cayuga Cayuga County Fishing Report for May 23 - 31, 2019

[Cayuga County]

The Cayuga County fishing report below is made available from the Central New York Fishing Hotline for May 23 through May 31, 2019 at https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/9218.html

 

Please visit that site for more information or to follow links.

 

Due to lake Ontario's high-water level, the DEC North Sandy Pond boat launch is closed beginning Thursday, May 23, 2019. For more information please view the North Sandy Pond press release.

 

Oswego and Wayne Counties have weekly fishing hotlines on their web sites as well and would be another good option for fishing reports; Oswego County (visitoswegocounty.com); and Wayne County (waynecountytourism.com). Though Onondaga County doesn't have a weekly fishing report, their web site is another good source of fishing information in the region (fishonondagacounty.com).

 

The New York State Freshwater Fishing Regulations Guide runs from April 1 to March 31. The 2019-2020 Official guide has a picture of a mother and daughter holding a nice steelhead on the cover. The Fishing Guide can be picked up where fishing licenses are sold, or viewed at Freshwater Fishing Regulations

 

Trout season kicked off on April 1st and for more information on trout fishing please view Fishing for Stream Trout, for places to go view Public Fishing Rights, and for anticipated stocking numbers view Trout Stocking.

 

As of Friday, May 24th the following waters will have been stocked with trout:

 

Owasco Outlet (May 3), North Brook (April 19), Salmon Creek (April 11), Owasco Inlet (April 10), and Fall Creek (May 9 and April 3).

 

Region 7:

 

Lake Ontario

 

No Information to report this week as most waters are running high from recent rain events. Use caution if venturing out as there is debris floating around on most waters and be mindful of your boat wake as to not cause property damage. There are boating advisories for the bays and shoreline of Lake Ontario. For information on these, please view the County Sheriffs website at https://www.cayugacounty.us/155/Sheriffs-Office. 

 

Click here to see the rest of this report on ILoveNYFishing.com.