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September 12th
Spring Hole,"No-Kill stretch" NY side of the Battenkill
I jotted down my notes for this report after finishing a trip today on the NY side of the "Kill". We have shifted into early fall mode with fishing good from mid-morning on . Our water levels are excellent for this time of year. What a change from the wet July/August time frame. Our hatches include several species of BLue Wing Olives, fall caddis and other smaller species and still some Isonychia on the lower Kill. Fishing on our wild trout fisheries has improved significantly from a year or two ago. The VT side of the Mettawee is fishing a little better than last year and the VT portion of the Battenkill is very much improving, with good number of smaller 1-2 year old fish. The Brook Trout are especially nice. Whats causing the improvement? I don't know but I suspect two higher than normal water level years could be helping by reducing predation. Whatever the reason or reasons its nice to see. As for the stocked fisheries, some are doing well while others namely the Walloomsac are only fishing fair. In the case of the Wallomsac, early stocking in cold-low water conditions in late April lead to excessive harvest by the early season bait and lure anglers. I have found some fish around but not like it has been in the past.I am not writing off the watershed because I have had some nice fall fishing in years past, even after a poor summer
The next 3-4 weeks are the best for our fall season and with the good fishing, don't delay if you think you would like to fish, weekends are filling but I still have some excellent mid-week dates open!
Tight Lines!
Peter Basta
August 10,2009
Battenkill River, West Arlington ,VT
Our morning hatches of Tricos, Blue Wing Olives, and several species of Caddis are in full swing though with the all the high water we have had since my last report, its a wonder we have had any hatches at all. It started in June, with significant rain and cool weather that lasted through July till just before this report. July and August will go down in the weather books as one of the wetest since they started keeping records. It rarely I have to cancel/change trip dates in July due to "high water", but this year, let it rain, let it rain. The fishing guests that had skill to fish small water however had excellent fishing as those targets fished very well through the high water period. And now finally the water levels are becoming prime and bode well for the rest of the season.I have been fishing the VT side of the Kill when water levels permit and pleasantly surprised to find a fair number of smaller fish, its nice to see, thats two years in a row with improvement!!
Hope you are having a great summer!!
Peter Basta
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