Start the Rain Dance

[Billfish715]

Are you kidding me? The trout streams are very low right now. Much lower than they should be for April. Except for the water temperature, the water levels are much more like June. The small brooks are even worse! The smaller brooks get stocked next week and except for the honey holes, there are few places for the new fish to go. The low water in the larger streams makes it difficult for the newly stocked fish to spread much farther than where they were put. Those stocking points are pounded and only a few fish manage to swim up or down stream. I don't like to stand shoulder to shoulder with a gang of anglers. I like to get off by myself. The runs and holding waters that I usually find are now too low and uninviting to many trout. We need rain for lots of reasons but this season more than others I can remember. If you don't fish close to one of the stocking points, there won't be too many fish anywhere else. If you're not catching a limit this year, you might be too far from where the fish were put in. Some do get away, and I still catch them away from the crowds. I worked a half mile stretch of the Paulinskill today and had to work hard just to catch six with very few fishermen along the way. I saw many stringers full of trout at the
hole by the bridge though.