In case anybody was wondering, yes - Long Point State Park is still iced up. Angling Zone friend/client Bob B. took the photos posted below today at the park.
Between warm air temperatures, wind and the lake rising with run-off and rain, the ice should dissipate fairly quickly over the new few days. Unfortunately we have a couple very cold days in the forecast. As I receive updates, I'll post them here.
I had my web support finally get my tags working(basically visible again) - so below reports you'll see that there are tags (in green) that you can click on to reference other reports/articles with the same tags. So if you're interested in "northern pike," and you see that tag, you can just click on it, and every report tagged with northern pike will load up.
The weather looks a little bit iffy over the next 10 days. All my fishing and guiding for the foreseeable future with be on Seneca and Cayuga Lakes. Seneca is providing top-notch salmon fishing. I get asked about salmon a lot. NOW'S the time to do it! The action is most consistent through March. April and early-May can be good, but run-off, rain and warming temperatures really get these fish on the move. I expect very good fishing on Cayuga Lake as well for lake trout and browns. We'll see what we have here for salmon shortly.
Region 8 Diaries and Summaries should be in the mail this week or early next week. I have my Canandaigua Lake summary. Again, if you aren't a diary keeper, please look into it this season. Catch rates - whether good or bad are a huge part in helping the fisheries biologists manage the fisheries. The more diary holders out there, the clearer and more accurate the "angling picture" becomes. I've gone on and on about this over the past 15 to 20 years. I've seen fewer and fewer anglers out on the water in recent years, so even if you just fish a handful of times a year, it's a lot better than nothing. It's more important that ever before. It's hard to believe that many of these lakes had over 100 cooperators in years past and now have 20 or thereabouts.
