Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – July 28, 2026
Site Staff
July 28, 2026
Trolling anglers have been into exceptional catches of kings, especially in the offshore waters.
Fishing
Mike Raykovicz: Making me a believer in topwaters
Mike Raykovicz
July 26, 2026
Growing up, my friends and I fished for just two species. In the spring, it was trout, and in the summer, it was bass. Pocono mountain streams were our go-to spots for trout with the
Megan Plete: Good friends, good water on Massachusetts’ Deerfield River
Megan Plete
July 25, 2026
Every spring, the Northeast chapter of the American Daughters of Conservation gathers for a day spent fly-fishing on Massachusetts’ Deerfield River.
Some arrive with years of experience behind a fly rod, while others are making
Murphy’s Law for sportsmen (or if you’re anything like me)
Rev. David Lee Jones, Th.D.
July 25, 2026
If you’re anything like me, it never fails that your perfect cast of the topwater plug to that big largemouth bass lurking just under the lily pad is smacked instead by a 6-inch pickerel.
New York Fishing Report – July 24, 2026
Site Staff
July 24, 2026
From west of Sturgeon Point to the Pennsylvania line, Lake Erie anglers report great action in 60-80 feet of water, on gear run in the bottom 30 feet.
Bill Hilts, Jr.: The legend of Pennsylvania lure-maker Joe Renosky keeps on ticking
Bill Hilts Jr.
July 24, 2026
It was an opportunity to go fishing on Lake Erie with Capt. Mark Mohr of One Mohr Sportfishing. That alone should have been enough incentive. That alone should have been enough incentive.
Toss in
Glenn Sapir: Largemouths or smallmouths? Don’t make me choose
Glenn Sapir
July 23, 2026
Largemouths or smallmouths – which would I rather go after? That’s like asking whether I’d like a vanilla or chocolate hot fudge sundae? They are both great, and I can’t go wrong with either. Which
America has a long history and love affair with fishing
Russ Mason
July 23, 2026
The story of sport fishing is woven through the country’s history, evolving from a means of survival into a cherished outdoor tradition and cornerstone of fish and wildlife conservation.
The first European settlers found
Dan Ladd: Adirondack’s Boreas Ponds all to ourselves
Dan Ladd
July 23, 2026
Four years earlier, Finch-Pruyn Co., a lumber company out of Glens Falls, had sold 161,000 acres to The Nature Conservancy, including the Boreas Ponds tract, which was targeted to be sold to New York State
