Bass Season Opens ALBANY, NY -- The special black bass season is in effect on Lake Erie and its tributaries up to first impassible barrier only. Anglers can use natural/ live bait and keep one bass per day, with a minimum size of 20 inches during the special bass season. Bass fishing on all other waters in western New York is by catch and ... Read More

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, N.Y. -- The spring turkey season has gotten off to a good, productive start. The season is open for the entire month of May during which you can only hunt until noon each day. I believe they end it at noon to lessen the chances of killing a hen. The guys I talked to told me that the turkeys have been responding well to ... Read More

Recreational Harvest Restrictions Relaxed for Summer Flounder (Fluke), Scup (Porgy) and Black Sea Bass ALBANY, NY -- New recreational fishing regulations are now effective for summer flounder (fluke), scup (porgy) and black sea bass, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced today. These new regulations are ... Read More

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, N.Y. -- Opening day of trout season was last Sunday and the fishing was good for those not scared off by the weather. Several friends of mine were out on Sunday and they all caught fish. It’s pretty good timing for the season to open since some of the other fishing has slowed down a bit. The steelheads are starting to ... Read More

A brown trout swimming underwater over rocks. (Photo courtesy of NYS DEC) ALBANY, NY -- The New York State Department of Conservation's Bureau of Fisheries recently published its 2012 spring trout stocking list for Chautauqua County. Spring trout stocking begins in March and runs through May. The ... Read More

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, N.Y. - Last week’s unusually warm weather really boosted the fishing conditions. Well I assume that is what brought the smallmouth bass in to the tributaries so early. During a normal year, smallmouths don’t come in to the streams until May. I am curious to see if they retreat back into the lake now that the water ... Read More

OCALA NATIONAL FOREST (AP) --Erika Faulk and her cousin, Gale Robinson, could have met up for a weekend spa retreat or planned a shopping excursion, but the two middle-aged, suburban moms opted for weekend learning to shoot guns, build campfires and track deer deep in the Ocala National Forest. Faulk, Robinson and about 100 other women were ... Read More

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, NY -- The nice weather has brought out loads of fishermen. Some people have told me that the fishing is good, but some others I know haven’t had the luck. Just when I was starting to think that the steelhead was about done, a friend proved me wrong with some nice fish. Another friend of mine showed me several pictures ... Read More

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, NY -- With the spring weather comes many more fishing opportunities. The tributaries have been producing some nice steelhead. Guys are having some success drifting egg sacks that are rigged under a float. The guys that seem to be the most consistently catching fish are the fly fishermen. I think the reason for this is that ... Read More

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, NY -- It’s still goose season until March 10 and I don’t think I am going to get out hunting. I was really eager for the spring season when the winter began. Now that the season is here I don’t seem to have the motivation to get my gear back out and go out. Maybe it’s because of all of the warm spring weather we’ve ... Read More