Trout Unlimited plans fishing outing
The Upper Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited presented a fly-tying program at Center Street School in Oneonta on April 6.
Eighty-nine Zonkers were tied, which were sent to the charity Healing Waters, which promotes fly-casting and fly-fishing as therapeutic activities in recovery programs for wounded and disabled veterans.
Healing Waters will use the Zonkers for teaching and in fishing practice. The Zonker is an artificial lure that imitates a small bait fish or minnow.
During April, members of the Upper Susquehanna Chapter of TU and the Otsego County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs joined with local children to assist the state Department of Environmental Conservation in stocking trout in local streams. The creeks where stocking took place included Oaks, Otego, Schenevus, Otsdawa, Wharton and Butternut and Elk Brook. A total of 11,500 8- to 9-inch and 1,240 12- to 15-inch brown trout were released in these streams. Additional trout stocking will be scheduled in May.
The chapter will have its May meeting on Monday, May 11. Members and guests are invited to a fishing outing on the upper Delaware River.
The group will meet in the picnic area of the Covered Bridge Park in Hamden, located across from state Route 10, to fish at various points along the river. The outing will begin at 2:30 p.m. and continue until dusk, with hot dogs grilled at 4:30 p.m. The informal event will proceed rain or shine.
For more information, contact President Jim Lennox at lennoxfam3@verizon.net or 432-7884, or Vice President Dave Plummer at dplummer@stny.rr.com or 563-1978.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
1st Annual Lake Jocassee Trout Tournament
GREENVILLE, SC -- Russ Reynolds of Walhalla, South Carolina, won the 1st annual JocasseeReports.com trout fishing tournament held on Lake Jocassee Saturday, May 2nd 2009 with a 3-fish limit weighing 13 pounds and 5 ounces. Reynolds, a top local fishing guide on Lake Jocassee, won the tournament by trolling a #3 Badcreek Spoon in Rainbow Trout color on 8-pound test line 35-feet below the surface using Walker downriggers.
"The trout fishing on Lake Jocassee has been unbelievable the past few weeks - I expect the trend to continue all summer. The best trout fishing of the year on Jocassee is between April and October", said Reynolds.
"The water-level on Jocassee is back up, and the trout are larger and more aggressive compared to recent years", he went on to say.
Several other competitors brought heavy fish to the weigh-in scales, but none could top Reynolds, who has been fishing Lake Jocassee since the late 1970's. Russ was fishing the tournament with his wife Cindy, and their two bassett hounds, Vinnie and Louie.
Special thanks goes to JocasseeReports.com for running a great tournament, as well as Devil's Fork State Park for hosting the event.
Those interested in fishing with Russ Reynolds on Lake Jocassee are encouraged to visit his website linked below and email him for availability:
Russ Reynolds
www.JocasseeFishing.com
"The trout fishing on Lake Jocassee has been unbelievable the past few weeks - I expect the trend to continue all summer. The best trout fishing of the year on Jocassee is between April and October", said Reynolds.
"The water-level on Jocassee is back up, and the trout are larger and more aggressive compared to recent years", he went on to say.
Several other competitors brought heavy fish to the weigh-in scales, but none could top Reynolds, who has been fishing Lake Jocassee since the late 1970's. Russ was fishing the tournament with his wife Cindy, and their two bassett hounds, Vinnie and Louie.
Special thanks goes to JocasseeReports.com for running a great tournament, as well as Devil's Fork State Park for hosting the event.
Those interested in fishing with Russ Reynolds on Lake Jocassee are encouraged to visit his website linked below and email him for availability:
Russ Reynolds
www.JocasseeFishing.com
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