Syracuse.com - CNY Fishing report: Oneida Lake walleye bite from shore continues; huge muskie taken on St. Lawrence River

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Muskie fishing continues to be the game on the St. Lawrence River until mid-December. A 60-incher was caught last weekend.

CNY FISHING FORECAST

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SALMON RIVER

The river is up because of water releases from the reservoir and rain. Fishing continues to be good, with lots of steelhead and browns still being caught.

OSWEGO RIVERThe river is up and any angler who goes out should be careful and should wear a personal floatation device. Brown and rainbow fishing continues to be phenomenal and the steelhead fishing is picking up.

ONEIDA LAKE

Anglers continue to catch walleyes off shore casting stickbaits. The perch fishing has also picked up, particularly in front of Oneida Shores park. Some are catching them while fishing from shore for walleyes. A few die-hard boat anglers continue to cash in on perch, using jigs tipped with spikes, worms or fathead minnows.

CAYUGA LAKE

Lake trout and Atlantic salmon are still 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

Anglers are catching lots of lakers and landlocked salmon in front of the canal at the southern end of the lake. Lots of bullheads being caught on leeches and nightcrawlers at the old canal on the east shore.

OWASCO LAKE

Lake trout fishing has been slow, but some fish are being taken vertically jigging with plastics in 70 feet of water. Northern pike are hitting spoons on the south end and yellow perch are hitting fathead minnows. Anglers are still catching spawning brown trout in the inlet using worms and egg sacks.

OTISCO LAKE

No new fishing activity to report. Brown trout fishing this fall on the lake has produced few results. Casting stickbaits off the causeway after dark usually produces some walleye this time of year.

SKANEATELES LAKE

Yellow perch are being taken on small minnows. Shore fishing with marshmallow and worm rigs usually works well this time of year for rainbow trout, as does trolling streamers on the surface for Atlantic salmon. But, there have been no reports of any recent activity for either method. Anglers at Lourdes Camp using the marshmallow worm rigs have not had too much luck this fall.

SODUS BAY

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

SANDY POND

No new fishing activity to report.

ST. LAWRENCE RIVER

Muskie fishing continues to be the game here until mid-December. A 60-incher was caught last weekend.

WHITNEY POINT RESERVOIR

Perch and smallmouth bass fishing continues to be good, but the walleye bite hasn’t been very strong lately — with the exception of the spillway, where they continue to be caught on Rapallas and bucktail jigs, tipped with a fathead minnow.

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