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Fishing in New York

Click a region to explore top fishing spots, species, and local tips.

New York offers world-class fishing across its diverse landscape. The Adirondacks feature 3,000+ lakes and ponds including Lake Champlain and the Saranac Lakes, the Finger Lakes offer exceptional trout and landlocked salmon fishing, the Catskills are famous for trout streams like the Beaverkill and Esopus, and the Great Lakes and Atlantic coast provide salmon, steelhead, striped bass, and fluke fishing.

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Adirondacks & St. Lawrence

Lake Champlain, Saranac Lakes, St. Lawrence River, Lake George -- Lake Trout, Landlocked Salmon, Northern Pike, Bass, Walleye

Finger Lakes & Central

Cayuga Lake, Seneca Lake, Oneida Lake -- Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, Landlocked Salmon, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass

Catskills & Hudson Valley

Beaverkill River, Esopus Creek, Hudson River, Neversink River -- Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass

Long Island & NYC

Montauk Point, Fire Island, Jamaica Bay, Peconic Bay -- Striped Bass, Fluke, Bluefish, Porgy, Weakfish

Western NY & Lake Erie

Lake Erie, Niagara River, Chautauqua Lake -- Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, Steelhead, Yellow Perch, Muskellunge

Lake Ontario & Thousand Islands

Lake Ontario, Salmon River, Oswego River, Thousand Islands -- Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Steelhead, Brown Trout, Lake Trout