The NYS DEC confirmed Ferguson’s behemoth brookie officially measured 22 inches and weighed six pounds, three ounces, edging ...

In 1999, the last time DEC updated the list, these fish were classified as either threatened or endangered, the latter being the most serious level reserved for animals on the verge of being ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced the first state record fish of the year. On May 3, while shorefishing with his son, Dylan Kampnich, Dexter reeled in a 37 ...

After 12 years, the New York State brook trout record has been broken again. On July 5, Benjamin Ferguson of Croghan, NY, ...

The Department of Environmental Conservation just announced a brand-new state record for brook trout. Benjamin Ferguson, a ...

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Amanda Lefton, in collaboration with the New York ...

This 10.6-pound female rainbow trout, displayed by fisheries biologist Brad Hammers, was among dozens of rainbows netted in Catharine Creek near Montour Falls during DEC's annual sampling of the ...

And that was just the start. Sampling several sites along the creek over two days, Hammers said the team netted about 480 rainbows. "This was by far the most fish that have been collected since I ...

The spring inland stream stocking program and wild trout fisheries in southwest New York State are nothing short of impressive. DEC’s all-encompassing spring stocking includes a staggering 1,873,980 ...

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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced the first state record fish of the year. On May 3, while shorefishing with his son, Dylan Kampnich, Dexter reeled in a 37 ...