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Grandfather's WaterBefore and after by sparky on Sat, Apr 10
Last week I fished Chitt near Caz. On the first day the naive stockers were everywhere - I C&R'd a bunch and I could see more schooling up. I went back the next day and where I had fished the day before I now saw the telltale sign of corn everywhere- and many fewer fish. In one day probably at least a 75% reduction in fish. Would delayed harvest or C&R regs have made a difference in long-term survival rates? I don't know but the way things are now these smaller streams as managed are mostly limited to put and take.
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| Re: Before and after by John Coxey on Sun, Apr 18 (47749) | |
| Sparky: - The state will stock the Mill Dam pool in Cazenovia sometime around April 25th or so. - Mostly 8 to 9 inch stocked browns. Nothing huge. - For whatever reason (water temps, algae blooms), these trout rarely make it past the end of June. ---------- - With respect to a catch and release section on Chittenango Creek. - There is a proposal in front of the DEC to make a mile section from Olmstead Road (new bridge) downstream. Have not heard anything else back on this. - The section between Route 5 downstream to the Stonehedge nursing home would also make a nice catch and release section due to numerous springs. This section gets to about 73 degrees in the summer, but the springs stay around 55. - In addition, the TU chapter there put in one heck of a nice handicap fishing deck (major $$$). - A catch and release (or delayed harvest) area would go a long way to enhancing the quality of this fishery. ------------ - I won't even mention what Nine Mile creek on the other side of Syracuse would be like if catch and release were implemented between Camillus and Marcellus Falls. ----------- - I'm down here in PA, and went to the Little Juniata on Wednesday (April 14th) The state implemented an 8 mile no kill zone about 4 years ago. - In four hours, I nailed 15 wild browns. 4 in the 16+ range, 10 in the 13+ range, and 2 12+ wild browns. Quite a few stripped line off the reel and ran from one pool through the riffles into another pool. - Went to Spring Creek (Centre County) this past Friday (April 16th) and nailed 6 wild browns in an hour. 3 were in the 4 inch range, 2 in the 12 inch range, and one 13 incher. Not bad for one hour and two pools. - We could definitely have this same experience on Nine Mile Creek if basic catch and release rules were implemented. The bonus of Nine Mile, is there are wild bows, browns, and brookies in this stream. - Oh well. John Coxey (jpcoxey@yahoo.com) |
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