Whiteface Reservoir Fishing Report

Minnows are at Island Lake in 15 to 20 feet. On Whiteface Reservoir, chubs are turning walleyes in 12 feet and some crappies are caught in the Fish Lake narrows over 15 feet. About 20 deer have been registered and most hunters are seeing lots of animals. Some more bears have been registered and cover is limiting grouse hunting success, however hunters are seeing birds.  . (outdoornews.com)

As far as Vermilion on the opener…despite of water level or temps-Vermilion is consistantly a GREAT opening lake. One thing that we have found is that we catch more fish right after the opener. I don’t know if it’s the lack of boats for 5 months, then a ton hitting the water now. Either way, the lake heats up so fast and the fish usually spawn early. I typically get numbers on rainbows or leeches w/ lindys and a plain red hook in 6-15′ of water. The bigger fish come on slip bobbers on points of just dock fishing at night. Concentrate on points and narrows and if there’s shallow bays close, those regions seem to hold more fish also. (in-depthoutdoors.com)

Whiteface Campground, Cadotte Lake, with 27 sites, supply available outhouses, drinking water and garbage buildings, picnic area, playground and beach. A ship launch located at the campground gives access to the great walleye fishery in the reservoir. The fish cleaning house at Whiteface is beside the ship launch and will give you the chance to get your fish cleaned in time for lunch at the picnic area. The kids will have a great time playing on the playground and on the sandy beach. (camprrm.com)

CO Scott Staples Carlton and K9 Schody assisted with a work detail near the BWCA. Fishing activity was slow and not lots of fish were being caught. Enforcement action was taken for illegal transportation of fish. While checking anglers on area lakes, one angler was found to be fishing with another line. He stated that another person had just left and forgot to reel up their line. The person he named happened to be a police officer for a local city and a fast check found that this officer was now working and there was no way he was fishing. After being cited for fishing with another line, the angler apologized for lying. (duluthnewstribune.com)

Great ice reports during the Leech Lake area. Smaller area lakes have ice from 3 to 8 inches with super panfish reports. Crappie and bluegill action was great. Leech Lake has ice over most of the lake. Earlier this week Walker Bay was still open. Ice on Leech differs from 6 to 8 inches in Steamboat Bay, Pine Point and Trader? S Bay. Ice fishermen are catching perch and walleye in these regions traveling by foot and ATV. Some 22- to 25-inch walleyes caught off Pine Point using buck-shot spoons and minnow heads in 8 feet of water. Six- to 9-foot depths are the target regions for perch fishing. (great-lakes.org)

The reservoirs do not offer fishing licenses, kindly plan forward and get a license ahead of time at an area sporting products shop. In Aurora, fishing permits may be bought at Gander Mountain, Big Five, Sports Authority, K-Mart, Wal-Mart or Valley Country Bait & Tackle. Yearly fishing licenses continue buy in mid-March. For more info, or to buy a fishing permit on the web, see Colorado Parks and Wildlife. (mvk-media.co.uk)

, Ashokan features many small streams with good fishing and easy access. The Esopus Creek has earned a repute as a wild rainbow trout stream. Anglers can find brook trout in the cooler headwaters of most streams. Rainbow and brown trout are found in bigger streams, like the Esopus Creek. Over 200, 000 brown trout are stocked annually by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation DEC in the Esopus Creek. Many of them made it through the summer and may just answer a fall anger’s cast. (newyorkupstate.com)

Temperatures are back to projected normals for this time of year with daytime temperatures in the 30s and 40s and night time temperatures below freezing through the weekend. Trails are a patchy mixture of snow, ice, and mud. Lake ice, and snow and ice bridges at water crossings have melted. Low water stream crossings in High Peaks may not be passable; use caution crossing streams and stay off what remains of ice on water. Backcountry users should continue to be prepared for cold weather by wearing a waterproof outer shell, and proper layered clothing, with waterproof footwear and gaiters. (Visit their website)

Help celebrate our famous wildflower in Minnesota s only National Park with the Lady Slipper Festival . The yearly Kabetogama Lady Slipper Festival is a colorful and thrilling event offering great food, music and entertainment, scenic nature walks and hiking trails, ship tours and cruises, naturalist guided actions and workshops, and an exceptional group of artists and craft designers. Voyageurs National Park is on the Minnesota/Canadian Border. Crane Lake, Ash River area also lakes on the Voyageur Nation Park chain with resort communities that attract vacationers from all corners of the nation. (thelakecountry.com)

Halloween was fishy, not spooky!  I had a chance to get out and fish and I had wanted to go for some broodstock, however the Pemi was too high to fish.  Stan and I have decided the most probably place to get some fish was the old dependable Swift River.   So did everybody and their brother!  We got out there around 9AM ad fished till 2PM.   though there were quite some people there, we had no problem finding fish.   The problem, as generally at the Swift, was to get them to bite. We started above path 9 and fished there till noon, then fished below the crowded hatchery pipe and near the USGS gage for a couple hours. (flyfishnewengland.com)