Northeastern New York
Public Fishing Rights Maps
Public Fishing Rights (PFR's) are permanent easements purchased by the NYSDEC from willing landowners, giving anglers the right to fish and walk along the bank (usually a 33' strip on one or both banks of the stream). For more information on PFR and legally permissible activities on those easements, please see our Public Fishing Rights page.
Most PFR easements are on trout streams. While keeping and eating the fish you catch is part of the fishing experience, many people choose to release their catch. If you release the fish you catch, please review our Catching and Releasing Trout page for tips on reducing the mortality of released trout. Want to know how much that fish you released weighed? Our Use a Ruler to Weigh Your Fish page will help you estimate the weight of your catch.
Below are links to pdf files of the generalized location maps that are intended to aid anglers in finding PFR segments and are not survey quality. Width of displayed PFR is displayed wider than reality to make it more visible on the maps. Please look for official PFR signs to ensure that you are in the right location and have legal access to the stream bank.
Prevent the Spread of didymo! - Didymo is an invasive algae that can negatively impact trout populations. It has been found in several of New York's blue ribbon trout streams and could spread to other waters without proper precautions. Wading anglers are a primary means of spreading didymo. For more information on didymo and how you can avoid spreading it, please see the "Didymo Alert" link to the right!
Ausable River (445 KB pdf file)
Batten Kill (832 KB pdf file)
Boquet River (770 KB pdf file)
Chateaugay and Marble Rivers (776 KB pdf file)
Deer River (666 KB pdf file)
East Branch Ausable River (998 KB pdf file)
East Canada Creek (600 KB pdf file)
Glowegee Creek (468 KB pdf file)
Hatch Brook (315 KB pdf file)
Hudson River (310 KB pdf file)
Indian River (480 KB pdf file)
Kayaderosseras Creek (968 KB pdf file)
Little Salmon River (607 KB pdf file)
Mettawee River (806 KB pdf file)
Mill Creek (629 KB pdf file)
North Branch Boquet River (465 KB pdf file)
North Branch Chazy River (791 KB pdf file)
North Branch Saranac River (779 KB pdf file)
North Creek (342 KB pdf file)
Putnam Creek (319 KB pdf file)
Salmon River (Clinton County) (488 KB pdf file)
Salmon River (Franklin County) (1024 KB pdf file)
Saranac River (919 KB pdf file)
Schroon River (821 KB pdf file)
Snook Kill (499 KB pdf file)
Spruce Mill Brook (447 KB pdf file)
Saint Regis River (488 KB pdf file)
True Brook (439 KB pdf file)
West Branch Ausable River (742 KB pdf file)
