a walleye story anyone?

Ain't any colder than ice fishing. Get out there fella.
 
I've read in numerous places that Oneida is hot from shore this time of year.

than maybe ashokan.. bing bang boom back home. I would like to push 500miles for a good last fall fishing trip.My tundra rides smooth like a catillac

 
Let me know how you do if you hit the Ashokan, have you targeted eyes there before ? I have only went after smallies ....
 
and i too have a Tundra, awesome truck !!!

Brian, I haven't caught a walleye in that ashokan in a long time. I only caught one eye in the fall there too and that was some 4  -5 years ago along the wall on lower basin casting a rapala at night.. only a 20 in.. many years ago it was better but still they were hard to find .. the best way for shokan eye then was in the 45-50ft on bottom off the shoals with sawbellies. We took some like that in the spring while they migrate out from the shovel cut in the lower basin during may.  spring time seemed always better for the eye  along the weir.  I read WP res is lowered but still thinking I might want to try it with bait one rod and rapala the other.

Like did you ever get put on hold calling the internal revenue and have to listen to "swan"music waiting for a real person to pick up?sheeesh! lol

Hey Backin...
 
Sorry man, I am in Houston right now on business...
 
Missed your note until it was too late...  I am here in Texas until Tuesday, but will be back after the walleye later in the week, and for several more thereafter.
 
We will work something out next time you are up this way.
 
Anyone else finding any fish around Albany?  Anyone want to hit the Salmon River for browns and chromers in a few weeks?  I hear the browns are in there full-force, and a few weeks early this year.
 
Lots of 7-10lb fish, with a few 15+lb fish each day.  That's hard to beat, Gentleman!

jimmy, whatcha doing on catskill flies message board? The esopus is diffinitely not for everyone, it is a challenging, even for the persistant locals.  For me, t is still a precious place in the fall especially around the halloween weekends. Although the odds are far between for hooking a runner, a good many thesE BT do run and tagging along the lake bows. For me, it is a  hit or miss, I do want to try it again..the esopus run has in recent years beome much more a challenge to time. My guess is the runs a much smaller compared to those years long ago.    Experience suggests the run lasts about a two week period , much shorter and less fish from years of neglect amd over fishing. Those monster floods over the last few years could not have helped this fishery either. Still, a beautiful water to enjoy and should hold a few in this high water from recent rains/snow runoffs. I do not recommend wading in turbid water.. seen a fool in chestwaders try crossing and he went down just below the old trestle last time he made it out but wet. Hip wading is more than enough for this pocket water fishing.