Saturday is the regular inland trout opener. The New York Power Authority has announced its fishing facilities are open early. This includes the popular fishing platform in the gorge. Too bad the ...

Elaine Supp, a charter captain from Pulaski who goes by the social media handle Fish Girl Outdoors, recently landed the biggest—and prettiest—Lake Ontario trout she’d ever seen, in the most unorthodox ...

Today we're out there at the mouth of Lake Ontario, doing something I normally wouldn't do until the spring: trolling for ...

Lake trout might be the ultimate winter trophy. A tangle with one of these denizens of the deep is not soon forgotten. Lake trout fight with spirit and are always game for a battle in winter’s cold ...

The first taste of snow arrived this week but that shouldn’t stop many anglers from fishing in the streams (especially off Lake Ontario) or the Niagara River – the best two cold weather options. Lake ...

Lake trout are denizens of the deep. For most of the year, they’re hunkered down 50 feet or more in the recesses of lakes and reservoirs, chilling out below the thermocline in colder water. To catch ...

ON LOWER MANITOU LAKE, ONTARIO -- The signs were obvious. We just didn't want to believe them. First, the water temperature was nearly 60 degrees. Too warm. Second, pine pollen already dusted the ...

We're out here on Lake Ontario trolling for lake trout. It's early May and the water temperature is 44 degrees Fahrenheit (6 degrees Celsius. I've chosen to run with the American Smelt - specifically ...

Put that mount back on the wall, Butch! Actually, "Bullhead Butch" Blasing, who operates Rod Benders Guide Service, soon will have his trophy lake trout mounted and placed on his wall. The 20-pound, ...