If you enjoy fishing, April 1 is probably marked on your calendar. That's the day trout fishing season opens on Finger Lakes tributaries and other waters across the state, and for many Southern Tier ...

HAMMONDSPORT, N.Y. (WETM) — Anglers are invited to a new fishing event at the Finger Lakes Boating Museum. The Hammondsport-based museum’s first-ever Trout Day will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on ...

Skaneateles Lake provides good fishing for lake trout, rainbow trout and landlocked salmon. Otisco Lake also offers good brown trout fishing during early April. Steelhead anglers fishing the ...

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 ...

There are lots of different ways to catch lake trout, but the key to consistency is knowing the best techniques and lures to use based on the current conditions and the fish’s patterns and preferences ...

Expect lake trout to be in shallow water throughout all the cold-water Finger Lakes – 50 feet to 80 feet is a good general range to try, Gaulke said. Largemouth and smallmouth bass should be finished ...