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

When Rose Thompson, of Skaneateles, went ice fishing for perch recently on the north end of Cayuga Lake she didn’t realize ...

March is a busy month despite the weather or change of seasons. One of the things that also occupy the time of many of us is ...

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 ...

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

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 through the ...

The last day for walleye, northern pike, pickerel and tiger muskie will be Saturday. The season will reopen again on Thursday, May 1. The season dates used to be the first Saturday in May.

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