Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – April 22, 2025
Site Staff
April 22, 2025
Open-lake trolling action has so far been all about onshore brown trout when there’s some stained and slightly warmer water to target.
New York
Tips to get your boat ready for New York’s open water season
Burnie Haney
April 19, 2025
Open water signals the start of New York State’s annual boating season. To make sure you’re ready when the open water arrives, here are a few suggestions and sources to get you dressed for success
Your guide to understanding New York’s laws for personal flotation devices
Jerry Bush
April 19, 2025
Personal flotation devices (PFDs) are the most essential safety accessory for any water vessel, providing you have the correct ones for the situation, use them properly, and care for them.
Off-shore life jackets (Type
New York Fishing Report – April 18-25, 2025
Site Staff
April 18, 2025
Inshore brown trout fishing here has started, and anglers have been doing great.
Steve Piatt: The sounds, and feelings, mark the true start of spring
Steve Piatt
April 18, 2025
Sure, the calendar said March 20 was officially the first day of spring, but like any other year, I paid no attention to that designation.
Neither, too, do many wildlife species. Spring isn’t a
Oak Duke: Willow fly signals start of trout fly season in New York
Oak Duke
April 17, 2025
The Appalachian Willow fly here on the Genesee River appeared like just another weird bug crawling up my waders as I fished knee-deep for trout.
That was 50 years ago. Back then I hoped
Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – April 16, 2025
Site Staff
April 16, 2025
There’s been some smallmouth bass action, real good at times, reported. A few bass are likely moving up the Oak, too.
New York culvert project expands Adirondack brook trout habitat
Dan Ladd
April 16, 2025
A collaboration between Trout Unlimited and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s fisheries staff in Albany, and especially in Regions 4, 5 and 6, is helping open up more habitat for brook trout
New York’s Lake Champlain salmon net-pen rearing project concludes this year
Staff Report
April 16, 2025
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and a number of partners are entering the final year of the five-year experimental Atlantic Salmon pen-rearing project on the Saranac River estuary.
The results of
