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NEW YORK FISHING
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Both Southern and Northern fish species are in New York waters off Long Island. Try fishing for Atlantic cod, winter flounder and mackerel in the spring. Fish for Summer flounder, Spanish Mackerel or bluefish in the summer.
The SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND provides home for weakfish, fluke, winter flounder and blackfish in the bays and estuaries. False albacore, striped bass and bluefish migrate along the coast and even enter the inlets at peak season.
FIRE ISLAND is a 32 mile long barrier island accessible only by ferry. These fabled waters are world famous for top-notch fishing with fluke, striped bass and weakfish just a few of the wide assortment of species available.
In addition to the vast expanse of the sparkling Atlantic Ocean and Long Island Sound there are numerous inlets, bays and harbors surrounding Long Island that are well known for phenomenal fishing. Fluke, striped bass and bluefish are only a few of the fish available in this popular area.
Welcome to the Gold Coast of LONG ISLAND SOUND CENTRAL, where summers are spent in enormous mansions, many of which are open to the public. Saltwater anglers will find striped bass, bluefish and flounder across the seasons.
LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST fishing is popular from April through October along this 110-mile stretch for striped bass, bluefish, weakfish, scup, black sea bass, tautog, fluke and winter flounder.
BLOCK ISLAND SOUND will test your fishing skills from May to November in waters often referred to as the “Bermuda of the North. You will be challenged by numbers of striped bass, bluefish, fluke and other species migrating into the area. Whether fishing the various island’s inshore inlets, offshore banks, wrecks or reefs, you’ll love the fishing opportunities.
Even though you don’t need a license for saltwater fishing, you should contact the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation(1-800-REGS-DEC) for up-to-date information on the marine regulations. You will need a license to fish in freshwater if you are 16 years of age or older. Fishing licenses are available at many fishing / sporting goods stores, local town halls, or the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation office in Stony Brook (call (631) 444-0273). Please only take fish that you need, and don’t release unused live bait into our waters.
Artificial reefs
Sinking boat-Moriches Reef
Photo by Steve Heins
Artificial reefs have long been used to provide satisfactory habitats for marine fish and other animals. Most artificial reefs in New York are made of rock, concrete, or steel, usually in the form of surplus or scrap materials simulating the habitat of particular species of fish, crustaceans or mollusks. New York’s reefs were designed to provide new fisheries habitat and more accessible fishing grounds for anglers. Divers can take pictures, catch lobsters or simply
observe nature. Blackfish 
(tautog), black sea bass, 
porgy 
(scup), bergal
(cunner), hake,
and cod 
have made these reefs their natural habitat.
Freshwater Fishes of New York
New York has 7,800 lakes and ponds and 52,000 miles of streams and rivers with over 165 different species of fish that range from tiny darters to the large muskellunge.
The highly aggressive true bass can be caught from banks, lakes and surf casting on Long Island. They live in waters that open to the sea.
Bass can live and move freely from fresh and salt waters.
True bass 
are usually silvery white with dark horizontal lines along their sides. They have strong spines in their back, pelvic and bottom rear fins. Their dorsal fins are slightly connected and they have many small teeth.
Actually, large and smallmouth bass are black bass-members of the sunfish family.
Adult bass migrate from the sea into rivers or shallow water areas of lakes to broadcast their eggs (up to four million) in the spring. Within two to four days the eggs hatch. Because there are no parental skills involved and no nests, the huge number of eggs assure survival of the young. While the young fish eat insects and shellfish, the older bass eat mostly small fish. They love squid and crabs It is interesting to note that bass are ingenious enough to herd schools of bait fish and attack them in a feeding frenzy.
It is only the streamlined striped bass with two groups of teeth on their tongue and seven to nine dark horizontal lines found along their sides that are the most sought after species on the east coast. Bass not only have important commercial value, their size, speed and power make them an exciting sport fish for anglers of any age or size. Bass range in size from 18 to 55 inches and from small to 70 pounds. A striper doesn’t mature until they are five to eight years old and can live for many years. The smaller fish travel in large schools while the larger fish travel in groups of only a few fish. There are three true species and one hybrid species found in the waters of New York. They are striped bass, white perch, white bass and hybrid bass.
Bass hang out around rocks and wrecks and are found from Canada to florida as they migrate, moving north in the summer and south in the fall and winter. In New York, stripers are known to hang around jettie rocks and drop-offs where there is current or turbulence. The best time to fish is at high tide in the evening, overcasts days or at night. During spring spawning, stripers are less active and using blood worms with bottom fishing is most successful. As the water reaches warmer temperatures, lures or bait is most effective. Shore anglers will find stripers warming themselves in the shallow water areas during high tides.
Catching fish from a trolling or drifting boat in saltwater while using large plugs, spoons, fresh cut bait or eels .
Unlike the striper, the white perch
is the smallest members of NY states true bass. They have no stripes or patches of teeth on their tongues and seldom grow to be longer than 12 inches in length. However, like the striper, white perch live both in fresh and saltwater, preferring the brackish waters. Look for them in turbulant shallow areas. White perch spawn their tiny eggs that sink to the bottom of tributary streams or along gravelly shoal areas in lakes and large rivers. The eggs attach themselves to vegetation and rocks. The young perch eat plankton and insects while the older perch eat mostly fish.
White perch can be found in the Hudson River and its tributaries south of Troy, small lakes east of the Hudson, Long Island's fresh and brackish waters, the Sceneca River and Mohawk River systems, Oneida and Chautaugua Lakes, and in Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.
Even though the white perch is small, it is a scrappy fighter when hooked. You will find they are easier to catch using worms, grubs or by casting lures or small flies after dark or at dusk in the spring during spawning.
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The most common accident during fishing season involves hooks.
 The most important tool any angler should always have with him/her for removing a hook is a sharp pair of wire cutting pliers. Here are a few methods for removing hooks. When a hook's point and barb are protruding out the skin, it's easier to cut off the barb and back the hook out of the wound. This is when those sharp wire cutters come in handy.
The snatch method of hook removal is simple and effective, and it's the best method to remove a hook that's deeply imbedded in the skin and when the barb is buried. To perform the snatch method when the barb is imbedded, all that's needed is a short length of fishing line, at least 10 pound test, approximately 2 feet long. Remove hook from lure. Double the fishing line and loop it around the hook, as close to the skin's surface as possible. Hold onto both ends of the doubled line, wrapping them around your hand for a firm grip and holding the line parallel to the skin's surface in line with the hook. With your other hand, press the eye of the hook down onto the surface of the skin and back toward the hook's bend, as if trying to back the hook out of the wound. While pressing on the hook eye, yank the line sharply, parallel to the skin and in line with the hook, to snap the hook back out of the wound. Apply antibiotic ointment, bandage wound and check to make sure tetanus shots are current. |
The white bass, 
a favorite sport fish of local anglers, average from nine to 15 inches long. They can be found in the open waters of large lakes, streams, rivers and reservoirs.
White bass travel in large schools in the clear firm bottom of open water habitat of large lakes and reservoirs, as well as some large streams and rivers. They can easily be confused with the striped bass, but have a deeper body shape with only one of their dark stripes running from their head to their tail, with a single tooth patch on the tongue.
As with the white perch their eggs sink and attach to rocks, stick and bottom vegetation and hatch within two to four days in tributary streams, near shore areas and over shoals. This popular sport-fish grow rapidly up to 17 inches and can live at least nine years. They travel in large schools and eat insects and fish.
Due to the fact that they are aggressive it makes them an easy fish to catch, especially in the spring when schools of white bass move inshore. Try using casting or trolling streamer flies, jigs, spinners, and spoons or still fishing with minnows, making sure to keep the bait off the bottom and near the surface of the water where they feed.
The hybrid bass, 
a cross between a female striped bass and a male white bass, were developed to provide a good eating, hard fighting large sport-fish that feed in open waters. Like the striped bass they have two patches of teeth on their tongues, but like the white bass they have deep bodies and the dark stripes are usually broken into short dashes. They grow fast after being released as fingerlings in the fall. They reach approximately eight inches in length in the first year and 16 inches by the third year. Their diet consists mainly of alewife and gizzrd shad
Note: Much of this information first appeared in the July/August 1991 issue of The Conservationist magazine. Updated June 1999. Authors- Andy Kahnle, Kathy Hattala and Eileen Stegemann. Seventh in a 14-part series describing the Freshwater Fishes of New York
New York's Endangered Species
(endangered)
The shortnose sturgeon
a large fish that can reach up to 3.5 feet in length and weigh14 pounds. It has a shark like appearance with five rows of pale bony plates (called scutes) covering its dark body. It has a short, conical snout with four barbels or whiskers in front of its large under bite.
The shortnose sturgeon migrates from salt water to spawn in freshwater. In New York, this sturgeon only occurs in the lower portion of the Hudson River from the southern tip of Manhattan to the Federal Dam at Troy.
Because of plundering the sturgeon for caviar, smoked flesh, pollution and damming of the Hudson (depriving them of their upriver spawning grounds) the shortnose sturgeon is now an endangered species. and is thus fully protected by the Endangered Species Act. Recovery in their numbers appears certain.
(endangered)
One of the rarest minnows in North America is the 
pugnose shiner a small minnow that rarely exceeds two inches in length. It has a light, straw-colored back, silvery sides, and a white belly. Its population has been reduced in the United States, and it’s range is diminishing in Canada with the primary cause thought to be the increased water turbidity. Most people have never seen this tiny fish
(endangered)
The round whitefish 
is a medium-sized fish that averages eight to 12 inches in length. Its name was derived from its long and tubular body shape with an almost round middle. It has a short head with an under-bite. The young round-whitefish looks like a young trout or salmon that has rows of parr marks (black spots). The adult is olive-brown on top and silver below.
The round whitefish population has seriously declined due to predation by invading yellow perch on whitefish eggs, tapeworm infestation, over fishing, loss of spawning sites, siltation, and lake acidification.
(endangered)
The bluebreast darter
a small, colorful fish usually grows to about three inches in length. This fish prefers large fast-flowing streams with sandy gravel and large stones where the fish hides from predators. It can be distinguished from other darters by its blunt, rounded snout, and its gill covers which are not connected across the breast.
It is olive-green with a broad light band adjacent to the dark edge of the second dorsal (back), anal (bottom rear), and caudal (tail) fins. Extremely colorful breeding males have orange-tinted dorsal fins, numerous small crimson spots on the sides and a bright blue breast - hence its name.
(endangered)
The colorful gilt darter, 
approximately three inches long chooses to live in large streams with clear gravel or rubble riffles. It has been determined to drastic decrease in numbers due to increased siltation which it cannot tolerate. It has an olive to blue-green in color body with five to eight dark blotches along the back, as well as square blotches on its sides.
Breeding males develop five to eight blue-green vertical bands, bright red blotches on the sides, an orange breast, orange dorsal fins, and dark blue pelvic and anal fins. The gilt darter is distinguished by a row of specialized scales located along the midline of the belly, and a gill membrane which is joined forward of the breast.
(endangered)
Unusual in appearance, the spoonhead sculpin,
a deep-water fish (200 ft.) has a flat, triangle-shaped head, large fanlike pectoral fins, a large mouth, small eyes, and a rather large, semicircular cheekbone spine. Instead of scales, it’s slender, tubular-shaped body is covered with prickles. It averages from 1.5 to 2.5 inches in length, but can reach up to five inches. They are olive-brown on top, light yellow on the sides, and white on the belly. Their heads, bodies, and fins are speckled. Unlike other sculpins, Spoonheads have gill covers which are attached to the breast.
(endangered)
The largest of New York's freshwater sculpins, 
the deepwater Sculpin can grow to nine inches in length but the average is two to five inches and has a tapered body, a blunt snout, and a flat head. The mouth is large and the eyes set close together on top of the head. Like the spoonhead, the deepwater sculpin has no scales, but has prickles on top. It is generally grey-brown in color with a lighter underside. The back and sides are speckled and there are thin, dark saddle-like marks on the back.
The deepwater sculpin is found at depths of 240 to 300 feet in the deep, cool waters of lakes. While the cause of the decline is unknown, scientist think that it may be due to the presence of alewives and rainbow smelt which compete with sculpin for food, as well as eat sculpin eggs and larvae. A new threat may be on the horizon with the accidental introduction of another European fish- the round goby.
(threatened)
New York's largest freshwater fish is the Lake Sturgeon.
Mature adults average between three to five feet in length and ten to 80 pounds in weight, but can occasionally grow to be as large as seven plus feet, and 300 plus pounds. It has a torpedo-shaped body that is covered with five rows of bony plates. The top and side bony plates are the same color as the dull gray body. There are four barbels on the underside of the sharp, cone-shaped mouth.
Lake sturgeon are some of the longest-lived and slowest to mature freshwater fish species. Females do not reach maturity until 14 to 23 years old and males eight to 19 years old. Adult lake sturgeon display interesting behavior during spawning, sometimes leaping out of the water to fall with a loud splash.
Lake sturgeon are primarily found in freshwater lakes and large rivers, but can also occur in brackish waters. Since 1995, sturgeon populations in five Northern New York waters have been supplemented through the stocking of some hatchery-raised fish.
Their population decline is attributed to: overexploitation due to high demand for caviar and smoked flesh; construction of dams that cut off spawning and nursery areas; and some pollution and degradation of habitat.
(threatened)
The mooneye
generally reaches 11 to 15 inches in length and one to two pounds in weight. It has a flattened, slab-sided body that is silvery in color. They have large, prominent, reflective eyes which enable them to see at low light levels, thus the name moon-eye. They have teeth located on both the tongue and the roof of the mouth.
Mooneyes prefer clear water habitat of large streams, rivers, and lakes. Declination is believed to be due to siltation and competition with introduced species are possible factors.
(threatened)
The lake chubsucker, a bottom-roving predator, has a flattened head, a humped
back, and enlarged pectoral
that aid in the quick pursuit of prey. It has large scales and is a member of the sucker family, although there is no lateral line along this fish's side. It averages eight to ten inches in length. Adults are dark olive-green on top, silvery-gold on the sides and green-yellow on the belly. Young chubsuckers have a prominent dark stripe along each side which becomes a series of vertical bars in the adult fish.
These fish are found in quiet, clear, well-vegetated waters and are intolerant of turbid and silty conditions.
(threatened)
The secretive small nocturnal mud sunfish
looks similar to the rock fish but can easily be distinguished by its round, not forked, tail and its brown, not red, eyes. This sunfish has five distinct lines located along it’s reddish brown body on top and it is pale brown on its belly.
The mud sunfish lives in sloughs, lakes, pools, and backwaters of streams where the water is acid and vegetation, mud and detritus occur. It is extremely rare in New York State.
(threatened)
The longear sunfish 
is a small, colorful, thin, deep-bodied fish averaging 4 to 4.5 inches in length. It has an olive to rusty-brown back, bright orange belly, and blue-green bars on the sides of the head. This fish is often mistaken for a pumpkinseed, but can be distinguished by looking at the pectoral fins and the gill covers. It has short, round pectoral fins that do not extend above the lateral line. In addition, it has a long, upward-slanting gill cover flap that has a white, flexible edge.
The longear sunfish dwells along the margins of weed beds and clear water areas of creeks and small to medium rivers. It avoids strong currents and silt. In New York State, professionals speculate that siltation, water quality deterioration, and hybridization with the pumpkinseed or green sunfish are responsible for its threatened status.
(threatened)
The eastern sand darter
is a small fish, averaging 2.5 inches in length, has a long, slender body with no scales on the belly. it is naturally camouflaged due to its dark reddish spots and transparent body. It buries itself in the sand with only its eyes exposed enabling it to hide, be stabilized in rapid moving water and to ambush its prey.
In the state of New York, the major cause in declines of this fish species is loss of clean, sandy substrate due to siltation.
Note: This article first appeared in the September 1993 issue of The Conservationist magazine. Updated June 1999 by Doug Carlson. Original authors- Dean Bouton & Eileen C. Stegemann. Thirteenth in a 14-part series describing the Freshwater Fishes of New York.
Saltwater Fish Records |
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FISH |
LBS-OZ |
ANGLER |
DATE |
Albacore (Longfin)  |
74 lbs. 10.5 oz. |
John Maguire |
09/23/00 |
Black Sea Bass |
9 lbs. 0 oz. |
Sal Vicari |
10/10/93 |
Tautog (Blackfish)  |
19 lbs. 12 oz. |
Jim Burgon |
08/22/92 |
Bluefish  |
25 lbs. 0 oz. |
Peter Weber, Jr. |
10/30/98 |
Cod |
85 lbs. 0 oz. |
Fred Shay, Jr. |
02/25/84 |
Dolphin |
52 lbs. 0 oz. |
Richard Dinka |
08/25/85 |
Flounder (Winter)  |
7-3 lbs. .5 oz. |
Jack Cohen |
06/29/97 |
Fluke*  |
22 lbs. 7 oz. |
Charles Nappi |
09/15/75 |
Marlin (Blue)  |
1,174 lbs. 0 oz. |
Bill Sweedler |
07/20/86 |
Marlin (White)  |
130 lbs. 0 oz. |
Mrs. P. Dater |
08/13/51 |
Pollack  |
45 lbs. 15 oz. |
Bruce Morabito |
08/26/88 |
Porgy (Scup) |
6 lbs. 4 oz. |
Samuel Warren |
10/01/78 |
Shark (Blue)  |
395 lbs. 0 oz. |
Charlie Sanders |
10/26/96 |
Shark (Mako)  |
1,080 lbs. 0 oz. |
James Melanson |
08/26/79 |
Shark (Thresher)  |
614 lbs. 0 oz. |
Joe Calandra |
10/12/94 |
Shark (Tiger)  |
1,087 lbs. 0 oz. |
Ken Rafferty |
07/23/86 |
Shark (White)  |
3,450 lbs. 0 oz. |
Don Braddick |
08/06/86 |
Striped Bass  |
76 lbs. 0 oz. |
Bob Rocchetta |
07/17/81 |
Swordfish  |
492 lbs. 4 oz. |
Dorothea Casullo |
07/04/59 |
Triggerfish  |
5 lbs. 3.2 oz. |
Philip Curcio |
10/03/99 |
Tuna (Bigeye)  |
355 lbs. 0 oz. |
Richard Buechmann |
09/27/81 |
Tuna (Bluefin)  |
1,071 lbs. 0 oz. |
Larry Thompson |
08/21/77 |
Tuna (Yellowfin)  |
239 lbs. 0 oz. |
Bob Clancy |
08/14/78 |
Wahoo  |
109 lbs. 0 oz. |
Anthony Savarese |
09/26/03 |
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19 lbs. 2 oz. |
Dennis Rooney |
10/11/84 |
White Perch |
1-5 lbs. 76 oz. |
Daniel Young |
08/08/00 |
Current State Freshwater Record Fish
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Species
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Weight
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Angler |
Lure
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Water |
Date
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American Eel  |
7 lb. 14 oz. |
Larry Manino |
Nightcrawler |
Cayuga Lake, Seneca Co. |
7/25/84 |
American Shad  |
8 lb. 14 oz. |
Andrew Sheffer |
Shad Dart |
Hudson River, Columbia Co. |
4/30/89 |
Atlantic Salmon  |
24 lb. 15 oz. |
Mike Dandino |
Bomber Long A |
Lake Ontario, Wayne Co. |
4/5/97 |
Black Bullhead  |
7 lb. 7 oz. |
Kevin Kelly |
Wonder Bread |
Mill Pond, Nassau Co. |
8/25/93 |
Black Crappie  |
3 lb. 12 oz. |
Kenneth Kierst |
Jig |
Duck Lake, Cayuga Co. |
4/17/98 |
Bluegill  |
2 lb. 8 oz. |
Devin VanZandt |
Worm |
Kohlbach Pond, Broome Co. |
8/3/92 |
Bowfin  |
12 lb. 13 oz. |
Jeff Harrington |
Live Minnow |
Basha Kill, Sullivan Co. |
6/5/00 |
Brook Trout
 |
4 lb. 15 oz. |
Jesse Yousey |
Lake Clear Wobler |
Five Ponds Wilderness Area, Herkimer Co. |
5/25/06 |
Brown Bullhead
 |
6 lb. 9 oz. |
Bobby Tripplet |
Nightcrawler |
Sugarloaf Pond, Saratoga Co. |
4/26/98 |
Brown Trout  |
33 lb. 2 oz. |
Tony Brown |
Smithwick Rogue |
Lake Ontario, Oswego Co. |
6/10/97 |
Burbot  |
16 lb. 12 oz. |
Terrance Colwell |
Minnow |
Lake Ontario (Black River Bay), Jefferson Co. |
2/14/91 |
Chain Pickerel  |
8 lb. 1 oz. |
John Bosland |
Toronto Reservoir, Sullivan Co. |
2/13/65 |
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Channel Catfish  |
32 lb. 12 oz. |
Chris Dixon |
Worm |
Brant Lake, Warren Co. |
6/21/02 |
Chinook Salmon  |
47 lb. 13 oz. |
Kurtis Killian |
Orange Fly |
Salmon River, Oswego Co. |
9/7/91 |
Cisco (Lake Herring)  |
5 lb. 7 oz. |
Albert Baratto |
Tear Drop & Grub |
Lake Lauderdale, Washington Co. |
1/25/90 |
Coho Salmon  |
33 lb. 7 oz. |
Stephen Sheets Jr. |
Cut Bait |
Lake Ontario, Oswego Co. |
8/13/98 |
Common Carp  |
50 lb. 4 oz. |
Charles Primeau Sr. |
Nightcrawler |
Tomhannock Reservoir, Rensselaer Co. |
5/12/95 |
Fallfish
 |
3 lb. 7 oz. |
Jeffrey Weibly |
Jig & Curlytail |
Tioughnioga River, Cortland Co. |
2/29/04 |
Freshwater Drum  |
24 lb. 8 oz. |
Gregory Netto |
Jerk Bait |
Lake Ontario (Chaumont Bay), Jefferson Co. |
6/8/05 |
Hybrid Striped Bass |
15 lb. 5 oz. |
Bryan Colley |
Sawbelly |
Lake Waccabuc, Westchester Co. |
7/30/04 |
Kokanee Salmon  |
3 lb. 6 oz. |
Kenneth Shear |
Wobbler & Worm |
Boy Scouts Clear Pond, Franklin Co. |
6/14/02 |
Lake Trout  |
41 lb. 8 oz. |
Jesse Wykstra |
NK Spoon |
Lake Erie, Chautauqua Co. |
8/9/03 |
Lake Whitefish  |
10 lb. 8 oz. |
Randolph Smith |
Worm & Spinner |
Lake Pleasant, Hamilton Co. |
8/29/95 |
Largemouth Bass  |
11 lb. 4 oz. |
John Higbie |
Spinnerbait |
Buckhorn Lake, Otsego Co. |
9/11/87 |
Longnose Gar  |
13 lb. 3 oz. |
Kenneth Cassant |
Sucker |
Lake Champlain, Washington Co. |
7/25/99 |
Muskellunge  |
69 lb. 15 oz. |
Arthur Lawton |
St. Lawrence River, Jefferson Co. |
9/22/57 |
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Northern Pike  |
46 lb. 2 oz. |
Peter Dubuc |
Heddon Flaptail |
Great Sacandaga Lake, Fulton Co. |
9/15/40 |
Pink Salmon  |
4 lb. 15 oz. |
Randy Nyberg |
Johnson Sprite |
Lake Erie, Erie Co. |
9/16/85 |
Pumpkinseed  |
1 lb. 9 oz. |
R. Kennard Mosher |
Nightcrawler |
Indian Lake, Hamilton Co. |
7/19/94 |
Rainbow Trout  |
31 lb. 3 oz. |
Robert Wilson |
Joe's Pirate Crystalina |
Lake Ontario, Niagara Co. |
8/14/04 |
Redfin Pickerel  |
2 lb. 1 oz. |
Duane Gillespie |
Do Jigger |
Lake Champlain, Essex Co. |
3/5/89 |
Rock Bass  |
1 lb. 15 oz. |
Eric Avogardo |
Live shiner |
Ramapo River, Rockland Co. |
5/26/84 |
Sauger  |
4 lb. 8 oz. |
Darrin Schwenkbeck |
Gitzit |
Lower Niagara River, Niagara Co. |
9/30/90 |
Shorthead Redhorse  |
11 lb. 11 oz. |
Joe Williams |
Nightcrawler |
Salmon River, Oswego Co. |
5/26/96 |
Smallmouth Bass  |
8 lb. 4 oz. |
Andrew Kartesz |
Jig & Grub Tail |
Lake Erie, Chautauqua Co. |
6/4/95 |
Splake  |
13 lb. 8 oz. |
Jonathan Simon |
Rapala |
Limekiln Lake, Herkimer Co. |
6/27/04 |
Striped Bass  |
55 lb. 0 oz. |
Dan Mangold |
Cut Herring |
Hudson River, Ulster Co. |
5/9/03 |
Tiger Muskellunge  |
35 lb. 8 oz. |
Brett Gofgosky |
Sucker |
Tioughnioga River, Broome Co. |
5/25/90 |
Walleye  |
16 lb. 7 oz. |
John Fluder |
Mr. Twister Jig |
Kinzua Reservoir, Cattaraugus Co. |
5/22/94 |
White Bass  |
3 lb. 6 oz. |
Robert Hilton |
Rapala |
Furnace Brook, Westchester Co. |
5/2/92 |
White Catfish  |
10 lb. 5 oz. |
Joe Silicato |
Jig & Cut Bait |
New Croton Reservoir, Westchester Co. |
5/17/98 |
White Crappie  |
3 lb. 13 oz. |
James Weinberg |
Jig |
Sleepy Hollow Lake, Greene Co. |
6/9/01 |
White Perch  |
3 lb. 1 oz. |
Joseph Tansey |
Alewife |
Lake Oscaletta, Westchester Co. |
9/21/91 |
White Sucker  |
5 lb. 3 oz. |
Eric Kindron |
Nightcrawler |
Hudson River, Warren Co. |
5/13/94 |
Yellow Perch  |
3 lb. 8 oz. |
George Boice |
Minnow |
Lake Erie, Erie Co. |
4/28/82 |
