Buffalo New Fishing Report

Fishing line: Good perch reports coming from Lake Erie
It's that iffy/shifty time on the angling calendar.

Fishing line: Go north, young and older ice anglers
Heavy snowpack and slush-covered black (solid) ice on most inland lakes have made travel trouble for walkers and machine runners on New York State inland lakes and ponds. But lake surfaces north of Toronto received less than 10 inches of snow during this past week's snow fest.

Fishing line: Winter trout fishing can be good on ice
Winter trout fishing and catching can be good on open waters as well as on ice.

Fishing Line: Yellow perch hitting in Chautauqua Lake
Chautauqua Lake yellow perch are the lead story in ice-angling reports this winter season.

Calendar: Events in the great outdoors
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USFWS takes it outside
Today could be a good day to fall in love with nature.

Swift action needed to stop Asian carp
This is the third in a three-part series on fishery issues affecting area waterways.

Forming of ice stirs warm memories
Access to fishable ice came early to Western New York this season. Walkers who couldn't get on Buffalo Small Boat Harbor ice until Jan. 11 last year enjoyed dashing through harbor snow cover just after Santa parked his sled this year.

New bait rules leave most far from satisfied
DEC Commissioner Pete Grannis announced changes in statewide baitfish regulations, but the eased restrictions do not come close to rule-settings that bait dealers and fishermen would like to see for Western New York waters.

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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.

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Fish forecasting finally fell into fall-like patterns this past week.

Larson hooks a winner during LOC Derby
Roy Larson has found the tools to hammer steelheads.

Notebook
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.

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Holiday angling

Hollingsworth is walleye wizard
The cycle of walleye wanderings is down around the Western New York waters of Lake Erie.

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