Syracuse.com - June 22: Oneida Lake walleye fishing continues to be on fire; in-land trout streams low and clear

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The bass fishing opener saw lots of bass caught in the local Finger Lakes and elsewhere. CNY FISHING FORECAST Bait stores (list and map).INLAND TROUT STREAMS Many streams across the area are low and clear. We could use some more rain. To find out how many trout (and what kind) are stocked in your favorite Onondaga County stream, call 689-0003. To hear the DEC’s weekly fishing report, which includes a list of streams that have been stocked in Region 7, call 607-753-1551. LAKE ONTARIO The lake fishing has picked back up over the last week. Chinook salmon and lake trout are being found in 120 feet of water. The brown trout fishing has been good in the morning in shallow water, around 10 feet, and then out to 20 to 50 feet of water as the day gets brighter. SALMON RIVER A few smallmouth bass continue to be caught in the lower end, with an occasional sighting of a skamania or an Atlantic salmon. OSWEGO RIVER The walleye bite has slowed, but a few are still hitting early in the morning on night crawlers, leeches, bucktail jigs and large stickbaits. Sheepshead, white perch, catfish and rock bass are active throughout the river with crayfish or worms working.ONEIDA LAKE Walleye anglers continue to do well on the lake with fish being taken in varying depths. Good baits continue to be bucktail jigs tipped with a fathead minnow and spinners and worm; stickbaits and blade baits are also working. Also, reports of lots of pickerel being caught.CAYUGA LAKE The lake fishing has picked back up over the last week. Chinook salmon and lake trout are being found in 120 feet of water. The brown trout fishing has been good in the morning in shallow water, around 10 feet, and then out to 20 to 50 feet of water as the day gets brighter. OTISCO LAKE A few walleye are being taken after dark by anglers casting stickbaits off the causeway. Trolling with stickbaits is also producing a few walleye during the day and after dark. Brown trout are also being taken on stickbaits trolled near the surface. Bass fishing has been good with jigs working well. An occasional tiger muskie is being taken around the lake on minnows.OWASCO LAKE Reports of nice smallmouth bass being taken all around the lake. Crayfish or minnows have been working. Northern pike are hitting large minnows on the south end and a few lake trout are being taken in 130 to 150 foot of water on spoons. Lots of perch being caught as well. Use fathead minnnows or night crawlers.SENECA LAKE Anglers fishing off the Watkins Glen pier are catching northern pike on minnows, stickbaits and spoons. Lake trout are hitting streamers and stickbaits. Fluorescent rainbow trout has been a good color, fished 75 feet down. Brown trout are being taken in the middle section of the lake (Lodi to Long Point) by anglers trolling and also by shore anglers. The shore anglers are getting brown trout just before dark on live bait and also on stickbaits fished near the surface. SKANEATELES LAKE Bass fishing along the shore continues to be good with a variety of plastic baits working. Some perch are still being taken on jigs and fathead minnows in 12-15 feet of water – particularly at the southern end. SANDY POND Northern pike fishing has been good and fish are being taken on Rapalas and spinnerbaits.SODUS BAY Perch are being taken in deeper water while rock bass are being taken in shallow water. Small jigs, worms and minnows are working. Pike are hitting along the weed edges. Bass fishing has been really good in the shallows. Good baits have been jigs, spinner baits and a variety of plastics. ST. LAWRENCE RIVERReports of lots of bass being taken. Good baits have been jigs, spinner baits and a variety of plastics, in addition to live crayfish. Perch fishing has also been good lately. WHITNEY POINT RESERVOIR Smallmouth bass fishing has been good along the shoreline with crankbaits working well. Trolling with worm harness and nightcrawlers has been producing lots of walleye action; many of the walleye are under the 18-inch size limit though. Walleye are also being taken on jigs tipped with leeches.

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