The thing Lake Anglers should be worried about is the declining number of "Fishing Boat Trips" targeting trout and salmon. In 2012 the number was down to 46,059 trips or approx. 800,000 angler hours effort. This was the lowest number of trips in the 27 year data series!
By comparison the 2011-2012 Tributary Creel Survey documented 409,000 angler trips or 1.6 million angler hours effort. In other words the tributary fishery produces twice as many license buying fishermen for New York State as does the boat fishery. This is something the NYSDEC will be thinking about as they develope future management plans for Lake Ontario.