PFR Adirondacks/Lake Champlain

What are Public Fishing Rights?
Public fishing rights are permanent easements along quality fishing streams which have been voluntarily granted to the people of the State of New York by private landowners. New York has acquired these permanent easements in order to assure the public's continued access to recreational fishing. Often times fishermen's parking areas and footpath rights-of-way are developed to facilitate access.
Public fishing rights allow the public to walk along the stream banks for the sole purpose of fishing. Easements along stream banks are normally 33 feet in width. The easements may be along one bank or both banks, depending upon what was purchased. Right bank and left bank are terms used to describe where the public has a right to fish. Right bank and left bank are identified as one faces downstream. Fishing rights also allow the public to park in designated parking areas and to access the stream via marked footpaths.
Public fishing rights do not include public access for other purposes including trapping, hunting, camping, boating or picnicking. These other activities may be enjoyed only with permission from the landowner.
Landowners of public fishing stream areas may continue to use their property for domestic and agricultural purposes. They may fence the property, cut trees and make improvements. They may not post the stream rights area against fishing, however they may legally post and prevent all other public use of the land.

You may see these signs
along streams with PFR
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PFR Adirondacks/Lake Champlain Links
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on the Ausable River
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on the Batten Kill
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on the Boquet River
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on the Chateaugay and Marble Rivers
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on the Deer River
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on the East Branch Ausable River
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on East Canada Creek
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on Glowegee Creek
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on Hatch Brook
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on the Hudson River
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on the Indian River
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on Kayaderosseras Creek
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on the Little Salmon River
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on the Mettawee River
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on Mill Creek
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on the North Branch Boquet River
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on the North Branch Chazy River
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on the North Branch Saranac River
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on North Creek
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on Putnam Creek
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on the Salmon River (Clinton County)
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on the Salmon River (Franklin County)
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on the Saranac River
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on the Schroon River
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on the Snook Kill
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on Spruce Mill Brook
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on the Saint Regis River
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on True Brook
- Location of Public Fishing Rights on the West Branch Ausable River


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