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« Last post by bogtrotter on Today at 07:09 PM »This morning, I fished the South Hoosic from 8 to 10:30 AM.
It was overcast and about 65 degrees.
I started about a half mile below Church Street in Cheshire and walked/fished downstream through the Jungle for about 1 mile.
Net result - - one 5' brookie and 5 dace in a backwater pond on the northernmost (furthert downstream) terminus of my hike.
Walking back to my car, I drove (north) downstream to Cheshire Harbor, where I landed a 12" and 14" brown.
Driving a bit further downstream to Adams, I fished from the Old Stone Mill to a little past Elm Rock but didn't have a single strike - - although I was able to harvest a saddle mushroom along the way.
Then it was off to pick up my buddy Ed to go foraging between Pittsfield and Cheshire - - where we struck gold with ramps, dock, milk weed shoots and poke weed.
After that, I tried some warm water fishing for a few hours at Fish Pond (Windsor Lake) in North Adams.
By then, it had cleared up and was about 70 degrees - - and over the course of 3 hours I managed to reel in 31 sunfish and 1 perch.
Finally, I headed home and cooked a steak dinner - - incorporating some of our foraging ingredients - - over my fire pit, and washed it down with a couple glasses of home made red wine.
It was overcast and about 65 degrees.
I started about a half mile below Church Street in Cheshire and walked/fished downstream through the Jungle for about 1 mile.
Net result - - one 5' brookie and 5 dace in a backwater pond on the northernmost (furthert downstream) terminus of my hike.
Walking back to my car, I drove (north) downstream to Cheshire Harbor, where I landed a 12" and 14" brown.
Driving a bit further downstream to Adams, I fished from the Old Stone Mill to a little past Elm Rock but didn't have a single strike - - although I was able to harvest a saddle mushroom along the way.
Then it was off to pick up my buddy Ed to go foraging between Pittsfield and Cheshire - - where we struck gold with ramps, dock, milk weed shoots and poke weed.
After that, I tried some warm water fishing for a few hours at Fish Pond (Windsor Lake) in North Adams.
By then, it had cleared up and was about 70 degrees - - and over the course of 3 hours I managed to reel in 31 sunfish and 1 perch.
Finally, I headed home and cooked a steak dinner - - incorporating some of our foraging ingredients - - over my fire pit, and washed it down with a couple glasses of home made red wine.