In general, this summer has been one of the best in recent memory for those fishing Lake Ontario. But that hasn't always translated into more business for charter boat captains, many who've see a drop ...

We're out on the waters of Lake Ontario with Dirk and some friends. Today's target: smallmouth bass. We rig up with 3/4oz Stingnose Jigging spoons and jig up ourselves some excellent smallmouth bass.

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. This time I'm trolling right at the top of winter using the new ...

Fourteen-year-old George Abdo of Glenmont caught a 3-pound, 5-ounce, yellow perch on Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, in Albany's Washington Park Lake. Keep clicking through the slideshow for big (and sometimes ...

Lake Ontario salmon aren’t finicky eaters. The voracious fish will devour everything from watermelon and frogs to purple dolphins and monkey puke. No, this isn’t some freakish bait assortment. Rather, ...

Fair Haven, N.Y., is a prime attraction for steelhead anglers from across the Northeast who are lured by the feisty fish dwelling in Lake Ontario and migrating into its tributaries. Most anglers, ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation's recently announced decision to cut back on the stocking of Chinook salmon in Lake Ontario during 2019 by 20 percent is getting some negative ...

Women and children can eat more fish from Lake Ontario and several other New York waterways after the state Department of Health updated its guidance on Monday. The recommendations for fish caught in ...

IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. (WROC) — If you’ve been to Lake Ontario recently, you might have noticed thousands of little dead fish all along the shoreline. From an environmental perspective, many are asking ...

LOONHAUNT LAKE, Ontario – A more joyous fisherman would have been hard to picture on this sunny Sunday in early August. It was the first full day of a fly-in fishing trip to Loonhaunt Lake in ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — The New York State Department of Health recently released new recommendations for women and children when it comes to the types and amounts of fish they can safely consume ...