Fishing tales
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Fishing
- Fishing: 'Hookless fly' sails through 'Catt' test
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NEWS OUTDOORS REPORTER
Updated: 11/21/09 11:03 PM A good fly pattern can make dead fishing waters come alive. (Updated: 11/21/09 11:03 PM )
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Updated: 11/18/09 7:29 AM It’s done and ready. DEC Fisheries Supervisor Paul McKeown announced Monday a completion of all work needed to allow access to the lower Niagara River at Lewiston Landing. (Updated: 11/18/09 7:29 AM )
- Fishing Line: By Will Elliott
Updated: 11/17/09 11:28 PMIt's done and ready. (Updated: 11/17/09 11:28 PM )
- Fishing Line: By Will Elliott
Updated: 11/10/09 8:31 PMLower Niagara River trout and lingering salmon outings offer a nice variety of salmonids. (Updated: 11/10/09 8:31 PM )
- Fishing: Steelhead anglers prove their mettle
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SPECIAL TO THE NEWS
Updated: 11/07/09 11:59 PM Ugly weather predictions for Thursday morning could not dim or dampen the dozens of steelhead hunters fishing the lower Niagara River. (Updated: 11/07/09 11:59 PM )
- Fishing Line: Nov. 4
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NEWS SPORTS REPORTER
Updated: 11/03/09 9:56 PM Great Lakes feeder streams offer a great mix of trout and some salmon. (Updated: 11/03/09 9:56 PM )
- Fishing Line: Oct. 27
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NEWS OUTDOORS REPORTER
Updated: 10/27/09 10:16 PM More hunting-season openings give dedicated stream anglers greater space along pools and riffles. (Updated: 10/27/09 10:16 PM )
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Updated: 09/23/09 6:52 AM Fish forecasting finally fell into fall-like patterns this past week. (Updated: 09/23/09 6:52 AM )
- Larson hooks a winner during LOC Derby
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Updated: 09/13/09 7:11 AM Roy Larson has found the tools to hammer steelheads. (Updated: 09/13/09 7:11 AM )
- Notebook
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Updated: 09/13/09 7:11 AM When competitors get on the water to fish the 33rd annual Fall Classic Derby, formally called the Greater Niagara 2009 Fish Odyssey, the outing will be a memorial to Doug Stein. (Updated: 09/13/09 7:11 AM )
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Updated: 09/02/09 7:09 AM Holiday angling (Updated: 09/02/09 7:09 AM )
- Hollingsworth is walleye wizard
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Updated: 08/30/09 7:06 AM The cycle of walleye wanderings is down around the Western New York waters of Lake Erie. (Updated: 08/30/09 7:06 AM )
- When the elite meet, Sphar stands out
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Updated: 08/23/09 6:50 AM Pavilion bass pro Matt Sphar has gone far in the BASS Elite series during the past three years. (Updated: 08/23/09 6:50 AM )
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Updated: 08/12/09 7:04 AM Boating anglers along the Lake Ontario shoreline see high creek and river waters as a prelude to early king salmon runs into feeder streams. (Updated: 08/12/09 7:04 AM )
- Ice Boom gives Barrett a cold feeling
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Updated: 08/09/09 6:21 AM During these warm summer days, Western New Yorkers rarely contemplate the presence and affects of the Ice Boom. (Updated: 08/09/09 6:21 AM )
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Updated: 08/05/09 6:58 AM Anglers talk more about the winds, waves, and rainstorms than where the fish are biting on Western New York waters of late. (Updated: 08/05/09 6:58 AM )
- Times are changing at Gogama Lodge
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Updated: 08/02/09 6:02 AM No matter how many fly-in or outback fishing trips one takes in north country, every one presents new ventures and adventures. (Updated: 08/02/09 6:02 AM )
- Bass contests
Updated: 08/02/09 6:02 AMNiagara River Anglers Association Bass Contest winners had no problems with lower river moss and brought in big smallmouths. Mike McGrath topped all two-fish entries with a 9.6-pound total. Falls angler James Korba weighed in 9.38 pounds to finish second among the 43 contestants who fished the river, Lake Ontario and tributary waters. (Updated: 08/02/09 6:02 AM )
- Lake Ontario greater for finding keepers
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Updated: 07/29/09 7:13 AM If it’s a battle of the Great Lakes, Ontario is greater right now. Lake Erie bass, perch, and walleye fishing has been so-so this past week. Lake Ontario shoreline and open-water fishing holds promising prospects. Stiff breezes have kept boaters off the big lakes often; inland lakes could provide access to assorted game-and pan-fish runs. (Updated: 07/29/09 7:13 AM )
- Anglers make seasonal adjustments
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Updated: 07/26/09 7:07 AM Smallmouth bass fishing, especially on Lake Erie waters, has become big with both tournament and recreational anglers. (Updated: 07/26/09 7:07 AM )
- Cool Lake Ontario waters keep things hot for salmon anglers
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Updated: 07/22/09 7:02 AM Winds and chilly nights are a breeze for fishing folk in search of cold-water species. Great Lakes waters have warmed later and more gradually than usual. But Erie walleye workers and Ontario salmon seekers welcome this warm rather than sweltering hot early-summer weather for both outdoors comfort and fish catching. (Updated: 07/22/09 7:02 AM )
- Weather merely slows fishermen
- NEWS OUTDOORS REPORTER
Updated: 07/19/09 7:31 AM Boat teams in the New York Walleye Association Amara-Can Walleye Classic endured strong winds and heavy rainfall on the Saturday run and subdued but still stiff winds on Sunday during competition out of Chadwick Bay Marina in Dunkirk Harbor on July 11 and 12. (Updated: 07/19/09 7:31 AM )
- Winds blow anglers off their perch
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Updated: 07/15/09 6:59 AM High winds—plus continuing morning cold fronts— have sent anglers to alternate options and outings this past week. When open, Great Lakes waters go on a heavy roll. The beauty of fishing in Western New York has to be the abundance of inland lakes anglers have as options when things aren’t so great on the big lake. (Updated: 07/15/09 6:59 AM )
- Anglers raise money for research
Updated: 07/12/09 6:50 AMThe eighth annual Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s BassEye Celebrity Challenge provided another year of challenge variations for both a catch count and species selection. (Updated: 07/12/09 6:50 AM )
- Kids get a line on tourneys
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Updated: 07/12/09 6:50 AM Adult tournaments abound, but young anglers also have outing options of either a major tournament or recreational gatherings keyed for kids. (Updated: 07/12/09 6:50 AM )
- Southtowners weigh in on walleyes
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Updated: 07/12/09 6:50 AM Winds, waves, cooler waters, and massive minnow schools didn’t deter top finishers in the 25th annual Southtowns Walleye Tournament, held June 13-21. (Updated: 07/12/09 6:50 AM )
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Updated: 07/08/09 6:47 AM Contest time (Updated: 07/08/09 6:47 AM )
- Many seek changes in bait regulations
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Updated: 07/05/09 7:21 AM What’s a bait fisherman to do? Concerns about viral hemorrhagic septicemia and other fish-borne diseases prompted Department of Environmental Conservation officials to impose strict rules, banning transportation of fish to and from water bodies in New York State. (Updated: 07/05/09 7:21 AM )
- Artist catches record trout
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Updated: 07/05/09 7:21 AM Reports on contest winners and upcoming competitions— plus a new state record brook trout—crowd the early summer calendar for active area anglers. (Updated: 07/05/09 7:21 AM )
- BassEye participants cast lines to find a cure
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Updated: 07/03/09 6:55 AM Mike Powers is no stranger to the Greater Niagara BassEye Celebrity Challenge auction. How else would he have accumulated three cases of Ithaca Wheat beer, a Florida fishing trip he never took and a boat he didn’t need? (Updated: 07/03/09 6:55 AM )