Wonky freezing patterns could do even more harm to lake wildlife. Because lake water is darker than ice, it absorbs more heat, which can set up the lake for warmer summer temperatures. Vaughan worries ...

As winter temperatures hit Lake Champlain, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation wants ice anglers to ...

John Juneau of Rouses Point has been ice fishing for about 35 years and safety on the ice is no joke to him. “There has to be a good five or six inches under my feet before I go out there,” Juneau ...

In the past few years, we had even small waters that weren't conducive to safe ice fishing. Right now, it's the opposite." This year, even Lake Champlain, the biggest lake in the state and ...

Chaumont Bay's shallow waters, narrow inlet, and northern location make it an ideal destination for winter anglers.

The ranking reports Lake Champlain is a great spot to catch land-locked salmon, lake trout, walleye, and perch. Pile up pike by fishing in the shallow-water bays and shallow flats or snag some ...

Anglers without a fishing license will be able to fish at any legal fishing locations on Saturday, and the state plans to host a festival at Silver Lake State Park in Barnard from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The New York DEC has joined forces with the Northeastern Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies, university researchers and ...

Chase Clarke perfectly executed a big-bass pattern to win the weather-shortened St. Croix Bassmaster Open at Clarks Hill ...