New York Fishing Report – May 24, 2024
Site Staff
May 24, 2024
Anglers continue to do very well on the spring brown trout bite on Lake Erie.
Fishing
Bill Hilts, Jr.: New York’s Niagara River surprises lead to a huge walleye, media memories
Bill Hilts Jr.
May 24, 2024
For more than 25 years, some of the top outdoor media mavens in the country have converged in the village of Lewiston, N.Y., a cast away from the lower Niagara River.
It is a base
Bass tournaments on New York’s Lake Champlain prove to be big economic boost to region
Staff Report
May 24, 2024
The Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism (ROOST), in coordination with the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce (TACC) in New York, has released the results of the 2023 Lake Champlain Region bass tournament survey, developed to
New York DEC announces muskie fishing season openers
New York Department of Environmental Conservation
May 22, 2024
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar today announced the fishing seasons for muskellunge begin on June 1 in inland waters and on June 15 in Great Lakes waters —
Gretchen Steele: Bowfishing a great outdoor sport, and a conservation tool
Gretchen Steele
May 19, 2024
Few outdoor sports activities evoke the raw thrill of bowfishing. It’s an unique blend of archery prowess and angler finesse, where enthusiasts aim not for trophies mounted on walls but for conservation and ecological balance.
Whitefish, an important native food source from the Great Lakes, facing challenges
Joe Shead
May 18, 2024
The Great Lakes of today are not the pristine waters of 300 years ago. Dams, industry, and the introduction of invasive species have forever altered the ecology of these waters and their fisheries. Through it
Black flies and brook trout create great adventures in the Adirondack backcountry
Donald Wharton
May 18, 2024
The first mile-and-a-half into the pond ended at the hardly discernible site of an old lumber camp. I knew there had been a lumber camp there 60 years earlier because I’d read about an old
Tips to finding and catching early season pike in New York
Vic Attardo
May 18, 2024
Not too long ago anglers believed that northern pike lost their teeth after spawning – as if the excitement and physical stress caused all the pike’s teeth to fall out.
The loss of teeth
Bill Hilts, Jr.: Remembering New York’s rainbow/steelhead record fish 20 years later
Bill Hilts Jr.
May 17, 2024
Do you know what the New York State freshwater fish record catches are?
Based on my personal experiences, I would have to say most people would not. They may know a few of
