PLATTSBURGH — Lake Champlain, long known anecdotally as one of the best fisheries in the nation, has gained official recognition of such a title. FishingBooker, one of the world’s largest platforms ...

Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife fisheries biologist Bernie Pientka holds up a wild juvenile lake trout during a population survey on Lake Champlain. Hatchery fish have clipped fins, but wild ...

What may surprise newcomers is how geographically diverse ice fishing is. California’s Silver Lake, near Lake Tahoe, can support winter trout fishing during colder seasons, while Idaho’s Henrys Lake ...

The Lake Placid-based Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism and the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce have released results of a survey assessing the impact of fishing tournaments in 2023 in that ...

PLATTSBURGH — Options will be plentiful for anglers fishing the 2025 Newport Bassmaster Kayak Series at Lake Champlain presented by Native Watercraft, and New Hampshire native Jake Angulas believes ...

If you’re looking for the perfect place to cast a line, this majestic lake in Upstate New York is a reel catch. At a whopping 120 miles long, Lake Champlain spans a long stretch of the New ...

Lake trout populations in Lake Champlain are now self-sustaining, eliminating the need for stocking. This success follows a decades-long program to control sea lamprey, a parasitic fish harming lake ...

If I had to choose the best bass fishing lake in New York state, it would have to be Lake Champlain. In fact, I’d even say it may be the best in the Northeast. In 2007, it was the Bassmaster pros’ ...

LAKE CHAMPLAIN, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The lake trout population has been restored in Lake Champlain, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) announced on Tuesday. The ...

Cold temperatures create ideal conditions for ice skating, fishing and other outdoor activities.

On a recent morning in May, a crew of scientists aboard a research vessel in the middle of Lake Champlain untangled a big commercial fishing net, preparing to drop it into the dark depths of the lake.