🎣 Fishing on public land in New York

365 public places in New York are listed for fishing (243 state & public land, 122 state forests). 1 have no entry fee. Open any place for its map, directions, fees and the land around it.

A New York hunting or fishing license is required, seasons and bag limits apply, and individual units add their own rules. Check the managing agency before you go.

The places

🗺️ Adirondack Park (High Peaks)free
🗺️ Carpenters PondUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Woodchuck Hill Field and Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 Albert J. Woodford Memorial State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Aldrich Pond Wild ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Alpaca Ridge UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bagley Brook Headwaters UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bagley Brook UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Balsam Lake Mountain Wild ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Balsam Mountain UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Balsam Swamp State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Barbour Brook UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Barkaboom UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Barnum Road UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Batavia UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Battle Hill State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bear Spring UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Bear Swamp State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Bear Swamp State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Bearpen Mountain State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Beartown State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Beaver Creek State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Beaver Hill UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Beaver Meadow State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Beaverkill UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Beech Hill UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Beech Ridge UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Beetree Hill UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bell Hill UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Berlin State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Betty Brook Road UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Big Brook State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Hollow UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Indian UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Indian WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Birch Creek UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Birdseye Hollow State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Black River Wild ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Blue Hill UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Blue Mountain Wild ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Blue Ridge WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bluebird Road UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bluestone Wild ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Bombay State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Boutwell Hill State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Boyd Corners North UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Boyd Corners South UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bragg Hollow UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Brasher State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Broadstreet Hollow UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Brodhead UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Brook Road UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Brownell Creek UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Brush Ridge UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Bucktooth State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bull Hill UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bump Mountain UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Burnt-Rossman Hills State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Cameron State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Campbell Road UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Canacadea State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Canada Hollow UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cape Horn UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carey Road UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carlton Hill Multiple Use AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carman Road UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Case Road UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cat & Thomas Mountains Forest PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cave Mountain UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Center Jewett UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chambers Hollow UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Charles E. Baker State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Charleston State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Chateaugay State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Chazy Highlands State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chazy Highlands Wild ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Cherry Valley State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chestnut Creek UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chichester UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chipmunk Hollow UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Churchill Mountain UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Cinnamon Lake State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Clark Hill State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Cobb Creek State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Colgate Lake Wild ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Conklin Brook UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Coulter Brook UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Covert Hollow UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Coyle Hill State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cozy Hollow UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cranberry Lake Wild ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Crescent Valley UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cross Road UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Crystal Creek UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Cuyler Hill State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Danby State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ David A. Sarnoff PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Debar Mountain Wild ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Deer River State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Delaware Headwaters UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Delaware Wild ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Denman Mountain UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Devasego UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Diamond Road UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dinch Road UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dog Hill UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Downerville State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dry Brook Ridge Wild ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Duggan Hill UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Dunkin's Reserve State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dunraven North UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ East Bramley Mountain UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ East Branch Delaware UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 East Branch Fish Creek State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 East Osceola State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ East Platner Brook UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ East Windham UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eastern Five Ponds Access Primitive AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Elk Creek UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Elm Ridge Wild ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Essex Chain Lakes Primitive AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Fall Brook State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fall Clove Road UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ferris Lake Wild ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fish Hollow UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Five Ponds WildernessUnknown — check official site
🌲 Five Streams State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Flat Rock State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fletcher Hollow UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Four Corners UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Frank E. Jadwin Memorial State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fulton Chain Wild ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Furnace Creek State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Genegantslet State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Giant Mountain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🌲 Gillies Hill State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Gladstone Hollow UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Golden Hill State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Gould's Corners State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Goundry Hill State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Grant Powell State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Grass River Wild ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Green Eyes UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Gregory Hill UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Griffin Hill UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Griggs Gulf State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Gun House Hill UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Halcott Center UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Halcott UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Hall Island State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Hammond Hill State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hammond Pond Wild ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Harris Hill State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Harvey Mountain State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hemlock Knolls UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Hemlock-Canadice State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Herdman Road UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Herrick Hill UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 High Flats State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ High Peaks WildernessUnknown — check official site
🌲 Hinckley State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hoffman Notch WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Holmes Hollow UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Horseshoe Lake Wild ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Hoxie Gorge State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hubbard Hill UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Huckleberry Brook UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hudson River Special Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hunter-West Kill WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hurricane Mountain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Huyck PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Independence River Wild ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Indian Head WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Irish Hill UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Italy Hill State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 James Kennedy State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jessup River Wild ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ John Chase Brook UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kaaterskill Wild ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Keeney Swamp State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kiff Brook UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Klipnocky State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Labrador Hollow Unique AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ladleton UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lake George Wild ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Lassellsville State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Leonard Hill State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Lesser Wilderness State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Lincklaen State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lisha Kill Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Little Westkill UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lockwood PropertiesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Long LakeUnknown — check official site
🌲 Long Pond State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Lookout State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lost Clove UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Lost Nation State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Ludlow Creek State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Lutheranville State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Maben Hill UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Mad River State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Madawaska Flow - Quebec Brook Primitive AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Mallet Pond State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Manorkill UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Maplecrest UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McArthur Hill UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 McCarty Hill State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 McDonough State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McGregor Mountain North UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McGregor Mountain UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McKenzie Mountain WildernessUnknown — check official site
🌲 Melondy Hill State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mile Shore UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Miller Road UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mink Hollow UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mohonk PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Moore Hill UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Moose River Plains Wild ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ More Park UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Moss Hill State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Mount Tom State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Muller Hill State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Murphy Hill UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Narrow Notch UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Neversink River Unique AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ New Kingston Mountain UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ New Road UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Newfield State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Nine Mile Creek State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ North Ashland UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 North Harmony State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ North Lexington UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ North Side UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Palmer's Pond State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pangman Road UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Patria State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Patterson Ridge UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Peakes Brook UnitUnknown — check official site
🌲 Peck Hill State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Peck Hollow UnitUnknown — check official site

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