This little Lake Ontario tributary looked beautiful in mid-November, but I found no lake run fish.
A strong rapids feeds into this famous salmon pool on a tributary of Lake Ontario.
My girlfriend took this picture with my camera, and I'm not sure how she did it. Instead of being crisp and sharp it has a surreal look like an oil painting, perfect for the scene. (Edit in 2011: Now that I see this picture so high up on the popular list, perhaps I should point out that she's now my wife, so there's no confusion.)
I cross a small river after an unsuccessful attempt to find some fall-run landlocked salmon. This picture was taken shortly after another
very nice wider picture of the same spot.
Photo by Elena Vayndorf.
Here I was unsuccessfully trying to find some lake-run fish that would have been stopped by the impressive barrier in the background. I didn't see any fish.
Many Finger Lakes tributaries have impressive waterfalls, but this is one of the best. The plunge pool is extremely deep and often holds nice fish.
The unique geology of the Finger Lakes region of upstate NY created this waterfall, pictured here during a drought that reduced the flow to a trickle.
This waterfall is less than half a mile from the Cornell University campus.