Upstate and Western New York Fishing Report – January 21, 2020 Eastern Finger Lakes / Central New York Fishing Report Mike Crawford of upstateguideservice.com Ice anglers are getting out in many parts of the state but conditions vary from region to region. In the Adirondacks ice thickness varies from five to 10 inches. Heavy snowfall this past weekend in some parts of the North Country has made ice travel difficult…and in many places unsafe.
Lakes with flowing water, like many of the flows of the Adirondacks have varying ice thickness. They can be dangerous even when the bays are thick with over a foot of ice. Now with a foot or more of snow resting on slush on top of thin ice, extreme caution is required.