake’s tributaries, but some rain would help kickstart the run. Pier casters and Olcott Harbor trollers in small boats took advantage of a few

Cayuga Lake: Lake trout fishing continued to be good for both anglers trolling and vertical jigging. Trolling 80 to 110 feet down in 100 to 150 feet of water, with spoons or flasher and flies,

Not hearing a lot on the fishing front now that the archery deer season has kicked off in the Northern Zone and the early bear season opened last month. But it’s a great time to

Offshore fishing remained excellent during this report period for tuna, groundfish and sharks. There was a tremendous amount of life offshore, including whales, turtles and schools of cownose rays. Yellowfin to 25 pounds, skipjack to

Fishing pressure has dropped off and will continue to do so now that the Northern Zone archery deer season has opened and the muzzleloader and regular seasons are approaching. But it’s a great time to

Not hearing a lot on the fishing front, and we expect that to be the case for a while with the archery deer season now open.

Beaverkill and Willowemoc: Flows were still low, and as a result the fishing has been slow. Delaware East Branch: Low, but water temps were not a problem all the way down to Hancock. Delaware West

St. Lawrence River: Fishing has been good, for smallmouth bass using tubes and live bait (crayfish and minnows); for walleye in low-light conditions; and for northern pike in the weeds. Black Lake: Most of the