Live for the thrill of a backwater catch, and then release. Or, sit on a dock and cast a few out. Whatever your style, you'll find our lakes and cold streams offer some of the best fishing in the East. This guide will provide you with complete fishing regulations as well as any restrictions on special waters. And, the out of town hunter is a welcome addition to this strong tradition.
Coffee shops open well before dawn to serve hunters.
The general store has a weigh-in station, and sporting shops are open well into the night. Hotels and lodges offer special accommodations and most of our state campgrounds are open throughout the hunting season. Many sportsmen come up before the regular season for muzzle loader, archery and early bear. Small game is big here. With 262 lakes and ponds and hundreds of rivers and streams, it's only natural that we have a large share of marshland and beaver ponds which Woodys, Mallards and Black Ducks find irresistable.