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SEE YOU IN 2008!!!
Lake Ontario Sportfishing Promotion Council will
have an information booth at the following shows:

January 10-13:
Ultimate Fishing Show, Novi, MI
February 21-24:
Springfield Sportsmen's Show, Springfield, MA
February 28-March 2:
World Fishing & Outdoor Exposition, Suffern, NY
March 12-16:
Cleveland Sport, Travel & Outdoor Show, Cleveland, OH

Come by and say 'hi!'


Fishing Hotlines/Reports
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FISHING HOTLINES & REPORTS
Bill Hilts Fish Locator
Cayuga County Fishing Hotline:  315-947-6348
Monroe County Fishing Hotline:  716-987-8800
Niagara County Fishing Hotline:  877-FALLS-US
Orleans County Fishing Hotline:  716-589-3220
Oswego County Fishing Conditions
Thousand Islands Bait Store River Report
Wayne County Fishing Hotline:  315-946-5466

LAKE ONTARIO WEBCAMS
Niagara Falls Webcam
Oswego Harbor Webcam


LAKE ONTARIO NEWS
News, feature stories, commentary and happenings of interest to anglers

Lake Ontario Sportfishing Promotion Council and Bass Pro Shops Partner for 2008 Sportfishing Showcase
(released January 2008)
Auburn, NY -- The Lake Ontario Sportfishing Promotion Council announces its 2nd Annual Lake Ontario Sportfishing Showcase in partnership with Bass Pro Shops Sportsman’s Center in Auburn, March 28-30, 2008.  This is an opportunity for central New York anglers to meet with Lake Ontario fishing-related businesses and get acquainted with the Lake Ontario fishery... (click here for link to entire article)

 

"More Fun at the Auburn BPS" posted 1/19/2007 http://www.glangler.com/news.html (scroll down to story)

Lake Ontario Sportfishing Promotion Council and Bass Pro Shops Partner for 2007 Show: Angler-related businesses invited to participate (released December 1, 2006)
Auburn, NY -- The Lake Ontario Sportfishing Promotion Council announces a first-time partnership with Bass Pro Shops Sportsman’s Center to produce The Lake Ontario Sportfishing Showcase, an in-store event to be held at Bass Pro Shops’ Auburn, NY location March 23-25, 2007.  Bass Pro Shops welcomes this show during the last weekend of their Spring Fishing Classic event beginning March 17th...(click here for link to entire article)

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE
LAKE ONTARIO SPORTFISHING SHOWCASE,
including participation details,
e-mail
Wayne Hale, Jr., Event Coordinator,
or call (585) 589-3187.

Beginners Luck Leads to More LOC Derby Winners in 2006 (released September 5, 2006)
Beginner's luck reigned supreme once again during the Fall Lake Ontario Counties Trout and Salmon Derby...Just ask James Huftalen of Erieville, NY...(click here for link to entire article)

Governor signs legislation creating New York Ocean and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Council (released August 9, 2006)
$3 million appropriated to Council to coordinate state programs and activities to protect and restore coastal resources...(click here for link to entire article)

Stalker, Cold Water Affair win Niagara Pro-Am Comebacks (released June 2006)
Two teams that sat in sixth pace after the first day of action came back to win the 22nd Annual Skip Hartman Memorial Lake Ontario Pro-Am Salmon Team Tournament...(click here for entire article)

Johnson wins Spring 2006 LOC Derby Grand Prize with 27 pound salmon (released May 2006)
The Lake Ontario Counties Trout and Salmon Derby concluded on Mother's Day, May 14th, and it was Sidney Gene Johnson of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania reeling in the $10,000 winner....(click here for entire article)

Choosing a fishing charter," by Michael Waterhouse (published 2005 in "Sportfishing at the Oak).
Several hundred dollars is a lot of money to spend on a fishing charter with someone you hardly know....(click here for entire article)

"Cook 'em up just right," by J. Michael Kelly (published March 28, 2006, The Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY, linked with permission, thru 9/06)
The best-tasting fish are those that are cooked on the same day and beside the same body of water where they were caught. Just ask anyone who ever has savored an authentic Thousand Islands shore lunch...(click here for entire article)

"A Great Catch: Lake Ontario, tributaries yield bounty," by J. Michael Kelly (published March 17, 2006, The Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY, linked with permission, thru 9/06)
Fishermen who called off trips to Lake Ontario tributaries last fall because of soaring gasoline prices will be sorry when they hear what they missed....(click here for entire article)

NYS Sea Grant Workshop: Managing Coastal Businesses in Times of Resource and Economic Uncertainties and Risks
April 15, 2006. Holiday Inn, 75 North St., Auburn, NY. A unique workshop designed to help coastal business owners better understand the sources of resource and economic uncertainties, and to make better business management decisions. Learn about effective techniques to analyze their current business strategy, better adapt to a changing resource and economic climate, anticipate new markets and new business opportunities and to diversify their business. Contact David B. MacNeill, for registration details....
view PDF of workshop announcement
view PDF of workshop agenda

Angler-friendly businesses in NYS invited to list and link on ilovenyfishing.com (released 12/14/2005)
Due to requests from angler-friendly businesses from across the state, LOSPC is now offering a listing service on ilovenyfishing.com....
view PDF of news release
view PDF of web listing contract

Woman wins $20,000 grand prize on birthday (released 9/6/2005)
For Roberta Redick of Newcastle, Pennsylvania, August 28, 2005 will long be remembered as the birthday of all birthdays...(click for complete article in PDF).

NYS Assemblyman Oaks secures grant funding for Lake Ontario Sportfishing Promotion Council (released 8/29/2005)
New York State Assemblyman Robert Oaks of the 128th Assembly District (representing Wayne County and parts of Cayuga and Oswego Counties), has recently secured a $4,000 grant on behalf of the Lake Ontario Sportfishing Promotion Council...(click for complete article in PDF)

 

   
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