Sunfish

Targeting freshly stocked brown trout and picked up this little sunfish in Little York Lake. Foul hooked it but managed to release with no worries.

Another Hoxie Brookie

Yeti + Trout

Early mornings in the Springtime are some of my favorite! Crisp air and fog hovering over a calm body of water provide an exciting anticipation of what the day will bring. Be it a coffee mug or a coozie, a Yeti is always near by on mornings like these, and accompanies me while I’m rigging ultra light trout rods with what I hope will be the ticket to luring them in.

Brown Trout

Little York Lake

Black and Yellow Panther Martin

Braided line

Wild Brookie | Hoxie Gorge Creek

First catch of Spring 2025!

Panther Martin spinner | Black + Yellow | #6

Braided line

13 Fishing reel

Ultralight Ugly Stick rod | 5’

Smallmouth Bass

Caught this little fighter about 5 minutes after pulling up waterside at Dwyer Memorial Park. Must’ve been my third or fourth cast with a trout rod, small spinning reel and copper spinner. Throwing straight braid that day.

Wild Brown Trout | Butternut Creek

Springtime trout season in Upstate NY! First catch of the season! Hooked two but only landed one.

Plano Guide Series 3700 XL Tackle Bag

Reorganizing Tackle

Terminal Tackle

Brook Trout | Hoxie Gorge

Water: Hoxie Gorge Creek

Month: May

Year: 2023

Combos: 6’ Field & Stream Tech-Lite Ultralight Rod with 13 Fishing Creed X 1000 Reel

Lure: Mepp’s Spinner

Color: Gold with yellow hair and red accent

Line: Gray Moss Green JBraid

Trout | Little York Lake

Water: Little York Lake

Month: April

Year: 2023

Combos: Lew’s Mr. Trout Ultralight | 5’ 4”8” Pflueger Ultralight Rod with President 20 Reel 6” Field & Stream Hi-Tech Ultralight Rod with 13 Fishing Creed X 1000 Reel

Lure: Rooster Tail | Panther Martin | Pheobe

Color: Black and silver with silver spinner | Rainbow Trout with painted and gold spinner | Gold

Line: Gray Seaguar Smackdown Braid | Moss Green JBraid | HighViz Super Braid with Flourocarbon leader (FG Knot)

First Rainbow Trout

Water: Casterline Pond

Month: April

Rod: Field & Stream Tec-Lite 6’ Ultralight

Reel: Lew’s Mr. Trout

Line: Seaguar Smackdown Stealth Gray braid

Lure: Panther Martin black and yellow with gold spinner

Brown Trout | Butternut Creek

I spent the morning at a very small section of Butternut Creek located on my commute to work. I caught a nice sized brown trout on my first cast from a small pool of slack water! The entire creek was only about eight feet wide, and I really didn’t expect too much. I hooked three trout and landed two of them with my net. The smallest of them shook my lure and got away. Another angler named Bill was fishing the stream and not having much luck. When I landed my first fish, he asked if I ate trout. I replied that I catch and release, and he asked if I minded if he took them home for dinner. I obliged, as it seemed like the appropriate thing to do, and one was hooked fairly deep anyway. We talked awhile and he shared some tips after I mentioned I was new to trout fishing. Much appreciated.

Water: Butternut Creek

Month: April

Year: 2023

Combo: Lew’s Mr. Trout Ultralight | 5’

Lure: Panther Martin

Color: Black and yellow with gold spinner

Line: Gray Seaguar Smackdown Braid