May 2, 2013

Hudson River Anglers have been catching small stripers all the way up to the Catskill area. Popular baits right now are herring and bloodworms. Trout waters stocked recently include: Dutchess County Crum Elbow Creek, Fishkill Creek, Roeliff Jansen Kill, Sawkill, Sprout Creek, Swamp River, Ten Mile River, Wappingers Creek, Webatuck Cree, Upton Lake, Whaley Lake […]

While the youth turkey hunt was met with cool – OK, cold – and windy weather, so, too, have the trout anglers been dealing with similar conditions. But the weather is improving as we head into the regular spring gobbler season, and more and more area trout waters are being stocked.

The flounder action has improved with the slowly rising water temperatures in the South Shore bays, where the water temperature has reached 55 degrees, with water temperatures closer to 50 degrees near the inlets. The Captree State Park open boats continued fishing the Heckscher Flats with good success.  The Quogue Canal has yielded a few

Cool weather prevailed across the region, with cold and windy conditions for the two-day youth turkey hunt. Streams were generally high but conditions were improving, and DEC and the Warren and Essex county fish hatcheries were kicking their trout stocking efforts in high gear this month. Lake Champlain shore fishing for lakers and the occasional

Among the trout waters stocked of late are: Chemung County: Eldridge Lake, Park Station Pond, Cayuta Creek, Post Creek, Sing Sing Creek, Wyncoop Creek and Newtown Creek. Schuyler County: Cayuta Creek. Steuben County: Post Creek, Cohocton River, Meads Creek, Bennett Creek, Canaseraga Creek, Canisteo River. Canandaigua Lake Fishing spoons or flashers and flies down 90

Trout waters recently stocked include: Broome County: Arctic Lake, Greenwood Lake, Little Choconut 2e, Nanticoke 7a, Nanticoke Lake, Palmers Pond, Patterson Pond, Oquaga Creek, Chenango Lake, Dudley Creek, Nanticoke Creek, and East Branch Nanticoke Creek. Cayuga County: North Brook, Owasco Inlet, Salmon Creek and Fall Creek. Chenango County: Guilford Lake, Otselic River and Genegantslet Creek.

Among the trout waters stocked recently are: Allegany County: Dodge Creek (Clarksville), Little Genesee Creek (Bolivar), Genesee River (Wellsville, Amity), Dyke Creek (Andover), Cryder Creek (Independence), Caneadea Creek (Rushford), Allen Lake (Allen), Black Creek (West Almond), Canaseraga Creek (Burns), California Hollow Brook (Bolivar), Hunt Creek (Alma), Root Creek (Bolivar), Belmont Rod and Gun Club Pond