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Sunset Park, a small waterfront area at the bay end of East Bay Avenue, offers a perfect spot to park and watch the day end in spectacular fashion. The park’s western exposure provides front-row seats ...

In upstate waters, some of the most popular fish to target while ice fishing include yellow perch, northern pike, walleye, ...

It's ice fishing season, and anglers across the state are heading out onto the ice. However, safety should always come first.

With an earlier than usual start to the ice fishing season, the New York Department of Conservation is urging ice anglers, ...

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor Early ice fishing opportunities in Maine exist in December on specific lakes ...