CAYUGA, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced a new state record for a smallmouth bass that was caught on June 15 on Cayuga Lake. DEC officials say an 8 ...

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar on Monday announced the breaking of a 37-year-old fishing record and congratulated James Britenbaugh of ...

Nice bass! Congratulations to Thomas Russell Jr., of Albion, for catching a huge 9-pound smallmouth bass on Friday, June 15, the opening day of bass season on Cayuga Lake. Thomas and his cousin Eric ...

The Bass Pro Tour comes to Cayuga Lake next week, Aug. 6-11, for stage six of Major League Fishing’s (MLF) 2022 regular season. Eighty of the world’s best bass anglers will compete for a $805,000 ...

Thomas Russell and his long-time fishing partner and cousin Eric Sullivan were targeting smallmouth on Cayuga Lake when they hooked into the biggest smallmouth bass ever caught in New York state. The ...

An angler was preparing for an upcoming bass tournament on Cayuga Lake. Practice made the perfect catch. James Britenbaugh of Pennsylvania shattered a 37-year-old New York state record for largemouth ...

The fifth event of the Bass Pro Tour season begins on Tuesday, June 6, at Frontenac Park in Union Springs as dozens of professional anglers compete on Cayuga Lake for a purse of over $805,000. This ...

New Jersey Pro Catches Five Smallmouth Weighing 28 Pounds, 10 Ounces to Top Win by 2-Pound Margin and Earn Top Payout of $100,000 UNION SPRINGS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--It was an emotional afternoon ...

Googan Baits Pro Catches 25 Scorable Bass Weighing 96-12 to Win Third Career Title – Second in 2023 – and Earn Top Payout of $100,000 UNION SPRINGS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a week where largemouth ...

It’s official: Jim Britenbaugh, a tournament angler from Fairfield, Penn., set a new state record for largemouth bass, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

I’m not likely ever to catch a New York record fish. Neither are you, even if you work very hard at it. I mean, what are the odds? There a millions of anglers in the state, and something like three ...