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Fishing 2025

JimG.

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Nice! DHS I'm not used to seeing you without a beard.

Weather has cooled off since the start of August we've had a few awesome summer days. Heading out to fish again this week. Heat was brutal!
 

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8/9-Rye Lake

First time fresh-water fishing in a month. Gorgeous summer weather. Fishing was expectedly slow until the angle of the sun dropped. Caught some yellow perch and a few bass. Steve boated the fish of the day.


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Not a bad day. I suspect mornings would be good as well.
 

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8/22-East Branch Reservoir

I've boated all of my best fish this season at the EB and Bog Brook in Brewster. So, I convinced Steve to come north to the East Branch. His first time this season. Neither of us had high hopes for boating any decent bass, but we were happy to get out on the water. Since I rowed, I decided to troll with a suspending, jointed Rapala deep diver out along the eastern cove along the many points that drop off into the deep river channel there. We casted 5" senkos along the shore. We each boated a small bass. Trolling my suspending Rapala and stopping intermittently for us to cast was a perfect strategy for attracting a walleye to my lure which was my intention. After our third casting stop my lure got bumped by something so I reeled a bit and felt a decent weight on the line. I set the hook and reeled in a nice walleye.

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That made my day. It's nice when it looks like I know what I'm doing out there! We then casted senkos on the way out of the cove along the railroad tracks and each boated a few keeper sized largemouths. Turned out to be a good day. I start expecting to catch big bass again once Labor Day arrives.
 

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Conditions were similar to last week. Today, Steve rowed and was hell bent on hooking a walleye. We fished and trolled the same areas and caught nothing but small bass using worms and plugs. Trolling produced nothing. At sunset I suggested we go to the little island and cast plugs at the deep water side of the island facing the river channel I was trolling last week. My third cast with my Rapala I hooked a nice walleye; within 10 seconds of that Steve also hooked a nice walleye. And just like that the day was a success.

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The pics make clear we were both enjoying our Appleton Estate between my squinty eyes and Steve's Leon Spinks imitation. A lot of casts for 2 nice fish but the effort makes the result even more special.
 
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9/5-Pepacton Reservoir

Pepacton is about 80% full and the fishing at Arena is difficult as a result. Mill Creek is down to a dribble bordering on a spritz. There is little colder creek water entering the res to attract fish. And the majority of the old town of Arena is high and dry, meaning all that good structure is not attracting any fish either. Despite all that, I was able to catch a few small bass and a nice rainbow trout that was very fat. Right now, all the NYC reservoir water is being sent to the Croton system which is where the East Branch and Bog Brook are. They are at almost 97% full, so right now I'm better off staying close to home. Barring a lot of rain or a hurricane, I may not get back to Pepacton this year. Starting to worry about having water for snowmaking come winter.

This fat rainbow was hooked at the very start of my day at the bridge over Mill Creek entering the reservoir. It was the deepest spot to be found in the creek.

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I was able to follow old road beds out into the reservoir proper and that is where I caught a few bass and perch. But nothing bigger than 10". We need rain!
 
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