Syracuse.com - June 29-July 1: Oneida Lake walleye bite continues to be good; bass fishing season in full swing

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There are reports of water fleas beginning to show up on Lake Cayuga. CNY FISHING FORECAST Bait stores (list and map). CAYUGA LAKE There are reports of waterfleas beginning to show up. When water fleas become abundant they can make trolling frustrating, so be prepared with flea flicker line. Lake trout are being caught on spoons and Spin Doctors and flies fished 50 to 200 feet down over 50 to 250 feet of water. Vertical jigging has also been good for lake trout in 75 to 95 feet of water. Bass fishing has been excellent on the north and south ends.CROSS LAKE/SENECA RIVER Anglers continue to caught some nice northern pike, but high winds kept many off the lake this week. They’re also bringing in lots of bass, panfish and catfish. Pike are also being caught in the Seneca River on spinner bait and pike minnows. INLAND TROUT STREAMSStreams are down and clear. 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 Chinook salmon and lake trout are being found in 100 to 200 feet of water. Fishing down 90 to 150 feet with spoons, flashers & flies or flashers and cut-bait is working for the salmon. 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.ONEIDA LAKE Walleye anglers continue to do well on the lake with fish being taken in various depths. Good baits continue to be bucktail jigs tipped with a minnow or nightcrawler; spinner and worm rigs; stickbaits and blade baits. Bass and pickerel fishing also continues to be very good in most of the lake.OSWEGO RIVER Walleye continue to hit 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.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 continues to be good araound the lake, with an occasional tiger muskie being taken OWASCO LAKE Reports of lots of bass and perch being taken on crayfish and fathead minnows. A few lake trout are being taken in 130 to 150 foot of water on spoons. A few lake trout are being taken in 130 to 150 foot of water on spoons. Northern pike are hitting large minnows on the south end.SALMON RIVER Things are quiet on the river this time of year. Nothing to report this week. SANDY POND Northern pike fishing continues to be good for anglers using Rapalas and spinnerbaits.SENECA LAKE Anglers fishing of the 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. Perch are scattered, but when you find them some good -sized ones are being caught. 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 25 feet of water. Anglers pulling wire are getting some lake trout on spoons, but overall, trout fishing has been slow. Tthe brown drake hatch is pretty much over.SODUS BAY Bass fishing has been good in the shallows, out to about 12 feet of water. Good lures have been spinnerbaits, topwaters and a variety of plastics. ST. LAWRENCE RIVERBass are biting on crayfish or tube jigs. Lots of northern pike are being taken on Huskie Jerk lures or pike minnows in 20 to 30 feet of water.WHITNEY POINT RESERVOIR Trolling with worm harnesses and night crawlers has been producing lots of walleye action, but many are under the 18-inch size limit. Walleye are also being taken on jigs tipped with leeches. Smallmouth bass area being taken along the shoreline.

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