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There’s always a certain excitement when you climb back into the treestand for the beginning of another archery deer season, even though you’re well aware it’s not like an opening day of the Southern Zone
There’s always a certain excitement when you climb back into the treestand for the beginning of another archery deer season, even though you’re well aware it’s not like an opening day of the Southern Zone
It took five airplanes, thousands of miles, some food that was pretty bad for me and 10 days on a soft mattress, but I finally found it. A trout stream that looked like the one

A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist recently discovered hydrilla, a highly invasive aquatic plant, in the Erie Canal in North Tonawanda, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced today.
I can’t believe September is almost gone. Usually the first week or two of this first month of fall I relax a little and do a little scouting for the upcoming deer season. This year,

Lake Ontario Salmon are staging around river mouths and the fishing has been good in 60 to 100 feet of water. Flashers and flies have been working well, with white and green being good colors.

Legislative relief needed to reduce discharge limit
Cayuga Lake Fishing was slow on most of the Finger Lakes at last look. Anglers were marking fish and a lot of bait, but having little luck getting strikes. Fishing 80 to 110 feet down
Fishing pressure has dropped off a bit on Lake Champlain with hunting season (archery deer, early bear) on the horizon. But serious anglers are still targeting bass, lakers and landlocks. Schroon Lake continues to offer
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