New Years brought us a good time and some hard ice. The ice was here for a few days on the shallow ponds while some deeper lakes have yet to get safe. Roscoe has a few ponds and lakes that are great for ice fishing. Here is some New Years fun on Lake Muskoday. The Yeager’s had them dialed in before the warmer weather came in. It is not recommended to go out on the ice until the temperatures drop for a sustained period of time.
Had great fun by all. This year we had 13 guys on the trip to the Salmon River NY. The steelhead run hasn’t really panned out yet. The water levels were low and the air hot! The smell of the old salmon was pretty strong. The system hasn’t had a flush of water coupled with warm weather made for a pretty good odor. We all hooked up, some more than others. It’s all about location on the river. Up high had the most fish while some of our group did good on some fresh fish down in Douglaston. The magic fly for our trip was the chartreuse estaz egg.
West Alewives are spilling. Here’s a few from today.
Brad makes this fish look small. He played o line for Army and is 6’6” tough to back row with 30mph gusts but strip set was on point. He took many big fish not pictured. We thank him for his service and how he still helps. Learn more at the link below.
https://linktr.ee/GodsBreacher
Mr. Saturday did his normal job and threw “dimes” his words. Fun to see my friends/family/clients after all winter. Also most have been stuck down in New York City or around. I love and missed floating through these hills! There is a reason that Woodstock ended up on west side of the Catskills haha. Because it’s better!
Also, we did see Hendricksons on the tail waters. About 100 but they were quick to get blown away. No they weren’t quills lol. Still like at least a week off. This storm coming Tuesday can also hinder things.
I think that we are in for a very rough time in the next week or so. Many highway departments disassembled the plows already as they should have. If we get 8” we can also expect wild floods potentially later in the week. We will have upper 60s later this week with spilling reservoirs, snow melt and already high rivers. Be careful.
