Bill Hilts

Walleye fishing tournaments are back on the calendar for Lake Erie.

After numerous years of difficult fishing for trout and salmon in the deepest water body of the Finger Lakes at 618 feet, lake trout seem to be making a dramatic

It was a repeat performance for the “Knee Deep” team led by Don Skellie of Fredonia in the 15th annual Sunset Bay Walleye Shootout last weekend.

A steady stream of tournaments in Western New York.

At the Summer Lake Ontario Counties Trout and Salmon Derby, it was Larry Keppen of Marion catching a monster 32-pound, 13-ounce king salmon the final weekend of the derby to win the $15,000 grand prize, along with another $1,000 check for top salmon for the week.

There were some impressive weights in the National Walleye Tour qualifier last week, and the Innovative Outdoors Walleye Challenge starts Friday on Lake Erie.

Fishing was great around Western New York until a wind event earlier in the week.

Western New York Walleye will team with the Town of Evans and Wheelchairs and Walleyes, a nonprofit foundation from North Dakota, to install a wheelchair ramp and a lift for

The stage was set. It wasn’t the first time that a winning fish was caught in the closing hours of the Lake Ontario Counties Trout and Salmon Derby … and it won’t be the last. It was time again for fate to step in.

A comprehensive research project called Poach and Pay found that the minimum conservation cost of poaching through lost fines and replacement costs for animals is $1.4 billion annually.