Anglers across New York will soon cast their lines for largemouth and smallmouth bass as the 2025 black bass season officially opens June 15 and runs through November 30, the state Department of ...

Not one—but two—New York State fishing records were broken this month, and they happened just 10 days apart. Dylan Kampnich ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ... on May 3 while Kampnich was shorefishing with his son at Black River Bay in Jefferson County. This impressive catfish surpassed ...

The pike, a long and torpedo-shaped fish with rows of sharp teeth, is abundant in many larger Adirondack lakes in New York. The record-breaking 46 lbs 2 oz pike, caught by Peter Dubuc from Great ...

The fish weighed between 35-36 pounds on all of them—a potential state record. But the closest certified scale was at Thousand Island Bait Store in Alexandria Bay, and it was closed. Kampnich secured ...