Pictured here is 10 year old JJ fishing at Wellesley Island State Park. He spends his whole time fishing and teaching his little brothers and cousins to fish. He looks forward to it all year and we have to pull the pole from his hands to go hiking and swimming. He has caught some big enough to filet and can't wait till he is old enough to buy a boat and catch the bigger fish!

Wellesley Island State Park is the largest camping complex in the Thousand Islands region with 432 campsites. Within this rustic paradise, fishing is excellent--particularly for perch, smallmouth bass, pike, and muskie. To accommodate boaters, the park has a full-service marina and four boat launches. A sandy beach on the river offers great swimming and sunbathing.

St. Lawrence River is located at northeastern tip of the Lake Ontario. This is the main outlet for Lake Ontario. Here the river begins 1,200-mile course into the Atlantic Ocean. The St. Lawrence is home to a wide variety of warmwater fish species including muskellunge, walleye, smallmouth, largemouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch, crappies, and bullheads. These species are plentiful here and can be caught by boating anglers, or by shore fishermen from docks and piers.

The state record Rock Bass was caught by Eric Avogardo on 5/26/84 it was caught on a live shiner and weighed an amazing 1 pound 15 oz. Rock Bass are wide spread across NY waters and are found in most lakes and streams with rocky and gravel bottoms they tend to like the same waters as smallmouth bass and average 6 to 10 inches in lenght but can attain weight of up to 2 pounds. They are fun to catch and can be caught on live bait suchs as worms, minnow, and hellgramites, crawfish, and leeches. They will also hit a variety of lures including jigs, nr twisters crankbaits and spinners.

Update   The new record for Rock Bass was caught by Jason Leusch on 5/24/2020 it was caught from Port Bay from a dock and weighed in a 2 pounds even nice job Jason

   The following links break down the best fishing options according to the month of the year. Certain times of the year present excellent fishing opportunities for differnt species and can help make the best of your limited free time.