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Fishing in prospect park? — Brooklynian

Fishing in prospect park?

carmen
carmen
edited November -1 in Park Slope
Is fishing allowed in prospect park?! i saw that there's a fishing competition this weekend but can a person generally just go and plunk a line in? Is a license required?

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  • dw438
    dw438
    close to all freshwater fishing in ny state requires a license.
    for those of you too lazy to google ...
    http://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/6091.html
  • longtimesloper
    longtimesloper
    The fishing there this weekend is the annual kids fishing event, it is purely catch and release. other than that, I don't believe fishing is ever allowed, though, I have seen people at other times of the year fishing in various lakes.
  • lanciano
    lanciano
    LongTimeSloper wrote: other than that, I don't believe fishing is ever allowed, though, I have seen people at other times of the year fishing in various lakes.
    Actually, anyone CAN fish in prospect park all year long and it's always catch and release. They've got great fishing apparently with NYS fishing license. I've got rods and have been meaning to try it but haven't gotten around to getting a license yet.

    Here's the info: http://www.prospectpark.org/visit/activities/fishing
  • carmen
    carmen
    Awesome, thanks for the info., And for the record I did actually google this but everything came up about the weekend event!
  • che
    che
    PP Lake actually has a pretty extraordinary bass population, I'm told -- like one of the best in lower NY state.
  • longtimesloper
    longtimesloper
    lanciano wrote: [quote=LongTimeSloper] other than that, I don't believe fishing is ever allowed, though, I have seen people at other times of the year fishing in various lakes.
    Actually, anyone CAN fish in prospect park all year long and it's always catch and release. They've got great fishing apparently with NYS fishing license. I've got rods and have been meaning to try it but haven't gotten around to getting a license yet.

    Here's the info: http://www.prospectpark.org/visit/activities/fishing

    Well. color me wrong! i didn't know that-like I said, I have seen people fishing in the various lakes-but, didn't realize it was all catch and release. I never really saw anyone put anything back.
  • MOD
    MOD
    I hear there's great fishing off the Gowanus!

    http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=38942
  • possibly_maybe
    possibly_maybe
    eww.
  • longtimesloper
    longtimesloper
    My youngest went with his friend today to the fishing thing at Prospect Park and neither of them caught a fish-neither did the mom who brought them or the younger sister of my child's friend. But, they did say that a guy next to them caught a bullfrog!
  • carmen
    carmen
    My bf and I might go this weekend just to watch the kiddies fish...I bet they're totally adorable and it'll be a nice way to spend the sunday...



    .....


    ........and also scope out the best fishing spots!
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