
New York Fishing Report – March 6-13, 2026
Over the past week, lower Niagara River boaters were catching high numbers of steelhead, lake trout and brown trout, with the occasional walleye mixed in.

Over the past week, lower Niagara River boaters were catching high numbers of steelhead, lake trout and brown trout, with the occasional walleye mixed in.

When I took up handloading a few years back, loading shotgun shells was not part of the plan. But then a .410 turkey gun came into my life and with it, TSS No. 9 turkey

Chronic Wasting Disease is spreading, and it seems just a matter of time until it is rediscovered here in New York. To slow its proliferation, 11 states have banned the use of deer scents containing

Sportfishing for sharks got its start off the coast of New York about 75 years ago, after Montauk charter boat captain Frank Mundus realized that his customers were having more fun catching the sharks that

Lower Niagara River fishing was good to very good this week with all the drifts producing fish on a variety of baits.

Yellow perch and sunfish are plentiful in shallower weedy areas here.

The New York Department of Environmental Conservation has released a new 10-year management plan for Lake Erie tributary steelhead, serving as a template starting this year (2026) and running through 2035.
This is a

Despite some preseason concerns, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s new online procedure for registering to hunt Long Island’s DEC managed lands during the January 2026 Long Island Firearms Deer Season was generally

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is seeking public comments on a draft Access and Public Use Plan (APUP) for the Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area (WMA). Northern Montezuma WMA includes more than
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