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Originally Posted by thmyorke1
Nice report, 2nd to last pic is why the fish-gods arent giving us ICE this season!!  
@BulletBob, well said. It seems NY doesnt manage their smaller lakes like NJ does. As if NY spends more of their effort on the bigger lakes and their fisheries and then lets the smaller water bodies sort of grow for themselves. After all it's a bigger state with also bigger lakes.
Still it seems most of NY's smaller bodies of water are still great. I know a few that I would always choose to fish compared to any place in NJ, if time/distance wasnt a factor. But variety not so much; true. The upper delaware alone sort of makes up for that however. |
The small bodies of water at least in the central part of NY are virtually useless.. they are left to themselves, or in some of therm a couple hundred 7 inch trout are thrown in in spring.. Nothing else..
. There are a couple lakes locally that have Crappies.... Both have them in decent numbers but I have caught 2 keepers at 9 inches in the past 5 years... These lakes are hit HARD, and the instant anything grows to legal size its taken.. just like in NJ most lakes here are lined with homes.. Yes NJ does not have the many lakes and rivers NY state has, but NJ has that big ocean and a huge network of large tidal rivers , and many big bays that keep some pressure off the fresh water fish.. lots of fishermen will only eat salt water fish.
Up here, if you want fresh fish you eat what you catch.. .. I know there are the NY water supply reservoirs, but they are several hours from here, and more of a pain because of all the restrictions... If I want to drive 3 hours to that part of the state to fish, I simply go to NJ and fish saltwater...
NY in my opinion cares too much about the Great Lakes/Finger Lakes trout and salmon, as well as the Catskills trout streams, because those places make money for the state.. NJ seems to be a lot more interested in having a diverse, and very robust fresh water fishery for everyone, not just the tourists spending money on hotels and charter boats... It wasn't bad when I moved here, but once the invasives took over the large lakes and rivers, it KILLED the good fishing that was still here, ... The Gobies, Zebra and Quagga mussels, the Spiny Fleas, have made fishing for certain species very poor in much of NY state compared to years ago,,
