When Rose Thompson, of Skaneateles, went ice fishing for perch recently on the north end of Cayuga Lake she didn’t realize she’d need a bigger hole. Thompson dropped a homemade teardrop jig ...

She estimates that it weighed about 8 lbs. and measured 24 inches. “This was by far one of the most amazing experiences in fishing I’ve had to date,” Thompson said. Claire Haberson, of ...