Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – July 21, 2026
Site Staff
July 21, 2026
For those on the hunt for big browns, the inside waters have reportedly been good.
Fishing
Lake Sara’s bass continue to exceed expectations for south-central Illinois anglers
Ralph Loos
July 21, 2026
Lake Sara has long been considered one of south-central Illinois’ hidden fishing gems, and recent fisheries surveys suggest the 640-acre reservoir continues to reward anglers seeking quality largemouth bass while offering consistent action for crappies,
Long dismissed as ‘rough’ fish, drum are praised in new research for consuming invasive mussels
Anthony Candia
July 21, 2026
A native fish long dismissed by Illinois anglers as a “rough fish” may be playing a much larger role in protecting Lake Michigan and the other Great Lakes than previously believed.
New research suggests
Illinois Mixed Bag: Fishing Clinics Set at Oakhurst Forest Preserve
Staff and News Reports
July 21, 2026
Offered in partnership with DNR’s Urban and Community Fishing Program, the free clinics will teach participants basic angling skills, including casting, knot-tying and fish identification, according to a news release from the Forest Preserve District
With the Woodstock crowd gone, quiet fishing opportunity is plentiful at White Lake in Sullivan County, N.Y.
Steve Piatt
July 21, 2026
If you wanted to fish Sullivan County’s White Lake in mid-August of 1969, you might have had a difficult time getting to the 280-acre water.
That’s when an estimated 400,000-500,000 people descended upon the
Patrick Durkin: What happened to this bluegill? A handful of theories exist
Patrick Durkin
July 21, 2026
When my grandsons catch a bluegill 7 inches or longer, it seldom swims another day. Catch and release? Save your breath.
The boys haven’t yet read stories by the immortal humorist Patrick F. McManus,
Commentary: Colonial-era land grants still impact Long Island sportsmen
Charles Witek III
July 21, 2026
In 1686, Thomas Dongan, “Capt. Generall Governor in Chiefe and Vice Admirall in and over the Province of Newyorke and Territoryes Depending thereon in America,” executed a patent granting the Trustees and freeholders of the
Wisconsin’s Eland trout fishing day brings smiles to kids’ faces
Greg Seubert
July 21, 2026
Jacob Pliska didn’t mind getting up early the morning of June 20 because the day had something to do with fishing, which was right up the Rosholt 13-year-old’s alley.
Pliska was one of hundreds
Visitors to Vermont’s public lands may see a fee increase
Associated Press
July 20, 2026
Standing on a dock at a Lamoille River fishing access, Andrea Shortsleeve said that ballooning expenses and high demand are making state land and infrastructure harder and harder to manage.
Moments later, Shortsleeve, who
