Syracuse.com - Nov. 25-27: Salmon/Oswego rivers remain hot spots; perch being caught offshore on Oneida Lake

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Good baits on the Salmon River are egg sacs (blue, pink, white mesh), streamers and egg-imitating flies and plastics.

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SALMON RIVER

River is still low and clear. Steelhead are being caught throughout the river. With the low flow, the action on sunny days has been better in the early morning and late afternoon. Good baits are egg sacs (blue, pink, white mesh), streamers and egg-imitating flies and plastics.

OSWEGO RIVER

The browns and rainbows/steelhead have moved in and lots of catches. Flow is way up, though. Be careful. Estaz eggs, egg sacs, woolly buggers, hot-n-tots and crazy eggs are all working.

ONEIDA LAKE

Perch in some areas being caught in the shallows from shore, using minnows and bobbers. Casting from shore just before and after dark for walleyes with stickbaits in black and silver and blue and silver continues to work. It helps to have the wind blowing into the shore where you’re fishing, generating a little chop.

CAYUGA LAKE

Lake trout and Atlantic salmon are being taken around Taughannock by anglers trolling with spoons, or flashers and flies using downriggers or Dipsey divers. Try fishing 40 to 100 feet down over 100 to 250 feet of water. Lake trout are also hitting vertically jigged chartreuse plastics in 75 to 150 feet of water. Perch are being taken in the north end in 10 to 15 feet of water on fathead and larger minnows.

SENECA LAKE

Yellow perch fishing continues to be good in 20 to 40 feet of water throughout the lake. Lake trout are being taken in depths over 100 feet on spoons and flashers/flies. Brown trout and salmon are being taken 40 to 80 feet down on flashers/flies and spoons. Anglers fishing large minnows under bobbers, or casting large crankbaits are catching some northern pike.

OWASCO LAKE

Try the north end of the lake for lake trout by vertical jigging in 65 to 95 feet of water. Trolling the same area in 50 to 75 feet down over 100 to 120 feet of water with spoons may also produce lake and brown trout. Bass are reportedly being caught using soft-shells and artificial baits (Senkos, tube jigs or drop-shot rigs). Yellow perch are hitting fathead minnows. Spawning brown trout continue to be caught in the inlet, using worms and egg sacs.

OTISCO LAKE

No new fishing activity to report. Casting stickbaits off the causeway after dark usually produces some walleye this time of year.

SKANEATELES LAKE

Trolling 30 to 50 feet down with small perch-colored spoons or stickbaits is producing lake trout, rainbows and Atlantic salmon. Lake trout are also hitting at 60 feet down over 75 to 80 feet of water. Early in the day, glow baits are working better but as the sun gets higher switching to pearl, chartreuse or silver has been better. Trolling on the surface for rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon has been slow but is usually productive this time of year. Yellow perch are being taken on small minnows or crayfish.

SANDY POND

No new fishing activity to report as things is slow on the pond this time of year.

SODUS BAY

Perch fishing continues to be good. Larger perch are coming from the deeper water, 20 to 30 feet, using spikes and jigs and fathead minnows.

ST. LAWRENCE RIVER

Muskie fishing continues to be the top draw. Most other fishing has slowed down, with some walleyes, perch and northerns being taken.

WHITNEY POINT RESERVOIR

Drifting with bucktail jigs tipped with minnows or worms is producing some walleye and smallmouth bass. Fishing the spillway with jigs or stickbaits is also working for walleye.

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