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

JAMESTOWN, NY – Question: What do spotted salamanders, fairy shrimp, quacking frogs and tadpoles have in common? Answer: Vernal pools, the tiny pools of water in the forest that spring to life each April and offer homes to creatures that cannot survive in any other body of water in the area. At 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 27, the Audubon Center ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY – In late spring, more than 3,000 children come on fieldtrips to visit the Audubon Center and Sanctuary. Audubon’s Education Staff invites you to be one of the vitally needed volunteer trail guides who assist with Discovery Walks during this busy season. While you take a walk in the woods, notice the flowers, watch a ... Read More

JAMESTOWN, NY -- The Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History will be a host for the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour on Tuesday April 10, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. The event will take place at the Reg Lenna Civic Center, East Third Street in Jamestown NY. The Banff Mountain Film Festival is an international competition featuring the ... 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

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

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

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, NY -- I think I can probably park away my ice fishing gear until next year. Any ice that we did have has now gotten too soft to be safe. It wouldn’t take too long to harden up again if the weather would have gotten cold. Now being March the chances of that happening are becoming less and less every day. The spring like ... Read More