Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
New York's Wildlife xiv
New York's Weather xv
Catch-arid-Release xv
Personal Flotation Devices xvi
Preventing the Spread of Invasive Species xvi
Sturgeon Alert xvii
Fish Consumption Advisory xvii
Regulations xvii
Public Fishing Rights xviii
Camping xviii
How to Use This Guide xviii
To Bead or Not to Bead xix
Best Times to Fish xix
Security Notice xix
Definitions (Glossary) xix
Fish Species of the Great Lakes Drainage 1
Lake Erie 17
1 Lake Erie 17
2 Chautauqua Creek 25
3 Canadaway Creek 27
4 Cattaraugus Creek 28
5 Eighteenmile Creek (Erie County) 30
6 Cazenovia Creek 31
7 Buffalo Creek 32
8 Buffalo River 33
9 Tonawanda Creek 34
10 Niagara River 36
Lake Ontario 47
11 Lake Ontario 47
12 Twelvemile Creek and East Branch 66
13 Tuscarora Bay 68
14 Eighteenmile Creek (Niagara County) 69
15 Johnson Creek 71
16 Marsh Creek 72
17 Oak Orchard River (Oak Orchard Creek) 73
18 Sandy Creek (Monroe County) 76
19 Braddock Bay 78
20 Cranberry Pond 80
21 Long Pond 81
22 Buck Pond 83
23 Round Pond 83
24 Slater Creek 84
25 Genesee River 84
26 Irondequoit Creek 87
27 Irondequoit Bay 88
28 Mill Creek (Monroe County) 90
29 Salmon Creek (Pultneyville) 90
30 Maxwell Creek (Salmon Creek) 91
31 Sodus Bay 94
32 East Bay 96
33 Port Bay 98
34 Blind Sodus Bay 100
35 Little Sodus Bay 101
36 Sterling Creek 103
37 Sterling Pond 104
38 Oswego River/Oswego Harbor 105
39 Little Salmon River 113
40 Grindstone Creek 114
41 Salmon River 116
42 Trout Brook 132
43 Orwell Brook 134
44 Deer Creek Marsh 136
45 Little Sandy Creek 139
46 Lindsey Creek 140
47 Skinner Creek 141
48 North Sandy Pond 143
49 Lakeview Marsh Wildlife Management Area Ponds 145
50 South Sandy Creek 148
51 Sandy Creek (Jefferson County) 151
52 Black Pond 153
53 Stony Creek 154
54 Henderson Bay 156
55 Mill Creek (Jefferson County) 157
56 Black River Bay 158
57 Black River 161
58 Guffin Bay 166
59 Chaumont Bay 168
60 Chaumont River 170
61 Mud Bay 172
62 Thousand Islands (St. Lawrence River) 172
63 Lake of the Isles 186
Appendix 189
Index 197
About the Author 201
