My fishing guide, Shiloh Patterson, vividly remembers the first time he hooked a king salmon back in 1997. The fight lasted ...

New York State is waiving the $25 fee for fishing licenses on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2025. It’s the sixth and last free fishing day this year and applies to both residents and nonresidents. “Fall is a ...

Governor Kathy Hochul announced that Tuesday, Nov. 11 will be the final Free Fishing Day of 2025, waiving the freshwater ...

Cliff Chamberlan has fished the Salmon River in Upstate New York since the early 1970s, when the first large runs of stocked salmon began spawning there. “Those were the beginning years,” Chamberlan ...

Trout and salmon populations of Lake Champlain are the primary beneficiaries of sea lamprey control, but lake sturgeon, ...

A fisherman in New York caught a 6.1-pound pink salmon that was certified as a state record by a biologist from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. Cliff Chamberlain was even told ...

State biologists are saying that a slimy creature lurks within Lake Champlain, preying on fish and frustrating anglers – but ...