» Read discussion on Whitney Point Reservoir 01/31/11 The ice surface of the 1,200-acre Whitney Point Reservoir withstood the burden of 5,500 people on Saturday -- 1,991 of them fishing -- for the annual New York State Crappie Derby.
01/03/11 The Almost-Annual Crappie Derby, the state's premier ice fishing event -- when there is sufficient ice on the Whitney Point Reservoir to support it -- is scheduled for Jan. 29.
02/16/10 Attendance was stunted somewhat by the postponing of the event from an earlier date, and possibly by its proximity to Valentine's Day. But the almost-annual Crappie Derby nevertheless drew more than 3,700 people to the frozen surface of the Whitney Point Reservoir Saturday -- 1,339 of them as registered competitors in the annual ice fishing event.
01/26/10 The recent warm spell and rain has affected the ice sheet on the Whitney Point Reservoir to the point that this year's running of the Almost-Annual New York State Crappie Derby is being postponed to Feb. 13.
01/18/10 The current "heat wave" has discouraged ice-making at the Whitney Point Reservoir, but the ice sheet that was as thick as 10 inches late last week is strong and impending cold temperatures should enhance conditions.
08/19/09 The memory is a bit hazy, but when the state-record brown bullhead was taken from the Whitney Point Reservoir late in the last century, I think it weighed around four pounds. | 
