Any tips on Trout fishing?

[Josh Seeley]

Hello folks,
I have been utilizing this site for many years as I seek to gain knowledge and experience with hiking in the High 46.

Now, I have been bitten by the Trout Fishing Bug and it seems that I am totally addicted... And, I haven;t even caught one yet!

I live in the Schenectady/Niskayuna and I am really looking to learn a bit more about Trout fishing. I have a reel rod so I won't be fly fishing, at least not for now.

Anway, I was down at the Kinderhook the other day, near Chatham. No luck. I then fished Lisha Kill Preserve two days ago, no luck. Yesterday, I went up to Rock City Falls to fish near the dam on the Kayderossas, no luck again! Damn it. Of course, a bad day of fishing is better than a good day at the ofice, but really, I would love to bring a few fish home for supper one night. Can anyone help?

Where should I go to fish? Are there any local rivers, creeks, ponds, lakes etc. that have particularily good trout fishing right now? Has anyone seen any anywhere or had any luck recently? Am I too late? Is everything all fished out?
Is there snything near Schenectady or Schoharie, or Saratoga? Or Ren. county?

Also, what type of bait should I be using? Some live Trout worms/Dillies? Or A Panther Martin lure? Or A Kommomoto jig worm? A light fly jig?

What am I doing wrong here folks? Can you help a poor layman out?

Help!

Thanks.

[AlSara]

Go to the DEC Website, look at the stocking information.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/30465.html

Hit some of the public fishing access points near your home. Trial and error are the best teachers.

If you do fish with worms, be ready to kill the fish for your table. It is often quite difficult to release them unharmed after they engulf a worm. But for beginners, worms are the cheapest and most effective lure.

[trouthunter]

A couple quick basic tips for the newly addicted.

Wear drab colors, you wont catch much wearing dayglow.
Walk softly, step into the stream only if necessary.Keep a low profile.Try not to cast your own shadow on the water.Trout are easily spooked.
If your spincasting use a 4 lb test line max.
Go early, stay late.
Polarized sunglasses required.
Cast spinners and such upstream and retrieve at a speed just faster than the current.
Take no more than you need.
Take pics to share.
Use real butter.
Have fun.

[ripple]

i have been fishing the Kinderhook every night after work (except tonight) this week. It's my home waters. Here are my thoughts on the trout fishery around here (southern zone) Kinderhook is a "dud", Roeliff Jansen Kill is weak, Claverack is low & slow, Taghkanic Creek is put & take with min. access, Valatie kill is a trickle, Kayderossas is a joke, and anything in between are carp waters.
Stocking or not the waters around these parts support little in the way of trout fishing. My advice > head west over the Cat's or North to the ADK's you'll see a big rise in the trout population.

[chaser]

My advice is to stop now before it gets to expensive. Trust me.

[AlSara]

My advice is to stop now before it gets to expensive. Trust me.

So true...

[Roland]

.Hey Ripple forgot where you live.. you are so right about that area and trout, the Roe Jan is pretty good where its posted...Turkey hill , thats about it, as a beginner you can do OK with up to 6Lbs line right now, 4 lbs later, trout are North, and that is costly with the current gas prices...

[ripple]

Honestly I could care less about the gas cost. If I want to go out and fish I do so the price of fuel is what it is, there is nothing I can at our level to change that. I feel life is too short to worry about money, it comes and goes but memories last a life time.

[Can'tcatchtrout]

Switch to bass fishing.

[Battenkiller]

Check out the Battenkill, particularly the lower part above Greenwich:



Oh... if you find this guy, please don't eat him. There are plenty of his smaller brothers for the fry pan.

[dgaulin]

I would go north. I live in Indian Lake on the weekends and have had luck in the Indian River below the dam on Chain Lakes Road. You need to go in the morning or late in the day because they lower the dam for the rafters in the middle of the day. In the same area Cedar River is pretty good too. I also use a spincast, but may learn to flyfish soon. Good luck!

[wildbrookies]

Now thats a pretty Battenkill Brown,Battenkiller!!...nice holdover...shes been around a few years..I agree...hate to see people kill these mature browns...they may be able to natural reproduce...at least ,ya gotta give `em the chance...also, it would be nice to hook `em again next year when the size will be more to reckin` with...nice picture ,BTW..

[beaverPond]

thats a great fish and a great photo.