The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced that, to protect cool water sportfish species ...

The ice fishing for 2025 is over, reports Capt. Mike Sperry with Chautauqua Reel Outdoors. Currently, the ice is not safe. It’s time to get your boat ready. Perch will be ready when you can get out ...

pickerel, tiger muskellunge and walleye closes on Sunday, March 16 and reopens on Thursday, May 1. Ice shanties need to be removed from the ice by March 15. To prevent ice shanties from falling ...

Love it or hate it, we finally had a real winter; and perhaps the first in a few years. Ample snowfall and cold temperatures ...

Spring is making its presence known, and the warm sunny days are bringing out anglers. Maryland’s special youth trout fishing day is Saturday, March 22 and the traditional opening day of trout season ...

The DEC announced recently the numbers on the bears harvested during the 2024 season. The 1685 bears taken were 24% higher ...

Why: Pickerel will slide shallow to soak up the ... or any time the water temperature jumps above 45 degrees. Where: Walleye guide Ross Robertson fishes the ice hard, but as soon as that ice ...

Northern pike, chain pickerel, and muskies are all members of the same family ... This is why pike are a bit of scourge for anglers targeting species like bass and walleye that live in the same waters ...