
New York Fishing Report – October 11-18, 2024
Walleye fishing is picking up in the north basin of this fishery, where anglers employ vertical jigging programs from outside weedlines to around 30 feet of water.

Walleye fishing is picking up in the north basin of this fishery, where anglers employ vertical jigging programs from outside weedlines to around 30 feet of water.

Passing on the outdoor tradition of hunting, fishing and trapping is an important task for aging sportsmen and women if we want to ensure a bright future for our pastimes, for so many reasons.

Dante Piraino of Baldwinsville, in Onondaga County, while fishing in a state BASS Federation tournament out of Ogdensburg on the St. Lawrence River on Sept. 22, hauled in a 9-pound smallmouth bass near Cape Vincent

The final phase of a project to repair an aqueduct system that provides New York City with about half its drinking water is underway as scheduled, meaning the system will be shut down for the

For years, you’ve read about declining hunting and fishing license sales and the ramifications that holds for the future of natural resources management, not to mention the potential loss of the outdoors pastimes we hold

We don’t make bigger investments in conservation than we do with those in the federal farm bill. Totaling about $6 billion per year, it is the single-largest investment in conservation that the federal government makes

It’s that time of year in a number of fisheries across the state – tiger muskie time.

Over the summer, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and The Nature Conservancy announced a pair of conservation easements they had agreed upon pertaining to 14,600 acres in the Adirondacks.
One easement

Lake Erie anglers enjoyed favorable lake conditions and excellent walleye action over the past week.
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