New York Fishing Report – March 20-27, 2026
Site Staff
March 20, 2026
The lower river here is loaded with brown trout and boat anglers report excellent catches in all drifts.
New York
Megan Plete: Little bucks, big memories
Megan Plete
March 20, 2026
I rolled out of bed hours before sunrise, brewed a cup of coffee, and started pulling on layers of hunting clothes. The plan was simple: meet my dad and my brother at their house around
Earn-a-second buck reg coming to New York? DEC proposals seek more antlerless kill
Dan Ladd
March 19, 2026
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation says roughly 13% of the state’s white-tailed deer hunters harvest one or more antlerless deer each year. Only 3% take two or more antlerless deer.
They
Steve Piatt: A broken rod and the not-so-easy search for a replacement
Steve Piatt
March 19, 2026
I broke a fishing rod last summer during a Quebec fly-in walleye and pike fishing trip with a few friends, and I have no one to blame but myself.
It was a classic example of
Cornell scholar’s focus turns to future of hunting and next generation of conservationists
Dr. Brandon Dale
March 18, 2026
Some people spend their careers studying conservation. Others spend their lives practicing it.
Dr. Keith G. Tidball has spent much of his career doing both.
After more than two decades at Cornell University,
Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Fishing Report – March 17, 2026
Site Staff
March 17, 2026
Lake trout, brown trout, and walleye reportedly were all available here on shiners fished off 3-way rigs using a 1-ounce pencil lead.
Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – March 17, 2026
Site Staff
March 17, 2026
Drifting opportunities are real good up and down the river course and some good steelhead have been hooked up by anglers plying the higher water.
New York fishing expo helps in fight against pediatric, adolescent cancer
Bill Hilts Jr.
March 17, 2026
The fishing community came together at the Greater Niagara Fishing Expo in Niagara Falls last month to help a most worthy cause, carrying the theme of “Fishing Fights Pediatric Cancer.”
The 11th annual fishing
Vermont Fish & Wildlife to advocates for mountain lion reintroduction: ‘slow down’
Staff Report
March 17, 2026
Vermont, New York’s neighbor to the east, has a message for a group known as Mighty Earth regarding their efforts to bring mountain lions back to the Green Mountain State. “Slow down”
“A campaign
