2,299 public fishing lakes and rivers in New York — Yellow Perch, Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Common Carp, Brown Bullhead and Chain Pickerel.
See every public fishing venue in New York on the map, with boat ramps, camping, parking and full rules for each one.
PiscaMaps covers 2,299 public fishing venues across New York in 9 regions — 1,320 lakes and reservoirs and 975 rivers. The largest is Lake Erie, at 3,900,000 acres. Tonawanda Creek is the longest mapped river, running 162 km. Adirondacks has the most venues on file, with 671. 138 venues are documented trout waters.
The most commonly recorded species across New York's public waters are Yellow Perch, Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Common Carp, Brown Bullhead and Chain Pickerel — the exact mix varies by water type and region. 311 venues have a real boat ramp on file, 362 have nearby camping, and 970 have mapped parking — sourced from OpenStreetMap and recreation.gov's federal facilities database (RIDB) where available.
New York's public fishing venues are spread across 9 regions on PiscaMaps:
The most frequently recorded species across New York's public venues on PiscaMaps:
Anyone 16 or older needs a New York State fishing licence — resident annual is about $25, non-resident annual about $50, and 1-day and 7-day non-resident licences are also sold. There is no separate trout stamp. Buy online from the NYSDEC. A New York State fishing licence covers public rivers; border waters (Lake Champlain, the Delaware, the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence) have reciprocal-licence and boundary rules.
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