
New York Mixed Bag: New York’s first free fishing days of 2026 are Feb. 14-15
The first of several state-wide free fishing days in New York will take place Saturday, Feb. 14, and Sunday, Feb.15, during President’s Day weekend.

The first of several state-wide free fishing days in New York will take place Saturday, Feb. 14, and Sunday, Feb.15, during President’s Day weekend.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation reminds New Yorkers that Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) continues to infect birds and mammals across the U.S. and Canada, including New York State.
With wild

Two ice anglers died on Sunday, Jan. 18, when a snowmobile they were riding fell through the ice on Chaumont Pond, which is connected to the Oswegatchie River in the Town of Cifton, in St.

Optimism for ice fishing rises. Here’s a look at the New York fishing and hunting report across the state on Jan. 29, 2026.

About 10 years ago, the Louisiana Department Wildlife and Fisheries sent an April Fool’s email to stakeholders announcing a new sportsman’s group. Called ‘The Black Surface Society’, the goal of the society was to pave

Egg sacs are the ticket for brown trout here.

With long, light, and subtle presentations of small jigs or bait, the residing steelhead here will turn on and off for some hook-up action.

The Moon’s gravitational pull on Earth, combined with other forces, causes our surface water to be redistributed into bulges on the side closest and the side farthest from the Moon. These are the two high

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