r/FishingNY Feb 13 '26

Community 👋Welcome to r/FishingNY - Please Read

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Hello,

Post what you think the community would find interesting or helpful. Feel free to share your thoughts, photos, or questions about fishing in NY

Be mindful of other perspectives. Respect other peoples opinions. If you are going to provide criticism do so in a constructive way.

Be aware of NY Regs, it is ok for people to keep fish. If you see something someone is doing wrong (like mishandling a fish) inform them in a nice way and offer ways to improve.

If you know someone who would be interested in this community, feel free to tell them about it and/or invite them to join.


r/FishingNY 7d ago

Where can I freshwater fish on Long Island

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r/FishingNY 7d ago

pike fishing

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r/FishingNY 11d ago

Good days fishing

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Put BTA on these smallies. First time hitting my limit and hopefully not the last. Today PB was 2.45 lbs!


r/FishingNY 11d ago

Onondaga Lake ranks second in New York for bass fishing tournaments

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Good Article about Bass fishing tournaments in NY if anyone is interested.


r/FishingNY 14d ago

Second 40” Muskie

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r/FishingNY 15d ago

From the Albany community on Reddit: Fishing Prohibited in Alcove Reservoir. If caught you will be fined.

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r/FishingNY 16d ago

Today’s haul

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My pb drum and a couple others


r/FishingNY 17d ago

Community Walleye fishing Silver Lake

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Hello. I have a house on the lake and i have been up and down the lake trying to catch walleye but i just cant seem to. Does anyone have any tips or spots for this lake? I know Silver isnt known for its walleye but theyre definitely still in there as ive seen others catch them before.


r/FishingNY 23d ago

Meanmouth ID?

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Im having a hard time id’ing these bass I’m not sure if they are meanmouths or just weird looking largemouth?


r/FishingNY 25d ago

Western NY, Genesee River

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Since we just talked about them


r/FishingNY 26d ago

Free Fishing Weekend

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Just an FYI: This weekend (June 27th and 28th) you do not need a fishing license in order to fish. You of course still have to follow the regulations. If you have any questions feel free to ask here or at r/FishingNY.


r/FishingNY 27d ago

First Muskie and my first fish the 40”+ club

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r/FishingNY 28d ago

Any locations for long nose gar? I know some spots on the conewango river but anywhere almost like a gar hangout spot? Chautauqua county

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Im trying to get this fish off of my bucket list and was wondering if there's more than luck to it than just hoping to see one on the river lol


r/FishingNY 29d ago

Tilefish slammer trip out of NY

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r/FishingNY Jun 14 '26

Sundays are for fishing

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r/FishingNY Jun 06 '26

Otisco Lake Tiger Musky

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I'm planning on fishing for Tiger's on Otisco Lake sometime next week. I have previously fished both the south end by the causeway and the north end by Otisco Lake park/Narrows area with no luck.

Has anyone on this sub had any experience with Tiger's on Otisco? If so, do you have better luck at the north or south end of the lake?

My plan is to mainly throw large in-line spinners, bull dawgs and swim-baits in the weedy areas under 15ft of water and possibly troll jerk baits along the weed lines.

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

UPDATE: Fished the lake for 4 hours yesterday. I was fishing with a 6” perch patterned bull dawg and I had a really nice tiger musky follow my lure all the way to the kayak, but was unable to get him to commit on a figure 8. Easily in the high 30” range.
I got another visible strike from a smaller one throwing a Mepps musky killer over the weeds. This was all fishing the north end of the lake near Otisco lake park. There be dragons there haha.


r/FishingNY Jun 05 '26

Any suggestions for getting pike to commit on big swimbaits? I get lots of follows and even after figure 8ing I can only get a small percentage to take

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r/FishingNY Jun 02 '26

What were these?

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Saw three of these when I was hiking the devils hole trail. They were trying to grab something on the side of the river. Any idea what type of fish these were?


r/FishingNY May 29 '26

Finally Caught them All!

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r/FishingNY May 29 '26

Caught my first carp at prospect park

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I’m very happy with my catch because it is my first ever carp! They have a bad reputation but wow are they a fun fish to catch. Idk how weird this might sound but I caught it with a bobber which to me sounds funny because most people use bottom rigs to catch them.


r/FishingNY May 26 '26

Popolopen Creek Fishinf

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r/FishingNY May 18 '26

Today’s catches

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Not much but it’s something. Lower gorge Niagara


r/FishingNY May 18 '26

Environmental Factors

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Good article about how the what’s happening in your environment effects fish behavior. This is a multi species article and goes over the basics for the different conditions but has some good links to more in depth articles.


r/FishingNY May 15 '26

Rivers Northern Pike out of the Chenango River, Southern Tier NY

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