Fishing

Fishing is a popular outdoor pastime in the Greater Rochester area with Lake Ontario, Irondequoit Bay, Sodus Bay, the Genesee River, Irondequoit Creek, the Erie Canal, the Finger Lakes and countless parks with ponds dotting the region.

• Fishing License Information - including online order, lifetime licenses, etc
  

• license does not cover "out-of-state" portion of Lake Ontario
  

• last full weekend in June designated as Free Fishing Days in New York
  

• NYS Freshwater Fishing Regulations
  

• Monroe County additional regulations.
  

• Great Lakes and Triutaries Refers to Lake Ontario, Genesee River, etc.

Fishing licenses are available from many town clerks and many sporting good stores selling fishing items.

• New York Fishing Guide
  

• NYFisherman.net lots of info including extensive list of Lake Ontario Charters
  

• Oak Orchard, Point Breeze area of Lake Ontario

• Shane Dale's Spots - A wonderful Google User Map with annotated fishing spots, anchorages, etc all around the Rochester region
  

• High Tor - near Naples and south end Canandaigua Lake

• Genesee River (west shore)- north end of St. Paul Blvd. (Rochester)
  

• Powder Mills Park - Includes a winding stream with easy access over flat terrain throughout most of its course. It also has at least one location with a pier like structure that should be easily wheel chair accessible.
  

• Slater Creek Fishing Access Site near Charlotte/Greece border on Beach Road near Russell Station Power Plant as well as the discharge channel on the lake side of the road. Warm water year-round provides good onshore fishing. More mobile anglers can also wade out about 50 feet into the lake. Ample public parking. Or take the #1 bus. See on Flikr satellite map with photos

• Stream bank improvements to Irondequoit Creek (Monroe County). ... renovating five sites within Powder Mills Park.
  

• Reconfiguration of the Waterport Dam tail races on the Oak Orchard River (Orleans County).
  

• Additional ice-fishing access on Sodus and Blind Sodus bays (Wayne County).
  

• Sodus Bay boat launch. A second ramp will alleviate congestion at this popular spot.
  

• Port Bay fishing access site ... road accessible year-round ...
  

• Maxwell Creek fishing access site. A 40-car lot will be paved and repaired.
  

• Slater Creek fishing access site. An 80-car site will be re-paved and repaired.
  

• Sandy Creek fishing access site. A 50-car and trailer site will be repaired.
  

• Port Bay fishing access site. The project will repair a five-car lot.
  

  See: New, Better Fishing Access, Tributary Repairs Mark Local Lake Ontario Settlement Projects

See also:

• Fish Hatcheries
  

• Genesee Gateway Park
  

• NYS Stream Flow Data
  

• Rochester Environmental Issues to discuss environmental impacts, including Invasive Species.