trout

WELLSVILLE — Marking its 35th year, the Lions Club’s annual Greater Wellsville Trout Derby is still catching fishermen and women. The annual event is ...

RANDOLPH — As area waters are stocked with prime trout for this year’s fishing season, longtime Randolph Fish Hatchery manager Rich Borner is getting ...

One of the great outdoor recreation traditions of the Southern Tier, opening day of trout season in New York state, is coming up on Tuesday. Fishermen...

My earliest memories of fishing don’t involve fishing at all. But as a very young child I vividly remember Dad, Dick Robertson, coming home from a nat...

FARMERSVILLE — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced access limitations at Harwood Lake and Multiple Use Area, located...

What a winter! Between shoveling snow off roofs, clearing the driveway, stairs and sidewalk, I’ve also burned a mountain of firewood trying to stay wa...

A big cloud of snow swirled down as a nasty gust of wind swept by the house. Looking out the window I saw the chickadees, juncos, nuthatches, cardinal...

As I’ve grown a bit older, New Year’s Eve has lost much of its importance. Back in the day, the upcoming year was a momentous occasion and the family ...

New York state’s new catch-and-release trout stream season begins Saturday, expanding fishing opportunities in fall’s cooled waterways that hold trout...

I was fishing one of my favorite trout streams on a recent evening, making my way down to a particularly favored spot — when I stopped short. Wouldn’t...

The sun was pushing its way over the far eastern fringe of trees, the sky around it a bright yellow gold, silhouetting the trees in coal black relief ...

RANDOLPH — The snowmelt has filled area streams with fresh, cold water — just the way trout like it. Anxious anglers are preparing their fishing gear ...

It seems like trout season will never come when the temperatures hover in the single digits, frigid snow storms beat upon you and the heating bills go...

I opened an old journal from 18 years ago and read. Suddenly, my eyes were filled with tears as poignant memories returned so powerfully. I’ll share t...

Any good fisherman is keenly aware of the importance of using the right bait at the correct time. If you’ve been fishing for years, your tackle collec...

Groaning and straining under an armful of wood, I just managed to hook a finder round the door handle and stagger inside. Depositing the wood by the s...

I was leaning on the shovel and breathing hard. The 20-yard, steep driveway had me puffing. It seems I don’t have a lot of gas in the tank on occasion...

I have spent all my life trying to become a better trout fisherman. This has become a perpetual quest, I guess, a study and a pursuit I dearly love, o...