[612071]

East Branch and New Croton Res.

East Branch water levels are dropping agian. Almost back down to the spring low. Not enough circulation or water coming in has led to unbelievable amounts of alge. Blooms have sufficated large parts of the Res. Found perch suspended in what few deep holes are left. Walleye are not liking this one bit..

New Croton has been lowered a good 20'. Gone are the weedlines that would hold fih this time of year. Being stuck on shore limited our abilities greatly. Shiners on floats caught some bass, but nothing like it used to be. TONS of bluegills around. YOU WILL BE CHECKED BY DEP IF YOU FISH CROTON. Make sure you have all your permits with you.

RUMOR MILL: Kensico and New Croton Boats will be back in action next spring (April 1st) BUT NO NEW BOATS WILL BE ALLOWED ON.

 

[Crazy-Al]

Hey Crash,

Great report! I was just thinking about that... but I still did not get my Res. permit!

How are you doing?

"Crazy" Alberto
[email protected]

 

[612071]

Hi Al!!

I dunno man, I'd call the DEP ASAP to find out whats going on. It usually took about two months to get them.

Call them: 800-575-LAND

At least I found some of my hot-n-tots

 

[621147]

Any good lakes or res.'s for bass and walleye with crankbaits, spoons and some topwater soft plastics on LI? Or maybe some carp or catfish? I'm hoping to go Friday during the mid to late afternoon and evening and maybe early night. And other bait/lure recomendations would be good.

 

[612071]

LI lakes

Lake Ronkonkoma has a decent population of Walleye, no pigs but there are some keepers in there. Its a tough lake to fish though, especially from shore.

Unfortunatly most of my LI bass trips have stripes involved

Carp? just look for water..hehehehe

IMHO...ya cant go wrong carring around a bucket of shiners, expecially when your not familar with the area. But if ya want to toss some artificals around I'd carry some Senko's, Rapalas and Pop-Rs with me. And an assortment of panfish lures like tubes, sassy shads and twister tails will put ya on fish just about anywhere.

If ya want to get to know the LI lakes better, get ahold of the DEC and request the map and info package for your area

 

[621147]

Ok, thanks, heard about something in smithtown where there are some bass though, pretty new to serious fishing (really started last year) and so am pretty new to this so would like a easy place to catch some decent to good fighting fish or have someone helping me, checked on the fishing buddies but no freshwater. And I'm a bit tight on money right now so my lure and bait options are limited.