
New York Fishing Report – February 27-March 6, 2026
Yellow perch and sunfish are plentiful in shallower weedy areas here.

Yellow perch and sunfish are plentiful in shallower weedy areas here.

The New York Department of Environmental Conservation has released a new 10-year management plan for Lake Erie tributary steelhead, serving as a template starting this year (2026) and running through 2035.
This is a

Despite some preseason concerns, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s new online procedure for registering to hunt Long Island’s DEC managed lands during the January 2026 Long Island Firearms Deer Season was generally

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is seeking public comments on a draft Access and Public Use Plan (APUP) for the Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area (WMA). Northern Montezuma WMA includes more than

There are some hard-fighting fresh fish with an occasional 30-plus-inch fish encountered.

Goodyear Lake is a spot that attracts a fair amount of angling traffic during the open-water season.
But it’s also worth a look during the hard-water season, and this past winter offered plenty of
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across New York published in the March 6, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.

New York cuffs and collars are field reports from New York DEC Officers. These reports are from the March 6, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department has proposed issuing 85 moose hunting permits this fall in Vermont’s Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) E in the northeastern corner of the state in a continued effort to reduce
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