Central New York Fishing Report – July 7-14, 2023
Site Staff
July 7, 2023
For walleyes on this fishery, try large stickbaits, jigs or blade baits.
Fishing
Changing seasonal temperatures are affecting game and fish
Russ Mason
July 7, 2023
Systematic changes to average seasonal temperatures and precipitation are already affecting Midwest fish and wildlife populations. Unfortunately, more dramatic change is on the way.
Because future natural resources managers will no longer be able
Jeff Gustafson details smallmouth tactics that helped him win the 2023 Bassmaster Classic
Tim Lesmeister
July 5, 2023
When Jeff Gustafson won the Bassmaster Classic on the Tennessee River this past March it was a journey that began 30 years prior to his epic triumph.
“I fished my first bass tournament when
Fly-fishing weekend in New York helps breast cancer patients deal with illness
Megan Plete
July 4, 2023
Elaine Caroline Vanatta has been battling breast cancer for 15 years. She lost her friend, Anne Wells, to the same disease. Wells was a Casting for Recovery alumni and a fly-angler. Before she died, she
How lessons from “summer school” helped shape me as a sportsman
Glenn Sapir
July 3, 2023
When I was a kid, to me summer began in July. That’s when school had ended, perhaps later than in any other state, and good times in the country would begin, free of a classroom.
Catching Dreams Charters continues to expand opportunities for kids with cancer
Bill Hilts Jr.
July 2, 2023
Fishing continues to be one of the world’s great recreational pastimes. Since the formation of Catching Dreams Charters Inc. in 2015, after being recognized as an important therapy for pediatric cancer patients, the 501 (c)(3)
Gliding for summer lake trout on New York’s Lake Champlain
Vic Attardo
July 1, 2023
It was a scorchingly hot day – by noon it was nearly 100 degrees – as we dropped a relatively new lure made of zinc alloy to Champlain’s beefy lake trout. And the drop was
New York Fishing Report – June 30-July 7, 2023
Site Staff
June 30, 2023
Lake Erie walleye fishing has generally been slow, but improving. At mid-week there was a noticeable jump in average catches out of Barcelona Harbor, with multiple boats returning with limit catches.
Stakeholders react to New York DEC’s shark fishing regulation proposals
Charles Witek III
June 30, 2023
On June 1, the State Department of Environmental Conservation released proposed regulations that would provide greater protection to coastal sharks. The regulations focus on anglers who frequently catch “prohibited species” of sharks from shore.
