Bass Fishing in New York

Lake Erie's smallmouth bass fishery is world-class, offering some of the most consistent 4–6 lb fish in North America from May through October.

Lake Champlain straddles the Vermont-New York border across 120 miles of water, offering one of the Northeast's most productive fisheries for both largemouth and smallmouth bass, with trophy smallmouth drawing serious anglers from across the region.

Oneida Lake is a 50,000-acre natural lake in central New York, nationally recognized for its walleye fishery and holding a surprisingly productive smallmouth bass population across its rocky shoals and sand-gravel flats.

The St. Lawrence River in northern New York is one of the premier smallmouth bass fisheries in North America, defined by its labyrinthine Thousand Islands archipelago, rocky shoals, and powerful current seams that concentrate baitfish and predators alike.

Black Lake in northern New York is a shallow, weed-choked natural lake stretching roughly 18 miles through St. Lawrence County, known for exceptional largemouth bass and walleye fisheries amid dense aquatic vegetation and timber structure.

Great Sacandaga Lake is a 29,000-acre reservoir in the Adirondack foothills of upstate New York, offering a mixed-species fishery with a strong reputation for walleye, northern pike, and both largemouth and smallmouth bass.

The Hudson River stretches 315 miles through New York, offering a world-class tidal smallmouth and striped bass fishery anchored by rocky structure, deep channel edges, and seasonally massive shad migrations. Few northeastern rivers match its species diversity or the accessibility of quality bass water from the Catskills south to the Tappan Zee.

Greenwood Lake straddles the New Jersey–New York border and offers a diverse bass fishery across 1,920 acres of clear, rocky Highlands water with defined weed lines, submerged structure, and quality largemouth and smallmouth populations.