New York Fishing Report – April 11-18, 2025
Site Staff
April 11, 2025
Inshore brown trout fishing on Lake Ontario has started, and anglers have been doing great catching lots of browns and some Atlantic salmon.
Fishing
Whirling disease outbreak at New York hatchery will impact stocking of brook trout
Don Lehman
April 11, 2025
An outbreak of “whirling disease” in a New York State trout hatchery in Cattaraugus County will result in about 30% fewer brook trout being stocked from state hatcheries across New York this year.
The
Catch shad on middle stretch of the Delaware River
Vic Attardo
April 11, 2025
In the first milliseconds it’s like a wad of cotton has stuck to your line: heavy, limp, unyielding. This sensation is why anglers often confuse a shad strike with a possible snag.
But as
Bill Hilts, Jr.: A close look at the incredible fisheries that are New York’s Great Lakes
Bill Hilts Jr.
April 10, 2025
New York’s Great Lakes are a success story in every sense of the word – my favorite bodies of water for nearly seven decades. I grew up on these waters and watched them grow into
New York Fishing Report – April 4-11, 2025
Site Staff
April 9, 2025
Inshore brown trout fishing has started here, and anglers have been doing great, catching lots of browns and some Atlantic salmon.
Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – April 8, 2025
Site Staff
April 8, 2025
When trollers have had reasonable conditions to get out here, the near-shore action for browns, lakers and cohos has been good.
Dan Ladd: March ice-fishing trip to New York’s Fulton County better late than never
Dan Ladd
April 5, 2025
Here it is early April, and I’m looking back a month to early March, which found me doing something I typically do around the Christmas holiday: getting my ice fishing gear in order.
Actually,
Commentary: Do your part to help build the future of outdoor sports
Leland Bunting / 4-H Youth Development Educator
April 5, 2025
Something I often hear from folks involved in hunting, fishing and the shooting sports is “We need to get more youngsters involved.”
I’m sure many readers have this same thought. I’m fortunate that my
Ice-out baits that catch multiple fish species
Burnie Haney
April 3, 2025
What the heck are dual purpose baits? In my universe that translates to multi-species baits. Lures you cast that will reasonably catch more than one species of fish. For a dedicated angler, that’s exactly what
