New York Fishing Report – October 18-25, 2024
Site Staff
October 18, 2024
Fall is a top time to target muskellunge and the action on this fishery has been picking up.
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Dan Ladd: Great New York deer hunting season coming? I’m looking forward to finding out
Dan Ladd
October 18, 2024
If you’ve been reading the articles in this publication, then you know that our friends at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation are optimistic for a solid deer harvest this fall.
Here
Nature Smart: A rule-breaking woodpecker
Stan Tekiela
October 17, 2024
I’ve spent a 40-plus-year career writing about and taking photos of all sorts of wildlife, and birds in particular. So, you might think I’ve seen them all. Nothing could be further from the truth!
Backyard and Beyond: From snakes to fungi
Val Cunningham
October 17, 2024
Yes, that is a timber rattlesnake in Joey Reichhoff’s photo, the reptile staying cool under a rock on the side of a bluff in southwestern Wisconsin.
Reichhoff had gone out looking for snakes in
Glenn Sapir: Some pocket knives have more lives than a cat
Glenn Sapir
October 17, 2024
It’s said that a cat has nine lives. If true, that is impressive, but it doesn’t come close to the lives my pocket knife has. That little knife has been lost and given up for
Grasslands bill revitalized, introduced in U.S. House
Tim Spielman
October 16, 2024
A program aimed at protecting and restoring U.S. grasslands that has languished in Congress for several years was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Oct. 9 by a collective of both Republicans and
Peck’s Lake, Fulton County, N.Y., welcome outdoor scribes
Staff Report
October 16, 2024
The New York State Outdoor Writer’s Association recently held its annual Fall Safari, once again in Fulton County. More than a dozen scribes from across the state attended all or part of the event held
Mike Raykovicz: That time of year when deer seem to disappear
Mike Raykovicz
October 15, 2024
As bowhunters we’ve all experienced it, the “October lull.”
Deer, once frequently seen in fields, roadways, and on our trail cameras seem to disappear. These past two weeks have been no exception, at least
Wilson Hill WMA – Highly regulated and highly rewarding in New York’s St. Lawrence County
Dan Ladd
October 15, 2024
Waddington and Massena, both on the St. Lawrence River, have garnered a solid reputation in the world of professional bass fishing.
Both B.A.S.S. and Major League Fishing regularly hold top-pro bass tournaments here (although
