Fishing in prospect park?

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?

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

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.

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

Awesome, thanks for the info., And for the record I did actually google this but everything came up about the weekend event!

PP Lake actually has a pretty extraordinary bass population, I'm told -- like one of the best in lower NY state.

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.

I hear there's great fishing off the Gowanus!

http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=38942

eww.

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!

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...



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