Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – May 26, 2026
Site Staff
May 26, 2026
Look for the previously good mid-depth action for kings and deeper laker action to hopefully set back up.
New York
Big king salmon wins grand prize at New York’s spring LOC derby
Bill Hilts Jr.
May 26, 2026
One could say Joe Yaeger of East Amherst, N.Y., was simply in the right place at the right time. However, to understand Yaeger and his approach to salmon fishing, one must look at the big
Chaumont Bay drowning is second in five days in New York
Staff Report
May 26, 2026
The New York State Police confirmed that on May 15 a 21-year-old angler drowned after falling into the water from a small aluminum boat traveling in Chaumont Bay, on Lake Ontario.
Kayaker drowns in New York’s Schroon River
Don Lehman
May 26, 2026
The cold waters of a popular Adirondack trout stream claimed the life of a downstate man on May 10 after he fell from a kayak and apparently drowned.
Sohail A. Nabi, 21, of Yonkers,
New York Letters to the Editor: ‘Phooey’ to state legislature and lead-tainted venison bill
New York Letters to the Editor
May 26, 2026
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 29, 2026 edition of New York Outdoor News.
Dan Ladd: New York’s lead-tainted venison bill is a head scratcher
Dan Ladd
May 26, 2026
It’s always something this time of year, especially when it comes to our state legislature and hunting and trapping legislation in New York.
A few years ago, it was banning coyote hunting contests, and
New York Mixed Bag: DEC launches inaugural Hunter & Trapper Achievement Awards Program
Staff and News Reports
May 26, 2026
To recognize hunters and trappers who legally harvest game species, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has launched the inaugural Hunter Achievement Awards program.
Nature Smart: Unique visitors to the bird feeder
Stan Tekiela
May 26, 2026
The spring migration is a busy time of year in the natural world.
According to Cornell University Birdcast nearly three million migrating birds passed over my part of the northland on a recent spring
Backyard and Beyond: A great awakening in nature
Val Cunningham
May 26, 2026
Ponds are open again, bringing beaver clans out to find fresh food and bask in the warmth.
Lew Troast Jr. watches a lodge in a pond not far from home and came across an
