cayuga Cayuga County Fishing Report for April 27 - May 4, 2018

[Cayuga County]

The fishing report below is made available from the Central New York Fishing Hotline for April 27 through May 4, 2018 at https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/9218.html Please visit that site for more information or to follow links.

 

A reminder that from Nov 1 to May 1, all persons aboard any pleasure vessel less than 21 feet long must wear a Personal Floatation Device (PFD) while underway. For more information on boating regulations please view the NYS Boater's Guide. A link can be found in the righthand column under ‘Links Leaving DEC’s Website.’

 

The New York State Freshwater Fishing Regulations Guide runs from April 1st to March 30th. The 2018-19 Official guide has a picture of an angler holding a giant smallmouth bass on the cover. The Fishing Guide can be picked up where fishing licenses are sold.

 

Oswego and Wayne Counties have weekly fishing hotlines on their web sites as well and would be another good option for fishing reports; Oswego County (visitoswegocounty.com); and Wayne County (waynecountytourism.com). Though Onondaga County doesn't have a weekly fishing report, their web site is another good source of fishing information in the region (fishonondagacounty.com).

 

Lake Ontario

 

On the few "nice" days that anglers have been able to make it out on the lake, they are getting brown trout trolling with stickbaits or small spoons in shallow water. Natural colors seem to be working better at the moment, that may change if we get some off colored water.

 

Click here to see the rest of this report on ILoveNYFishing.com.