Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – April 29, 2025
Site Staff
April 29, 2025
One tactic for brown trout anglers is to work the stained Oak River plume when everything else is clear.
Fishing
New York’s 2025 Great Lakes Preview: Lake Erie and its tributaries are a year-round fishing bonanza
Bill Hilts Jr.
April 29, 2025
Lake Erie stands tall among the angling community. While it is the smallest of the Great Lakes in total water volume, its large number of fish populations help to accentuate its positives.
Erie’s maximum
New York’s 2025 Great Lakes Preview: Let’s keep the Great Lakes ‘great’
Bill Hilts Jr.
April 28, 2025
For the most part, we are coming off a stellar year in 2024 on both of New York’s Great Lakes – Erie and Ontario. What happens in 2025 and beyond is anyone’s guess, but there
New Southwick report shows hunters, anglers spend billions
Staff Report
April 28, 2025
Recent reports from the American Sportfishing Association and the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation show that hunting, target shooting and recreational fishing generate billions in retail sales, job creation, and conservation funding.
The newly released series
New York Mixed Bag: DEC holding Great Lakes sub-basin work group meetings April 29 – May 6
Staff and News Reports
April 28, 2025
DEC is poised to host a series of Great Lakes Action Agenda Sub-Basin Work Group Meetings in late April and early May. The Great Lakes Program invites the public to take part in the sessions
Artists, fish-lure makers give floating trash a new life
Patrick Durkin
April 26, 2025
A social-media friend recently sent me a link to YouTube videos about using “feminine napkins” as bait for catching bass, catfish, lake trout, and rainbow trout.
He considered the videos “LOL,” and said the
Bill Hilts, Jr.: New York’s Lake Erie perch action heating up
Bill Hilts Jr.
April 25, 2025
It was a winter that didn’t want to let go … and a spring that didn’t want grab hold and give us some decent weather. Finally, Easter weekend, the ice (finally) departed Lake Erie in
Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – April 22, 2025
Site Staff
April 22, 2025
Open-lake trolling action has so far been all about onshore brown trout when there’s some stained and slightly warmer water to target.
Tips to get your boat ready for New York’s open water season
Burnie Haney
April 19, 2025
Open water signals the start of New York State’s annual boating season. To make sure you’re ready when the open water arrives, here are a few suggestions and sources to get you dressed for success
