I fished Starbuckville Dam again this morning. 23 trout in 2 hours. Finally! The water is super low but plenty cold enough to keep these fish going.
Don Lehman with the Post Star writes that the gates will be closed sometime this week. A good move. this will make more water over the dam & ladder and less pumping through the spillways. That should help the fish spread out and get them finding more food. Here's a link to his article http://poststar.com/blogs/adirondack_outdoors/starbuckville-dam/article_dead753c-8aef-11e1-b646-001a4bcf887a.html
I caught plenty of rainbows this morning. I think they just needed a couple more days to acclimate to the new surroundings. After 90 minutes of fishing the nymph with good success, I changed over to a dry fly (Uncas Emerger) when I saw a trout swirl on the surface. No hatch but, no matter. The rainbows were taking/ trying to take the dry. It is funny to watch trout feed on the surface when they are not used to eating that way. I had bows jumping over my fly trying to take it but miss it by a couple inches only to come back and try again. I think I landed 6 or 7 on the Uncas Emerger this morning. Fun-Fun-Fun!
Kuddos to the Warren County Fish Hatchery for producing some very nice health fat trout for this years stocking. Well done.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
IT IS ON
I fished Starbuckville Dam this afternoon and found some very nice brookies have been stocked. I also have knowledge of 2 landlocked salmon in the three pound class that were caught there today as well. I can only assume that the Warren County Fish Hatchery made a stop at the Schroon River this week. Hurray!
My best flies of the afternoon were the ADK Ugly Bugger, Trout Retriever and Woven Lace Nymph. I have tied up a supply of those flies for the Crossroads Country Store http://www.crossroadsoutdoors.com/index.asp . I will be tying up more to keep their supply full. So if you are looking for the right fly, stop there before you hit the dam.
I don't keep fish from the Schroon River. It would be like burning your golf balls after playing 18 holes. It just doesn't make sense.
Here are some pictures of the trout I threw back today.
My best flies of the afternoon were the ADK Ugly Bugger, Trout Retriever and Woven Lace Nymph. I have tied up a supply of those flies for the Crossroads Country Store http://www.crossroadsoutdoors.com/index.asp . I will be tying up more to keep their supply full. So if you are looking for the right fly, stop there before you hit the dam.
I don't keep fish from the Schroon River. It would be like burning your golf balls after playing 18 holes. It just doesn't make sense.
Here are some pictures of the trout I threw back today.
Best get here before the worm dunkers kill them all
Chris
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