Follow these fishing tips to catch large brown trout at Lake Ontario and the surrounding tributaries.

The Oswego County tourism office has announced a new initiative to promote Lake Ontario as a fishing destination.

I always figured you had to go deep into Canada to have a shot at catching 20-pound lake trout, but as it turns out, you just have to head to the border.

Last week, I had the chance to fish some new waters with the folks from Abu Garcia, Mustad Hooks, Seaguar Fluorocarbon and Buck Knives.

The plan was a strange one: Leave Cape Cod during peak saltwater fishing season to see if a technique commonly used for striped bass and tuna – vertical jigging with Butterfly jigs – would work on the freshwater fish in Lake Ontario.