TOMHANNOCK

yank,economy is going to get alot worse.. gas prices are shooting up!  i'm into sportfishing and only take what i plan to eat..and i don't think about filling my freezer.. just like a few extra fresh fillets for my family who enjoy a good fry. Yep..the drink be high these days! forecast looks wet especially next week!

Pike - It's a hit or miss proposition up there.  Some days it's real good, others you can't find the answer. There is a ton of shoreline, but the high water level makes about 75% of it unfishable.   I can tell you this it's a carp fishing hotspot now apparently.  I met a guy who was actually bivouaced (spellcheck?) in a makeshift lean-to and had huge poles set up for carp. This guy seemed to really know his carp, and he was trying to break the state record (which as you all know is out of the Tomhannock).  He said a guy he knew was coming from like Bulgaria to fish there.  Crazy Bulgarians!
I can show you a lot of good spots, so PM me if you get your permit. Its good for two years, and you live close enough to make it worth it.

Absolutely do that.  This gentleman I met up there was a local.  I wish I got his name, he was a good guy.  I'm sure he won't mind me taking you to his "Spot".  He had his baits wayyy out farther than I could reach....  he said he had very expensive reels he ordered from England. 
This spot will be grown over very soon.  Apparently he could cast out to the creekbed.  I fish for smallies not far from there when the levels down, but right now it sucks. I'd say closer to 90% is unfishable.

ALSO BE ADVISED:
DEET or similar bug dope is a must when at the Tomhannock.  The place is loaded with deer ticks.  The usual precautions, and check yourself everywhere before you get in the car, and when you get home.  Nasty little SOBs.

I'm going thursday to get the permit, where exactly do I go????
do you get it at town hall????

cool, Thanks!!

Sounds sweet, Yank!
 
In my opinion, it's tough to beat chunky smallmouth in the summer months!  Heavyweight prizefighters!
 
I've never fished the 'Hannock, but sure have driven past it enough over the years.  it seemed to get bashed pretty good during ice season, with few fish reported.  But now it sounds like a goldmine!
 
Maybe it is like Snyders...  A real tough customer during the hardwater, but a decent producer in the warmer months when the conditions are right.  Sure seems like "night and day" on the 'Hannock, huh?
 
Snap a few photos of those bornzebacks, my man!!! 

Oh...  Largemouths?  
 
They are cool too, I guess...  
 
Hope we cross paths sometime soon and hit Snyders or Burden, and then grab some pizza and a few frosties...