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New York’s brook trout record allegedly broken in the Adirondacks

Fishing, National Fishing, New York, News /

It’s been 12 years since New York’s brook trout record was last broken. But Ben Ferguson’s 6-pound, 3-ounce brookie, landed July 5 in the St. Regis Canoe Area in the Adirondacks, once officially confirmed, resets the bar for New York’s official state fish. 
Ferguson, 32, and his fishing buddy, Shawn Widrick, both of Croghan in Lewis County, were spending three days over the July 4 weekend fishing remote trout ponds in the SRCA in their pack-boats.

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New York trappers could see expanded fisher, marten seasons

Hunting, National News, New York, News /

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently announced proposals to adjust fisher and marten trapping seasons across most of the state.
The proposals include opening a six-day fisher trapping season in several western and central New York Wildlife Management Units currently closed to fisher trapping, and expanding upon a season in several other Southern Tier WMUs.

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Dan Ladd: New York’s summer sport shows face challenges

Featured, Fishing, Home Page News, Hunting, National Fishing, National Hunting, New York, Opinion /

Behind the scenes at this and any newspaper is what we call an editorial calendar. It serves a number of purposes, one obviously being related to content that appears in this publication that is assigned months, sometimes nearly a year in advance.
The calendar also contains a list of the sport shows New York Outdoor News will likely be attending. After what seemed in this writer’s eyes to be a solid, or at least improved, winter sport show season, things are a little more dismal this summer.

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Updated: Deer hunting proposals up for comment in New York

Featured, Hunting, National Hunting, National News, New York, News /

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently announced several proposed regulation changes to streamline use and reporting of hunting tags and provide new deer hunting opportunities. 
The proposed regulations consists of three components: using electronic hunting tags and revising the harvest reporting time period; providing enhancements for youth deer hunters; and making improvements to the Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP).

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Dan Ladd: Remembering New York’s Hadlock Dam failure 20 years later

Featured, Fishing, Home Page News, Nature Page & Night Sky, New York, Opinion /

The very first article I had published in New York Outdoor News was during the summer of 2005, the paper’s first year. It was a news story about the dam breach of Hadlock Pond, a small but popular private lake just a half-mile as the crow flies from my home in Fort Ann in Washington County.
Today, exactly 20 years later, the memories of that night, the events leading up to it, and the aftermath remain clear in my mind.

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Bill Pike, New York’s Women’s Range Day organizer, stepping back at 85

Featured, National News, New York, News /

For nearly two decades, Bill Pike, of Hartford, in Washington County, N.Y., has overseen an annual women’s-only shooting sports program that sees 35-40 women participate each year and learn about firearms and archery.
Now, at age 85, the 2023 New York Outdoor News Person of the Year is ready to pass the torch.
“I’m justing going to step back a little bit,” Pike said. “As long as I’m able, I will help out. I’m 85-years-old and it’s time to slow down a little bit.”

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Fishing ‘solid’ on this Adirondack campground water — Lake Harris (or is it Harris Lake?)

Lake Profile, Lake Profile, New York /

Is it Lake Harris, or Harris Lake? That depends on whom you ask about the 300-acre multi-species fishery in Newcomb, Essex County. Even the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation mixes things up when it comes to the terminology. It’s often referred to as Harris Lake, yet there’s a DEC campground on the lake known as Lake Harris Campground and Day Use Area.

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Dan Ladd: Why more than just trout anglers should understand New York’s Adirondacks brook trout plan

Featured, Fishing, Home Page News, National Fishing, New York, Opinion /

It’s hard to beat the silence of an Adirondack brook trout pond on a perfect spring day. Other than the November deer woods in the same part of northern New York, or listening to gobblers on the roost anywhere during the spring season, there are few other places I’d rather be.
Actually, the pond I was patrolling for brookies in a lightweight boat wasn’t all that remote. But it was still pretty quiet there just the same, and for most of the morning I had it all to myself, along with the loons.

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