oneida lake

Not many people would enjoy sharing a relaxing day by the lake with a bunch of snakes. But if that's totally your jam, here's the five lakes around New York where you're most likely to run into them.

New York's first free fishing weekend is around the corner, just as one lucky local teen reeled in a fish no one has seen in decades.

A Central New Yorker trying to avoid the storm may have captured one of the best pictures of it as it rolled over Oneida Lake in Sylvan Beach.

With more than 7,500 freshwater lakes, ponds, and reservoirs in New York, there are plenty of places to drop a line. But where is the best place to reel in the big one this season?

You never know what you'll find along lake shores. One Central New Yorker found a big red object stuck in a sandbar in Oneida Lake.

The Oneida County Sheriff's Marine Patrol and Road Patrol units were called just after 12:30 p.m. when a small aluminum boat was spotted unoccupied, floating near the shoreline.

Authorities have released the identity of the man who drowned Sunday at Oneida Lake.

An equally large smile is seen on Eramo's face as she posed for this photo with the glowingly-golden-colored fish.

A Central New York angler who's been fishing since he was five, reeled in the catch of his life from Oneida Lake.

This new addition will grant anglers, of all shapes and sizes, better access to Oneida Lake

Unfortunately the swimming area at this one Upstate New York beach is now closed due to dangerous algae.

The power of Mother Nature is unreal and the shores of Oneida Lake prove it. Just look at the massive mountains of ice pushed onto the banks.