New York
Thousand Island
St. Lawrence River: Not much to report as some unsettled weather led to iffy ice conditions. Black Lake: Not a lot to report. Some panfish action and the ice seems to have survived a late
Central New York
Lake Ontario: There were steelhead being caught in the tributaries like Maxwell Creek and Bear Creek and also around Webster Park. Egg sacs (blue mesh) were producing the most action, with a few fish being
Adirondacks
We are beginning to receive a few reports of ice anglers fishing for northern pike and yellow perch on some smaller ponds/lakes at higher elevations in Warren and Hamilton counties. In the Tupper Lake area,
Pheasant farm plan moving, but slowly
But the shutdown of the Reynolds Game Farm in Tompkins County isn’t moving at a lightning quick pace. The 9,300 remaining birds – the farm’s brood stock – were still at the facility earlier this
DEC: ‘Young guns’ enjoyed deer hunt
Albany -_DEC is calling the 2008 deer-hunting season a success even though it appears the total harvest will be down just slightly from the previous year. For more than 15,000 young hunters who headed afield
Southeastern New York
Fishing was pretty quiet earlier this month, as anglers awaited some safe ice and open-water hopefuls, in many cases, were stymied by skim ice. Most of the angling attention was for brown trout, with some
Season Dates
Jan. 10:_Fisher trapping season closes, WMUs 6A, 6C & 6H. Jan. 11: Duck season closes, Western zone. Jan. 11:_Canada goose season closes, West Central Zone/South zone. Jan. 11:_Snow goose season closes, Western zone. Jan. 17:_Snow
License sales above same time last year
Albany – Hunting license sales in New York were up slightly through early December, and early indications are that’s a product of the state’s loosened youth hunting regulations. Sales of junior hunting licenses were up
