Right now, there are hundreds of anglers with freezers full of black crappies and yellow perch following another productive ice fishing season.
“Fishing at Cherry Plain has been good the last few years. People predominantly catch bass in Black River Pond.”
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Long Island isn’t just the best opportunity to do so off New York shores, but is as good as any along the northern Atlantic coast.
The spring runs of rainbow trout and sometimes the fall runs of brown trout offer some of the best seasonal trout fishing in New York state, DEC says.
And in a year when ice has been hard to come by, Cuba Lake was one of the first in western New York to attract ice anglers, with some getting on even before the New
Walleyes top the list for many ice anglers, and DEC says efforts should be focused around shoals, drop-offs and deep-water flats.
A huge bass fishing destination in the summer, Cossayuna – at nearly 4 miles long – has plenty of surface area for anglers to tackle any time of year, including through the ice.
And once you’re on the lake, there are plenty of fishing options, including panfish (pumpkinseeds, black crappies), yellow perch and chain pickerel.
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