
Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – October 17, 2023
Upcoming peak in spawning should bring on more brown trout migrations.

Upcoming peak in spawning should bring on more brown trout migrations.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently announced the temporary closure of several state forest roads and boat launch sites in Western New York for necessary site maintenance and improvement projects.
In

While fall is a time for youth hunting activities, a number of sporting groups in New York are also reflecting on youth fishing events they held during the warm weather months.
At the Waterville

A group of 14 cadets from the United States Military Academy at West Point got a taste of fly-fishing during the latter part of the summer when they visited two of the state’s fish hatcheries.<br

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation officials confirmed that, in some instances, reported recent fish spearing incidents by Native Americans on the Salmon River, near Atmar, were legal.
DEC’s Fisheries Bureau Chief Steve

The fall walleye bite has started here.

The sport of ice fishing demands more than just a good spot on the lake and a bucketful of pre-set fishing rods. Successful ice anglers understand the delicate dance between human intuition and Mother Nature’s

There are good to strong numbers of kings in the Oak from the dam to the downstream frog water.
A commercial fisherman accused of conspiring with others to sell 200,000 pounds of fish in excess of legal quotas has been convicted in federal court in New York.
Christopher Winkler, 63, of Montauk, was
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