Route 15 Fishing Opportunities

[Greggory DiSalvo]

Hi all,  I have been driving to upstate NY my whole life and have always driven past creeks called fishing creek, trout run etc.... but have never stopped as I am typically with a car of others who would not take kindly to a stop.  This christmas however, I will be driving up alone and could stop and fish anywhere along the way.  I will be driving along Route 15, and It seems like most streams that hold fish would be north of Williamsport.  As I know some of yall make the trek north frequently, would any of you be able to recommend a stream that would be easy to hit with a short walk?  Not sure if there is anything right off 15, but here's to hoping!

Thanks in advance!!  

Gregg

[namfos]

I've been doing likewise but with the Salmon River and Pulaski over the last 35+ years via I-81.  ;-)

The Pine Creek Valley ("Grand Canyon of the East") is essentially parallel to US15 and a little bit to the west. Two Pine Creek tribs of note are Cedar Run and Slate Run. Google/Bing 'em.  Also check the PA Fish and Boat Commission web site: they have some cool GIS mapping that will help your narrow things down.

Mark

[davidwi...@gmail.com]

Well, you drive over the Yellow Breeches just north of Dillsburg (before Harrisburg). That's super prime trout water. You can fish right under the bridge, or go west to Williams Grove or East to Grantham College for good access.

And yes, Trout Run is a very fine stream.

On Friday, December 16, 2016 at 4:38:43 PM UTC-5, Greggory DiSalvo wrote:

[Greggory DiSalvo]

Awesome.  Thanks for the information. Makes it much easier to do my own directed googling!  I will let y'all know if I end up stopping, but if not this time, I will certainly try on one of my future trips.  Here's to hoping the PA and NY weather holds out for some fishing.  I'll be trying for some lakers and browns from shore on Canandaigua lake, but need to avoid the duck hunters that will also be on the property!  

Gregg

On Friday, December 16, 2016 at 4:38:43 PM UTC-5, Greggory DiSalvo wrote:

[namfos]

Finger Lakes! Tres nice! - Some of my favorite country.

Mark

[Yambag Nelson]

If you are up near canadaigua why not try Naples?  It gets rainbows and some browns in the fall.  Will probably be more productive than fishing the lake from shore.  If you really want to do that, I have caught pickerel from shore at the fishing access point down near the south end.

[Greggory DiSalvo]

Naples Creek is on the list.  I spoke with folks at the sutton spoon shop last week and they said some were reporting some small/medium browns moving up the creek still, but they don't have as much intel as usual due to the low water conditions in summer.  I am packing my 3 weight, hoping to target some of the smaller residential fish, but who knows what I might find.  I scouted the creek in August and it was bone dry about a mile in....really bad drought this year.

They also stock the Canandaigua outlet, but that is more for kids.  Speaking of pickeral, I was able to pull two off the point in October which was fun.  We have a cottage on Tichenor point which has a great drop off!  

My Dad's parents had a cottage on Waneta (at the base of keuka).  I only used spin gear and bait casters back then, but saw and hooked into some massive muskie.  Great muskey lake!

On Friday, December 16, 2016 at 4:38:43 PM UTC-5, Greggory DiSalvo wrote:

[Yambag Nelson]

I wouldn't mess with the outlet.  While they do stock it, it is primarily a smallmouth fishery which are out of season.  Like you said, the trout are put and take.  

There isn't much of a resident fishery in most of those tribs.  Juevenile rainbows before they drop down to the lake, but nothing worth targetting.  I don't know what flows are like now, but there used to always be lake run rainbows in there this time of year.  They are a bit smaller on average than the spring run fish, but still nice fish.

[Greggory DiSalvo]

Hi all thanks for all the suggestions.  I used the drive as scouting as I got a later start than anticipated and didn't want to license up for maybe an hour of daylight.  I did pull over an do some walking.  Looks promising and I can't wait to try some of these PA streams.  I do have NY license already, so I managed some fishing up in Canandaigua.  Pulled a small pickerel out off the point, but that was it.  I then tried Naples creek.  Really pretty little stream.  I did not see a thing in there sadly, but talked to two other anglers, one who claimed he caught a 5-pound rainbow in one of the deep holes.  Who knows....I will be trying again soon hopefully.  

On Friday, December 16, 2016 at 4:38:43 PM UTC-5, Greggory DiSalvo wrote: