Catherine's first brown trout.

Courtesy of James DeGirolamo

Alex Adimey of Lancaster caught this Lake Ontario tributary steelhead.

Capt. Arnie Jonathan of Lockport and Wolfgang Wekwert of Germany (left) show off a lower Niagara River lake trout.

Bobby Joe Frost of Alden caught some nice walleyes through the ice as Chaumont Bay in eastern Lake Ontario last week.

Bobby Joe Frost of Alden with a 10-pound class walleye from Chaumont Bay. It is currently in first place in the Capt. Bob's Outdoors contest and 4th in the Winter Classic.

From Capt. Matt Gantress of Unreel Sportfishing. He was using an egg fly in the lower Niagara River.

Chris Chaplin of Alden with a Chaumont Bay walleye taken through the ice.

Cory House of Middleport entered this black crappie in the New York State Winter Classic last week, tipping the scales at 1.82 pounds.

Danny Jankowiak of Buffalo with some respectable Lake Ontario tributary fish, a brown trout and a steelhead. He was using black and white Janky jigs.

Danny Jankowiak of Buffalo stopped in to some Lake Erie tributaries and found that steelhead were cooperating there, too, on Janky jigs.

Danny Jankowiak of Buffalo with some respectable Lake Ontario tributary fish, a brown trout and a steelhead. He was using black and white Janky jigs.

Denis Kreze of Fort Erie, Ontario, caught this 30-plus pound lake trout while fishing a Venom Lures Vibra Max Blade bait in 30 feet of water last week in the upper Niagara River.

Ely Moskal of Albany with some nice Niagara River trout - one of each. He was fishing with Capt. Frank Campbell of Niagara Falls in the lower Niagara.

Tom Baskerville of Marilla shows off some of his catch of perch with Steve Brzuszkiewicz of Marilla this week when they fished the ice on Silver Lake. Ice thickness was 4 inches and that was before the cold weather returned

Aaron Horvatits of Cheektowaga shows a beefy brown he got jig fishing in an Ontario tributary, browns seem to hit much better than steelhead lately.

Aaron Horvatits of Cheektowaga shows a colorful buck steelhead he got on a jig in the chilly conditions this past weekend.

Aaron Horvatits got this nice female brown centerpinning in an Ontario tributary, he says chartreuse was a dominant color this past weekend.

Aaron Horvatits of Cheektowaga with a nice brown caught in an Ontario tributary while float fishing.

Aaron Horvatits of Cheektowaga got this colorful little brown in an Ontario tributary, he says they are starting to feed heavily after finishing up their spawn.

Aaron Horvatits of Cheektowaga got this gorgeous hen float fishing in an Ontario tributary.

Jeff Tedesco of Lewiston took time away from the cold and snow to fish in Panama at his favorite fishing spot, Paradise Fishing Lodge. He caught plenty of fun fish such as a rooster fish and a dorado or mahi-mahi. It is also called a dolphin fish.

Mike Casale of Lewiston shows off a Lake Ontario steelhead caught in August out of Wilson. A current proposal would drop the daily limit for steelhead in the lake from 3 to 2 fish.

Capt. Jim Hanley of Angola with a lower Niagara River steelhead. The limit in the river would drop from 3 to 2 fish under the new proposal.

Capt. Matt Gantress of Amherst shows off a dandy lower Niagara River steelhead taken on an egg fly this week.

Matt Yonkin of Albany also got into the action in the lower Niagara with some steelhead. Here are two he caught with Capt. Frank Campbell of Niagara Falls.

Mike Casale of Lewiston shows off a Lake Ontario steelhead caught in August out of Wilson. A current proposal would drop the daily limit for steelhead in the lake from 3 to 2 fish.

Nick Calandrelli of Lewiston braved the winds and cold temperatures last Friday to take this large steelhead on a jig fished under a float while center pinning it in the Niagara Gorge.

Nick Ramsey of Ballston Spa took over the lead in the NYS Winter Classic Pike Division this week with a 19.72-pound fish from Eastern NY. While location is not identified during a weigh in, we're guessing it was Great Sacandaga Lake near Amsterdam.

Brown trout like this one caught by Rick Henniger of Ohio would see the daily limit drop from 3 to 1 fish in the tributaries of Lake Ontario.

Tim Himan of Cowlesville (left) and Bobby Joe Frost of Alden show off a nice walleye taken at Chaumont Bay.

Tim Himan of Cowlesville with another walleye from Chaumont Bay. They were using chartreuse jigs tipped with minnows.

Roy Letcher of Burt (left) and Jeff Herman of Newfane show off some of the perch they caught through the ice at Conesus Lake. Letcher's perch took over the perch division of the Capt. Bob's Outdoors winter contest with a 13.5-inch fish.

Rob Oram of Franklinville shows off a Gulf snapper while fishing near Hudson, Fla., last week.

Rob Oram of Franklinville was getting ready to go fishing when he ran into Keith Kavajecz, legendary walleye angler from Wisconsin. After shooting the breeze a bit at the launch ramp, Keith invited Rob to tag along. Here's a big gag grouper that Kavajecz caught, one of about a dozen. They also caught over a 100 other fish.

Pastor Pat Hilkey of Tonawanda caught this 2nd place steelhead from a Lake Ontario tributary last week, stretching 31.5 inches in the Capt. Bob's Outdoors Winter Contest.

Rob Oram of Franklinville caught this gag grouper while fishing near Hudson, Florida on the Gulf Coast side of the state. He caught it while fishing with legendary walleye pro Keith Kavajecz of Wisconsin who just happened to be in town.

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