Moving to Albany from PA

AFTER THE ICE MELTS??????? There is fish under that stuff you know....lol. Lakers, browns, rainbows, pike, walleye, salmon not to mention if you like pannies perch, crappy and bluegills all can be fished through the ice. Don't limit yourself, fishing is a year round sport. Anyways, I'm sure you will be able to get plenty of tips and advice here. Best group on the net.
                Tight Lines Mate....Cheers

Wecome to the board. I'll tell you what I did when I first moved here. I bought a book called the "Sportsmen's Connection". There are different books for different regions of New York, and they come jam packed with information from contour maps, to directions, to access, to fishing tips on most waters. My favorite water to fish is the Mohawk River. It's got everything but trout. I mostly target walleye, but hook up with all sorts of panfish, bass, channel cats, and once in a while pike. There are tiger muskies, but I have yet to hook up with one.
 
 

also a fine welcome to the area. you say you'll be moving here in Dec right ? for 6 months ? only ?
If so you will hit the prime of our fishing.. first thing I’d do is look to the Ontario tribs for steelhead & browns, if you can handle the cold weather fishing (lol). that will be your first shot at some big trout...
Next up will be northern Ice, yea Ice baby... We had a little gathering in Dec on an ADK lake (about 1 & 1/2 hrs from Albany) . It gave up pike, pickerel, walleye & a perch( lol 79 ) . A great place for early Ice.... Don't count out the Ice if you want pike or musky. From then on out it will be about the Ice , unless you wish to fish steelhead. Our area (ADK's) has some of the best ice fishing anywhere (IMO). Trout, Salmon, Pike, Musky & Panfish... There are always some of us walking on water..

If it just ain't (is that a word? ) your bag shame on you, try it you'll like it...

Now comes spring, well still 3 foot of snow up in the Ontario tribs but March & April is where its at ... Steelhead !!!!
May , whew, May . one of my busiest times of fishing. The ponds open up around 2nd week and brookies are the target, by the 3rd week the ADK streams are prime for trout. If you are looking for brookies , pond fishing is the way to go. A new NYS record was just set 2 weeks ago on a Franklin co. pond.
Pike & Musky are also open , the Mohawk River is a good choice depending on flow (run-off) .The Rotterdam & Crescent (sp) are some good locations (from boat).
Stripers are just starting in the Hudson and by the 3rd week usually full force. You have some serious decision making in May.
June: for me it's all ADK's trout, trout and yup.....

Time up yet ?

keep checking back or ask for advice, I'm not scared to offer some great locations in a PM, but some places I'd have to blind fold you to take you there (lol) just kidding......




 

Oh and welcome to the group. BWangler!

All good spots! Welcome to the club! As far as living up here, try 1 of the surrounding areas by Albany. Latham comes to mind. I lived there for 11 years, it's only a hop to Albany and it apartments are a little easier to find. If you want to stay close to Albany, there are plenty of neighborhoods that are not set directly in the downtown settings. Try http://www.rentersguidealbany.com/
 
As for fishing, there is plenty of great spots all within a short drive or even walk from Albany and the surroundings. Once you get up here, drop a line, there is always someone willing to fish and show people around.

so that pinging echoing noise in the ice is a good, good to know, I'll have to get used to it cause being able to just walk on water and fish at your feet has got to be cool. plan on trying a lot of it this winter. thx

ok back to the thread,
I'm not much of a city guy but have been in or played at most bars in Albany. There are some very good joints there. New Scotland ave. is good and close to the Med. center. but probably most pricy, upper Maddison ave. aint bad, Jay street, Hudson & Willet are ok, all upper Albany.
I would make a list of appts. and take a weekend to scout them out. Most upper Albany is ok. But it is all inner city no matter where you end up.

Leave it to "Yank to start tossing around zip codes...
 
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