Bill_Ace_350
Elite Member
Tomorrow is the Trout opening day here in NY. Usually on the 1st, but this year on the 2nd because of Easter.
I took the 2nd and 3rd off from work in order to fish with a lifelong friend.
We fish every opener together when possible, catch a few fish here and there, but its more about the tradition these days.
We'll leave tomorrow morning about 0600, hit some of the local creeks, maybe even hook a steelhead, but probably not.
Then we'll pull out the top maps and look for likely spots we haven't tried before and hit them.
We continue this until lunch time, then the tailgate comes down, and the propane stove is set up, a couple fold up chairs put up.
Boils some water for some coffee, throw some baked beans and ham chunks in a pan on low heat to simmer, and when their close to getting ready throw some dogs and kielbasa in a cast iron pan. slice up some hard rolls, get out the mustard and onions and wait for the sausages to cook.
Feast time on simple food!
Maybe another cup of coffee or a cold brew or two, then pack up and hit some more likely spots.
Continue like this until 1800 or so.
Sometime catch some trout, sometimes not.
Who cares?
My friend heads back to work on the 3rd, but I'm planning on doing a little detecting.
I took the 2nd and 3rd off from work in order to fish with a lifelong friend.
We fish every opener together when possible, catch a few fish here and there, but its more about the tradition these days.
We'll leave tomorrow morning about 0600, hit some of the local creeks, maybe even hook a steelhead, but probably not.
Then we'll pull out the top maps and look for likely spots we haven't tried before and hit them.
We continue this until lunch time, then the tailgate comes down, and the propane stove is set up, a couple fold up chairs put up.
Boils some water for some coffee, throw some baked beans and ham chunks in a pan on low heat to simmer, and when their close to getting ready throw some dogs and kielbasa in a cast iron pan. slice up some hard rolls, get out the mustard and onions and wait for the sausages to cook.
Feast time on simple food!
Maybe another cup of coffee or a cold brew or two, then pack up and hit some more likely spots.
Continue like this until 1800 or so.
Sometime catch some trout, sometimes not.
Who cares?
My friend heads back to work on the 3rd, but I'm planning on doing a little detecting.
