RE: new to the board!
2007/05/01 18:36:46
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NYY, Once she gets muddy she stay that way for a while. I was catching them around the thruway bridge and the boat launch . Town of Ft Hunter. The Schoharie is slowly clearing up but the muddy water fishing is better than one would expect. The fish gotta eat and they adapt to conditions. For the spinning rod I would recomend rattle-traps and things that "thump". Big jigs and spinner baits work pretty good in the muddy water too. I normaly fish muddy water with dark colors. Purple and black with some red or blue flash works best for me.
Fly guys will want to go as big as they can cast. Go with something dark and something you can thump with the rod tip. Yesterday I was out and went fishless but I did notice some fish that I presumed to be bass taking bugs off of the surface. They just dropped the lock here at lock 12 so the boat launch will be up and running soon.
I primaraly fish the section from Burtonsville north all the way to the mouth. There is a lot of premo water in that section. I dont realy fish South of Burtonsville (witch is actualy up stream as it flows south to north) if I go that far south, Im going trout fishing.
I could go on and on about the Schoharie, but I wont. If you have any more questions please feel free ask, I am more than happy to share.