Book excerpt: New York City (all 5 Boroughs) County New York Fishing & Floating Guide Book Over 965 full 8 ½ x 11 sized pages of information with maps and aerial photographs available. Fishing information is included for ALL of the county’s public ponds and lakes, listing types of fish for each pond or lake, average sizes, and exact locations with GPS coordinates and directions. Also included is fishing information for most of the streams and rivers including access points and public areas with road contact and crossing points and also includes fish types and average sizes. NEW NEW Now with a complete set of 22 full sized U.S.G.S. Topographical Maps for the entire county that normally cost from $12.00 to $14.00 each but are included on the disk for FREE. These maps are complete full sized 7.5 minute series quadrangle maps in 1:24,000 scale maps. Contains complete information on For all of the Five Boroughs of New York City for both fresh and salt water and includes: Freshwater Lakes and Ponds and Rivers Bronx County Bronx River Cochranton Park Lake Crotona Park Lake Van Cortland Park Lake Manhattan Central Park Lakes and Ponds Hudson River Kings County Prospect Park Lake Queens County Baisley Park Pond Kissena Park Lake Oakland Lake Saltwater Fishing Locations for: The Hudson River, Long Island Sound, The East River, Staten Island and Lower and Upper Bay, Brooklyn and Upper Bay, Jamaica Bay and the smaller bays east of Brooklyn and The Atlantic Ocean around New York City with a coplete set of NOAA Nautical Charts supplies with the book (in a folder and opened with pdf reader programs) Bronx County Saltwater Public Access Areas (Northwest to east) Manhattan Saltwater Hudson River Access Areas (North to south) Manhattan Saltwater Harlem and East River Access Areas (North to south) Queens Saltwater Long Island Sound Access Areas (East to wast) Queens County Saltwater East River Access Areas (North to south) Kings County Saltwater East River Access Areas (North to south) Staten Island Saltwater Upper Bay Access Staten Island Saltwater Lower Bay Access Areas Kings County Saltwater Lower Bay Access Areas (West to east) Queens Saltwater Jamaica Bay Access Areas (West to east) Queens Saltwater Atlantic Ocean Access Areas (West to east) Fishing in the city is quite a bit different than the rest of New York State. Although there are smaller areas like parks with lakes and ponds the bulk of the angling done here is in salt water or brackish water (lower Hudson River). Each of the park lakes and ponds are detailed for the Five Boroughs with some maps available with them. Most of the smaller ponds and lakes have very limited fishing in them, due partly to the heavy fishing pressure and also their small size. Each of the lakes listed will show the information about the lake or pond and also the fishing possibilities in them. ALL of the lakes and ponds within the New York Metropolitan area detailed here on these pages are strictly catch and release and no fish may be kept or possessed from any of the lakes. There are also other various restrictions that are detailed below for them under the SPECIAL FISHING REGULATIONS section. The lakes and ponds are listed starting with the Bronx (Bronx County), Manhattan (New York County), Staten Island (Richmond County), Brooklyn (Kings County) and then Queens and Queens County. Most of the parks are available from mass transit such as subways or busses but often a short walk of slightly longer hike is needed from the nearest bus stop or subway station to reach these areas. There is very limited stream or creek fishing in the city, better out in Nassau and Suffolk Counties on Long Island or above the city up through the Catskills. Each of the counties outside of the New York metropolitan area is detailed separately with all of the fishing possibilities in them and are or will be available soon.