Jun. 26—OSWEGO — A binational study involving researchers in the U.S. and Canada hopes to uncover a mystery involving the trout of Lake Ontario. "We've been trying to restore lake trout for the last ...

Elaine Supp, a charter captain from Pulaski who goes by the social media handle Fish Girl Outdoors, recently landed the biggest—and prettiest—Lake Ontario trout she’d ever seen, in the most unorthodox ...

Q. I've read about lake trout fishing in several publications and regularly see segments where they're catching the fish through the ice on outdoors TV shows. It looks like a blast. Where can I go ...

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 ...

Today we're out here in Lake Ontario flat-line trolling for lake trout. I'm using the silver/blue American Smelt model crank ...

Lake trout are denizens of the deep. For most of the year, they’re hunkered down 50 feet or more in the recesses of lakes and reservoirs, chilling out below the thermocline in colder water. To catch ...

Ontario's Lake Nipigon is known for giving up an occasional big lake trout, and this summer it was Jeanne Fairbanks' and Birdie Neuenschwander's turn. The Hibbing mother and daughter -- Birdie's the ...

Lake Ontario had another great year in 2023. Not that things were bad, but perceptions can be deceiving. Reduced stocking of chinook salmon and lake trout, a new salmon stocking strategy and decreased ...