Brown Trout

Focus

To provide a single source of Web information, on local tailwaters and freestone streams!
Reports are presented as fishing activities, entered in a journal.

Occupation "Fly Fisherman"

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NYC, Croton Watershed, United States

Policy

Locations: Due to the deserved respect for those that have invested mumerous hours and to allow for the sense of explorations, as part of any fishing venture, the specific names of tailwater streams will not be offered.
Photo's: In a limited effort to protect indentification of localities and fisherman, personal photo's will not be shared, at this time.
Post Comments: During the developement period of this Blog the ablity to make online post, will not be available. The ability to respond (comment) to post is available, using the email address shown in profile. This is to preserve the present format, as a personal fishing journal. Repectfully this can be appreciated.

Journal\Post Labels - Stream Classifications

Streams on the NYC Croton watershed are labled as follows:

Classifications*


*WEST BRANCH; (Boyd's - West Branch - Croton Falls - Amawalk)


*EAST BRANCH; (East Branch - Diverting - Titicus - Cross River)


*CROTON RIVER


Note - All streams above are outlet tailwaters.


All Tributaries labled as follows:


Classifications*


*WEST BRANCH TRIBUTARY; (WBT)


*EAST BRANCH TIBUTARY; (EBT)


Note - Otherwise freestone stream is labled by stream name.


I started this blog, to have a single place to keep a log, other than in note books or on PC, in MS Word or Excel. With the addition of photos and videos, it became obsolete to keep records in text only, typed or written. Email was becoming unmanageable and just as worthless. The concern of this log becomming public caused reservations in making entries. Well, its the end of the season for some. Being I will always find the opportunity to spend some time on the streams all year, decided it would be time to explore making post. It's purpose is to compile together a one place source for local trout related information.

4/16/10

Maine 2009-10 Ice Fish

Regrettably my antique digi camera had a memory freeze, while fishing Roxburry Pond in western Maine. Had taken many pictures of very creative shanties and the methods for dragging them out onto the ice. Some had wood stoves, cooking grills, turkey cookers, kerosene heaters you name it. The normal daily winds of 30-40 miles hour and all day temperatures of minus 25 degrees made for a lot of early ice.
The first week of December while pulling my hand arguer out and starting a hole, I attracted a crowd of enthusiast wondering what I was planning to do. Was I going to wait till March and see if the ice thawed or by then punch thru the five feet of shoreline ice. Feeling guilty showed I had a three day finishing license. They all nodded in acknowledgement, realizing then I was a not a local but a rookie to northern ice fishing. They all got a laugh as I earned sore hands, until someone dragged over their gas auger. They watched as I broke though, wearing low boots and was greeted by a guesser of ice water and a cheer, when pulling the auger back out in power.
Posted by Troutline at 5:37 PM

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