The name Connetquot, meaning "great river" is derived from the Secatogue tribe of American Indians, which made its home along the river.

The river was recently restocked with trout provided by the state and DEC, fly-fishing is once again thriving, and the park’s own hatchery has raised 19,000 rainbow trout that recently tested clean.

A 62-year-old Babylon woman jumped into the Connetquot River to rescue her dog early Sunday morning and died in an apparent drowning, Suffolk County Police said.

The Beaux-Arts-style home sits in the Idle Hour neighborhood, named for its proximity to the former estate of William Kissam Vanderbilt I.

As respite, you favor the joys of fishing streams for large trout. You have a couple of choices. Travel 2,206 miles to the banks of the Madison River in Montana, or thereabouts.

There’s a river to explore, and so much more - at Connetquot River State Park Preserve. There’s so much to see on the 3,500-acre nature preserve.

Investigators say an employee at the Oakdale Yacht Club called 911 to report a body floating in the water.

OAKDALE, N.Y. It's a little after 7 a.m. and I'm standing on the bank of the Connetquot River preparing to tie a fly onto my tippet. Already I have witnessed and photographed a fellow upstream ...