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Thurs news roundup: FEMA buyouts, economic development, fishing

Hello hello hello! A lot from our newsroom this morning. Julie Grant reports on the ongoing questions about the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center in Ogdensburg: At a forum yesterday at the center, Acting Director of the New York State Office of Mental...

New bass regs good for NY aquaculture?

New York’s DEC announced new rules this week for reselling large-mouth bass to consumers. It used to be only licensed hatcheries could sell the fish for food. Now a fish marketer can buy the fish from a hatchery and sell (dead) to...

Adirondack stream produces NY’s biggest trout

State environment officials say the biggest brook trout in New York state history was hauled in in the West Canada Lake Wilderness Area in Hamilton County last month. The trout caught by William Altman weighed in at 5 pounts 14 ounces.This from...

New record brook trout caught in Adirondacks

State officials say a Forestport man named Dan Germain has set a new official record for landing a whopper brook trout in New York waters. Germain was fishing June 15th in South Lake in Herkimer County in the southwest Adirondacks when he took the...

News stories tagged with "fishing"

Great Lakes States Reduce Game Fish Stocking

by The Environment Report

Apr 11, 2001 — Great Lakes states are reducing the number of large fish they're stocking in the waterways. Fewer salmon, trout, and bass are being added to the lakes for recreational fishing because of changes in the ecosystems that are making it harder for the fish to survive. As Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Jonathan Ahl reports, those changes may be symptoms of bigger problems in the Great Lakes. Go to full article

On the Ice in Tupper Lake: Chasing the Northern Pike

by Brian Mann

Feb 05, 2001 — Despite frigid temperatures, more than a thousand fishermen crowded onto a pond near Tupper Lake Saturday, for the second annual Northern Challenge. The event is a fundraiser for a local charity, and a chance for ice fishermen to match skills chasing northern pike. Brian Mann was there and sends this audio postcard. Go to full article

Meet the Masters: The Hollis Family

by Meet the Masters

Pine Bush, NY, May 22, 2000 — The Hollis family lives along the shore of the St. Lawrence River in Red Mills, New York. Along with a generations-old passion for fishing and hunting, the family is known for their popular handbuilt wooden "Hollis punts" and for superbly carved duck decoys. Go to full article

Meet the Masters: Carl Hathaway, Adirondack Guideboat Builder, Saranac Lake

by Meet the Masters

Saranac Lake, NY, Apr 24, 2000 — Carl Hathaway of Saranac Lake is a master builder of Adirondack guideboats, which were originally designed, in Carl's words, as "pickup trucks, working boats." Today they are prized as examples of fine woodwork and are featured in many premium museum collections. Go to full article

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