April 2019 – Opening Week
A busy week! Here on Long Island there are places we can fish all year long but tradition and the NYS DEC open all trout fishing on April 1st. That is when the stocked ponds and rivers can be crowded with hopeful and hearty anglers. A happy time for all … Read More
Fish where the fish are…
April 18, 2019 – Caleb Smith State Park I had hoped to fish with LIFR on Monday but it was nasty out. Today isn’t supposed to be great weather either but I head to Caleb Smith for the afternoon session anyway. It is cloudy with rain threatening and a big … Read More
Catskills, Early May
May 3 – 5 A night or two ago I had a difficult time lying in bed. An old injury revisited my neck, a pinched nerve? Bulging disc? Something. It wasn’t too bad and Sue put some salve on it. I left for the Catskills on Friday, early. This was … Read More
First Brookie for the New Guy
June 3 – Connetquot with PHW A nice day, cool but not cold …with low humidity. The river is very full. Deeper than I ever remember it. One wonders if they raised the dam. I fished with Dave and Dan. Dan landed the first fish – a good size rainbow … Read More
Catskill Brooks and Brookies
June 7 – 9 – Catskills Annual LITU weekend at the Riverside Friday – I met TLo, Joe, Mike and Luke on the Willow. The main river and back waters all very different configurations. Jerry would not recognize the place. Once deep runs are filled with rock, canopy gone, islands … Read More
Mid July on the Conny
Connetquot I think I was the first on the river. Two deer were grazing by the gate at Beat 16. I haven’t seen deer in the park for some time although there was a young buck, his spikes in velvet in the field across from the barns this morning, as … Read More
Sign of the times
August 1, 2019 – Northport Beautiful day. Sue decided not to come out, to take care of the house instead. I went just to start the engine and charge the batteries, never wanting to have to remove them again myself. My shoulder is still hurting. Hoping it will heal but … Read More
