Syracuse.com - Figura starting three-part series on three unique, local trout streams and writing about Wild Carp Week

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Have a favorite, off-shore fishing spot in CNY that folks keep coming to and you'd like me to write about? Call Outdoors Editor David Figura at 470-6066 or email him at [email protected] John Berry/The Post-StandardGary Lauzon of Jamesville has fished Butternut Creek for over 58 years. He shares his experiences as he fishes near Weller Road in the town of Lafayette. Man... just blink. The warm months are upon us. Turkey season is going strong; walleye fishing has started. Memorial Day is coming soon. ....(Now if I could only blink and have all that yard work and spring cleaning go away).Hey, but that's what it's all about. You work hard, you play hard. And in Central New York, there's a lot of things to do outdoors.This week I'm starting something special. It begins with Friday's paper, and will continue for two successive Fridays on the Outdoors pages. It's a three-part series on the three streams in our coverage area that have stretches that are open year-round for trout fishing (Butternut, Limestone and Chittenango creeks).Here's what's on tap this week:FRIDAY: A profile on Butternut Creek. We fish with a local angler who's wet his line on these waters for most of his life and tell what makes this stream so special for him (and others).Column: A precede to Wild Carp Week in B-ville and this weekend's Madcatter Hobie Cat sailboat regatta set for this weekend on Oneida Lake.SUNDAY: Locals Eric Ames and Steve Ware have been the best finishing locals during the 5 years that competitive carp fishing on the Seneca River has been going on. They'll be competing again next week in the Wild Carp Classic, a tough, 50 hours of straight fishing against teams from around the country, Canada and England. What's their secret?Column: Still mulling my options.. among them.. what's up with the wild boars in this area ... and the news that the DEC is getting assistance from Canada and Virginia in stocking salmon and trout as a result of unexplained fish die-offs at two DEC hatcheries.ANYTHING ELSE READERS OF THIS REPORT WOULD LIKE TO SEE ME WRITE ABOUT? The effectiveness of this report is two-fold. First it lets readers know what's coming up story-wise. It also allows readers a chance to affect coverage and provide sources for upcoming stories. Bottom line: Keep in touch and give input. You could make a difference as to what appears week to week on the outdoors page! Email me at [email protected] or call 470-6066.-Folks I'd like to get in contact with for future stories/columns:- Planning on starting a series of stories on "Favorite Fishing Spots," which will profile off-shore locations that continue to draw anglers year after year -- I'm talking about such places as the causeway on Otisco, or the breakwater at Verona Beach. I need some help here.- Someone who fishes on Oneida Lake the old-fashion way, pulling copper wire for walleyes. - Individuals who has, continues to successfully hunt wild boar in the Cortland County/Onondaga county area.If you want to join The Post-Standard's Outdoors Group and get this emailed directly to you, subscribe here..FIGURA ON FACEBOOK:For those who are on Facebook, I also have a PS Outdoors page, which I check several times daily for feedback and story ideas. I also post personal fishing and hunting and other outdoors-related photos from time to time and I ask members to do the same. When you join, please be sure and hit the "like" button.

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