In general, this summer has been one of the best in recent memory for those fishing Lake Ontario. But that hasn't always translated into more business for charter boat captains, many who've see a drop ...

Today we're out there at the mouth of Lake Ontario, doing something I normally wouldn't do until the spring: trolling for ...

The first taste of snow arrived this week but that shouldn’t stop many anglers from fishing in the streams (especially off Lake Ontario) or the Niagara River – the best two cold weather options. Lake ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- State environmental officials say Lake Ontario Chinook salmon fishing in 2017 was the best in more than 30 years. The Department of Environmental Conservation has surveyed Lake ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation has announced the adoption of several fishing regulation amendments for anglers fishing Lake Ontario, Lake Erie and their tributaries. The new ...

Law enforcement officers with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation(DEC) patrolling Lake Ontario tributaries in eastern Monroe County on Oct. 21 intercepted anglers in possession ...

This year’s preliminary results of the Department of Environmental Conservation’s catch rate survey for Chinook salmon on Lake Ontario serve as a reminder of the potential of a properly managed ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — The New York State Department of Health recently released new recommendations for women and children when it comes to the types and amounts of fish they can safely consume ...

Stocking of trout and salmon in 2019 will still exceed 2.7 million fish Alewife decline behind stocking reduction by 20 percent Due to a diminishing population of bait fish, stocking of Chinook salmon ...

LOONHAUNT LAKE, Ontario – A more joyous fisherman would have been hard to picture on this sunny Sunday in early August. It was the first full day of a fly-in fishing trip to Loonhaunt Lake in ...

Women and children can eat more fish from Lake Ontario and several other New York waterways after the state Department of Health updated its guidance on Monday. The recommendations for fish caught in ...