New York Fishing Report – March 22-29, 2024
Brian Peterson
March 22, 2024
Lake Erie offers good yellow perch prospects when conditions permit.
Fishing
New York DEC adds virtual public information session to discuss brook trout pond management plan in Adirondacks
New York Department of Environmental Conservation
March 21, 2024
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced the agency is holding a virtual public information session on Thursday, March 28, to discuss the draft Adirondack Brook Trout Pond Management Plan currently under
Curriculum in New York would get kids outside to interact with trout stream ecosystems
Megan Plete
March 20, 2024
While paying attention to the way his kids learn, Jordan Ross noticed something that started his gears turning. They lacked enthusiasm for learning about the outdoors, watersheds, and conservation through the traditional avenues. The way
Carp World Championship not coming to New York’s Onondaga Lake in 2027
David Figura
March 19, 2024
A proposal to hold the 2027 Carp World Championship on Onondaga Lake in Syracuse has been scrapped.
“I’ll be careful with my words. All in all, it just didn’t work out,” said Mike McNett,
New York Mixed Bag: State of Lake Champlain meeting is March 23 in Essex County
Staff and News Reports
March 18, 2024
The Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative – a working group of fisheries professionals from the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and the United States Fish and
Pittman-Robertson, Dingell-Johnson funds tally $1.3B
Staff and News Reports
March 18, 2024
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced over $1.3 billion in funding through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program to support state and local outdoor recreational opportunities, hunter education and wildlife and habitat
Floating jerkbaits can take big trout in high, cloudy streams
Michael Kensinger
March 18, 2024
When it comes to catching trout, there is no shortage of effective methods to get the job done. Flies, live bait, spoons, spinners or salmon eggs – there’s no shortage of opinions on what the
Top strategies for catching bass in the shallows
Louie Stout
March 17, 2024
Of course, we all know that bass numbers increase in the shallows during the spring. However, not all bass make the move from spring shallows to offshore areas during summer months.
New York bill would support environmental law enforcement account, while staffing vacancies remain an issue
Dan Ladd
March 15, 2024
Last year, New York State Environmental Conservation Police Officers generated over $46 million in civil penalties, funding that went directly into the state’s general fund.
Proposed legislation would change that and direct this and
