Steve Featherstone
NYup.com
Syracuse, NY, United States
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Snowstorm thrills Central New York snowmobilers: ‘All our gates are open’
Nor'easter buries parts of Central New York, opening many snowmobile trails for first time this season → Read More
DEC forest rangers recover two bodies, ticket target shooters with stuck truck
NYS DEC forest ranger report for weeks of Feb. 19 - March 5, 2023 → Read More
Central NY angler lands super Salmon River steelhead on six-pound line, thanks ‘fishing gods’
James Miller, of McGraw, started fishing early last Friday morning on the Salmon River in Altmar just below the fly-fishing section, targeting steelhead trout. Miller tried drifting every color egg sac in his tackle box: orange, pink, green. But no luck. “Throughout the day, I watched several fishermen hook and land nice, colorful steelhead hoping that eventually I’d have an opportunity myself,”… → Read More
Researchers find Covid-19 ‘reservoir’ in Upstate New York state’s deer population
Covid-19 variants once believed extinct evolved separately in deer and could possibly infect people with new forms of the virus → Read More
This heavyweight pickerel from Oneida Lake could’ve been a contender for NY state record
7.7 pound pickerel was less than half a pound short of New York state record, angler "upset" he let it go → Read More
Ranger tickets driver for barreling through fence, abandoning car in Upstate NY nature preserve
DEC forest ranger report for week of Feb. 19-26, 2023 → Read More
Upstate NY anglers reel in rainbow trout from Skaneateles Lake shore, and big pike on icy ADK lake
John 'Kid' Corbett continues winter trout winning streak on Skaneateles Lake → Read More
With one death, 2022 ties for lowest number of hunter shooting incidents in New York’s history
DEC says 2022 was safest year for hunters on record → Read More
Upstate NY ice fisherman takes fat crappie from magic hole in Catskills lake
Andrew Scott of Long Eddy, NY, got his personal best 16-inch crappie while ice fishing on Lake Superior, Sullivan County → Read More
Rangers recover two bodies in separate incidents; rescue injured hikers
DEC Forest ranger report for week of February 11-18, 2023 → Read More
Is this the worst winter ever for Central New York snowmobilers?
Snowmobile clubs in Onondaga County so far haven't opened their trails even once → Read More
‘A huge suffer-fest’: Meet the mild-mannered maniacs behind CNY’s wildest new sport
Grueling endurance race featuring biking and snowshoeing is brutal, but contestants love it → Read More
‘Amazing flying’: Watch police chopper rescue fisherman who fell through thin ice on Oneida Lake
A man in his 20s broke through the thin ice with his ATV while riding out to go fishing → Read More
Fish for free in New York this weekend, no license needed (and you probably won’t need to drill any ice)
2023's free fishing are Feb. 18-19, June 24 -25, Sept. 23, and Nov. 11. → Read More
Upstate NY angler strikes gold ice fishing at Whitney Point Reservoir
George Hackett and his son Jake catch fat nugget: 14-inch yellow perch → Read More
3 fishermen die after falling through ice on Lake Champlain
Two elderly brothers were riding in a UTV; another man broke through ice two days earlier → Read More
DEC will stock Lake Ontario with nearly 1 million salmon in 2023, expects ‘excellent’ fishing season
Salmon River stocking levels will remain the same at 300,000 fish → Read More
Angler hauls in one big ice bass on Oneida Lake: ‘Biggest fish I ever caught!’
Kayla Eramo of Oneonta lands a not so small smallie with Facetime assistance from her dad → Read More
What the heck is SnoFatShu? Central NY’s snowiest park hosts annual race this weekend
Registration for the 7th annual cycling and snowshoeing race closes Feb. 9 at 5 p.m. → Read More
Central NY angler pulls in pretty pike from Barge Canal in Rome
Justin Cromwell of Rome recently pulled in this pretty 35-inch northern pike while ice fishing on the Barge Canal in Rome, using a live minnow on a tip up. Ice was anywhere from 5 to 7 inches in places. Cromwell didn’t get a weight on the fish before releasing it. Paul Koor, Cromwell’s fishing buddy who took the photo, caught a nice 27-inch, nearly 7-lb walleye from the same spot around… → Read More