Footage by Greg Milunich, Music by Bandits on the Run
15
Years Established
About Otselic Valley
Celebrating our Rural Nature, Culture & History
The Otselic Valley is home to scenic trails, ponds and Otselic River fishing spots which locals treasure for their beauty and history. Browse our site to discover all the hidden gems that make our valley unique and valued.
- Local towns are named after a river flowing through it, the Otselic, which is an Oneida word for "place of wild plums".
- The hatchery rears pond-reared walleye fingerlings, and rears small lots of wild, heritage-strain and Temiscamie brook trout. Annual production is 15,000 pounds of fish. Brook trout are stocked with fix wing airplane (bush pilots) as well as helicopters in the Adirondacks.
- Over 10 square miles (26 km2) or about 7,000 acres (2,800 ha) are state-owned forest lands open to the public for forest-related recreation such as hunting, bird-watching, camping, fishing, hiking and cross country skiing.
In Memoriam of Gary Sweet
1949 to 2021
The Otselic Valley Fishing & Heritage Association (OVF&HA) lost one of its founding members last
August. Gary Sweet was an avid fly fisherman and past president of the Chenango County chapter of
Trout Unlimited. He was a Board member of the Otselic Valley Fishing & Heritage Association and
served as its Vice President for several years. He participated in the annual Fishing & Heritage Day,
where he taught and demonstrated fly tying and fly casting. Gary also shared those fly fishing skills
during several Boy Scout jamborees and events. He was a member of the Chenango County Grange and
was NYS’s coordinator of the fish stocking program for Chenango County. The members of the
OVF&HA are grateful for his contributions to the organization, his willingness to do whatever was
necessary and with his own unique sense of humor.