DEC sampled the annual rainbow trout spawning run on Catharine Creek. Here's the outlook for the opening day of fishing ...

DEC conducted its annual sampling of rainbow trout spawning run from Seneca ... of fishing April 1. Many of the fish netted and examined bore circular scars of parasitic sea lamprey, a species ...

a parasitic species DEC has been trying to eradicate from Seneca Lake and its tributaries. Other than the lamprey scars, most of the fish appeared to be "good and fat and healthy," he said.