NY Trout Fishing (past Sun)
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:00 am
At the start of the season I had a personal objective to get down to NY at least once this season for some trout fishing. With time quickly running out this season, me and my gf decided that this weekend would be our only real chance to get down before the season closes.
With all the rain Saturday, we decided to hold off and hope for better weather on Sunday. While the weather early Sunday morning didn't look very inviting, we decided to make the trek down. Crossing the border it was obvious that it had been raining all night...not a good sign. As we cross the Salmon River at Westville Center it's clear the water is up. We had to one of the stretches of the Salmon that we were going to fish, only to find the river blown out, very discouraging after making the drive.
Rather than give up we decide to make a run over to the Chateaugay to see if it's fishable. To our delight the water levels look great. A quick trip to the K-Mart in Malone to pick up licenses and we're back to the Chateaugay by noon. Not the best time to trout fish but we weren't complaining given the weather.
We hit the water with only two other spin fisherman from Quebec on the water. After nymphing for about 45 mins with not even a bite we switch over to #8 A3-10's, dead drifting them with short strips back. This was definitely the fly as my gf lands the first fish, her first ever 7" rainbow. She then proceeds to lose a scrappy 10-11" bow. It was my turn to land a few bows and a nice brown. Overall we managed to land 8 bows and 4 browns all in the 6-12" range.
Note: will be investing in a WP digital camera for next season!
With all the rain Saturday, we decided to hold off and hope for better weather on Sunday. While the weather early Sunday morning didn't look very inviting, we decided to make the trek down. Crossing the border it was obvious that it had been raining all night...not a good sign. As we cross the Salmon River at Westville Center it's clear the water is up. We had to one of the stretches of the Salmon that we were going to fish, only to find the river blown out, very discouraging after making the drive.
Rather than give up we decide to make a run over to the Chateaugay to see if it's fishable. To our delight the water levels look great. A quick trip to the K-Mart in Malone to pick up licenses and we're back to the Chateaugay by noon. Not the best time to trout fish but we weren't complaining given the weather.
We hit the water with only two other spin fisherman from Quebec on the water. After nymphing for about 45 mins with not even a bite we switch over to #8 A3-10's, dead drifting them with short strips back. This was definitely the fly as my gf lands the first fish, her first ever 7" rainbow. She then proceeds to lose a scrappy 10-11" bow. It was my turn to land a few bows and a nice brown. Overall we managed to land 8 bows and 4 browns all in the 6-12" range.
Note: will be investing in a WP digital camera for next season!
