It's Free Fishing Day in New York, so after lunch I headed west to try my luck.
It was raining on the drive over, but had cleared up by the time i arrived in Petersburg, where I fished for an hour on the Little Hoosick, and landed three rainbows (one 9", one 11" and one 12"),
Then I headed further west on Route 2, where I fished the Quackenkill in Cropseyville (gotta love the names), but didn't have any hits.
(The Quackenkill has produced brookies for me in past years, but has been unproductive the last two or three years).
Other than a couple brief sprinkles, it was generally nice weather, with a light breeze and temps about 72 degrees.
Stream levels were generally good - - just a tad on the high side. The Little Hoosick was a milky white color, while the Quackenkill had a cafe au lait cast to it.
I back tracked a bit and took Route 22 North and then Route 7 East to Hoosick Falls, where I fished the Hoosic River by the St. Gobain plant.
There's a fairly nice hole there, and the action was pretty good - - I reeled in a total of seven rainbows, all in the 9" to 11" range.
The odd thing was the size of the fish - - in my experience, it's unusual for stocked trout (particularly rainbows) to be so small. Not complaining, mind you, just puzzled.