Craig Cushman, director of marketing for Airmar Technology Corp., walks us through the pluses and minuses of transom-mount and thru-hull transducers.

Chris Key was fishing for stripers and walleye when he cast out a crankbait and latched onto a paddlefish that took him an hour to land.

The lower Niagara River bite has been decent with smallmouth bass responding to live bait, and despite a slowdown in the action in Lake Ontario, salmon and trout are hitting in 75 to 100 feet of water.