Reservoir Action

[AaronJasper]

Got out of school at 1 today and decided to hit one of the NYC reservoirs. The fishing was slow but I managed to get a few. One was a little over 2 feet. I saw some huge fish breaking water in the distance. I got my fish on small white bait fish patterns. I saw a guy and he told me he never saw anyone fish there with a fly rod and that I just got "lucky"!!! He told me he caught none.... so on this day I would say that he would have wanted to be more lucky than good. It was nice to fish a different venue today. The strangest thought popped into my head when I was casting into the lake... I am casting my furthest and it really wasn't all that far considering the lake was more than a mile across. I can't wait to go back. I saw some trout that were well in excess of ten pounds breaking the surface.

Here is the fish.

[Nymphmeister]

Aaron, is that the reservoir I think it is?

[Brookie]

he told me it was Black Rock state park ;D

[rwilliarp]

Kudos! As an occasional ashokan reservoir fisherman I find that catch very impressive.

[alanb_ct]

Nice fish. I spent the greater part of my youth fishing like that with spinning rods and Countdown Rapalas on 6lb test. This is the best time of year, right after ice out. The lake I fished has a landlocked population of alewives so the trout tend to have huge sagging bellies. Since then, that reservoir is being managed as more of a walleye/trophy bass lake.

[nightfisher]

Nice fish Aaron,sure brings me back to the days.I fished those resivoirs religiously for years,mostly with live bait out of a boat or trolling large flutterspoons on leadcore.I had at one time boats on Glenieda,Westbranch,Eastbranch,Croton Falls,and Cross River resivoirs.Since 9/11,and new enforcement rules ,some of my boats were pulled by dep.I think it is more difficult to get boat permits but it's worth the hassle as boats are the way to go.Problem is those waters are filled with alewives and are constantly turning on and off.You think you have the fish wired in and then they go quiet,then you will hear folks are having great success on some other nyc water.It can be frustrating not getting bit when browns from 5 to 15+ pounds are rolling so close you can count spots. :-*If Ihad to choose one resivoir to get a boat permit it would be indeed croton falls,trophy regs of one fish over 18 inches have been in place for many years to bring it back to the status it had in the 70'S of producing fish exceeding 20 pounds annually.The most successful guys spend an enormous amount of time on the water with lots of days blanking out,but then these guys are often fishing for 'THE ONE'.Look up afellow named Mike Mulkins,Dover Plains,N.Y.he has caught hundreds of fish over ten pounds and was taught by sharpies long gone.He knows croton falls as well as anyone.Funny his bait of choice is an alewife,but he fished them on flyrods,eight foot leader of 8# mono and flyline marked every five feet for depth control.We should talk more about getting aboat on,we can trade off rowing and pulling alewife streamers on sinking lines,it's something those fish don't see ;D

[Nymphmeister]

Tony, you are alive!!!

[AaronJasper]

And going to Putnam County to check on his boats!!!

[Troutfishing4life]

very nice big brown

[Gregorygob]

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