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Anyone familiar with the Finger Lakes area of NY? I've already hit Chittenengo Creek and 9 Mile Creek. Both have some smaller browns both wild and some stockers. I have another week or so up here it looks like.

Also,if they had enough spring tension to actually push grease through the bearing,it would probably pop the grease seal loose unless they were a really tight fitting seal. But,yeah they look cool.

I know, right?. You’d think with all the cameras they have everywhere to catch illegal urinating and drinking that they could catch some of these people🙄.

I’ve called a few times in the past too. Montauk and Bennett. But, if I took it upon myself to police all the regulations I’d spend most of my day on the phone. Its obvious that the agents don’t really give a crap. Otherwise there’d be someone there every weekend. And they’d be busy writing tickets. So the solution in your mind is for the people to police the people?? Yeah, that’ll work.

Why is it my job?? Besides that, the agents are known to frequent these sites. Maybe just the mention of it will get some results. Probably not, but I don’t feel that I should be doing their job. Most likely the people committing these violations would be gone by the time an agent got there. Am I supposed to stake out their vehicles and get a plate number too?? Just because you don’t care about it doesn’t make it right or OK for that matter. I have talked to Agent Milligan a couple times about it. But obviously it isn’t a priority. And not not knowing the rules isn’t an excuse. Especially when I’ve seen the violators walk right past the signs stating the rules. I guess they can’t read??? Give me a break. If if this was happening on a small mouth stream most of you guys would be up in arms about this. LOL

Against the rules but who really cares ..... wow. Whats so funny Snagged?? Breaking rules is funny?? Or is it your normal nose in the air routine for anyone who enjoys fishing at trout parks? I know I’ve heard your disdain for Bennett and people that fish there. Don’t really care what you think. Rules are rules no matter where you are.

I’d have to keep them on speed dial smallie. Also I’d have to carry my phone, which I hate doing while fishing. Just seems like a little random enforcement and make it visible would really help.

Anyone else notice this going on with more frequency??? The last couple times I’ve been down fishing I’ve noticed it happening quite regularly. One time a family of 4-5 people pull up and park across from the hole above the Holland Dam. They proceeded to break out a Tupperware container with some type of dough bait and they put it on small treble hooks. Tossed it out behind the people wading and started catching and keeping about a dozen trout all on one stringer. Unbelievable. Then last weekend there was 2 people sitting at the bottom landing on the steps by the bridge hole using power bait right out of the jar. Also a little farther downstream past the high bank hole there was another couple people tossing gulp curly tail grubs. Saw the package myself. How can an an agent possibly not catch these people??? I’m mean I wasn’t sneaking around and watching these people. They were blatantly out in the wide open. No care in the world. An undercover agent could rake in fines all weekend there. I don’t feel it’s my job to tell these folks the rules. Even if I did, with the short trigger people have now days it could possibly be dangerous to ones health to do so. Rant Over.......

Not sure when I’m headed to Syracuse NY. Maybe the 4th. Maybe the day after Memorial Day. Got about a 4 month job up there , off and on a couple weeks at a time. I’ll be down this weekend till Sunday night. Then back down next Friday through Monday. The RV Park I’m at has their annual cookout this weekend. So I guess I’ll go down unless something comes up tomorrow for the weekend.

Yeah.. This is a family orientated site. Save the harsh stuff for around the campfire. LOL

There was a few people complaining about that drop off on FB Friends of Bennett Springs. If you're dumb enough to blindly wade into the water, even if it's familiar water, you deserve a good dunking.

Heck, might as well grab a spinning rod and chuck rooster tails all day!LOL!

Get a cheap extra reel and have a full sink line put on it. Change reels as needed for the type of fishing you’re doing.

I'm headed down Wednesday morning. I've been watching the weather and it's kinda all over the place. Hopefully we get some dry time. Rain will surely lower the crowd count though.

Me too.... You old Grinch LOL Gonna be too many green jeans and jackets there for you Wrench??

Maybe they had no choice but to go out in it??? Hard to say with any certainty.

The last few days of the catch and keep season was pretty decent fishing. The last couple hours was fantastic. I almost had the entire stream from the run below the Holland Dam all the way up to the spring to myself. A couple of people were there before 5. But after that it cleared out and the fishing was fantastic. I caught a ton of fish and a few of them were really nice fish pushing 3lbs. This year was a pretty decent year at Bennett. Fish size seemed to be better over all and there was a pretty good mix of sizes to be caught. I could’ve been happier with less crowds but I guess the fish size comes at a cost. Looking forward to C&R season now. Bring it on!!

Yeah I got them. I haven’t had a chance to fish them yet. Been catching plenty of fish on my normal stuff. I’ll give it a whirl tomorrow and see how it works. I tied up a couple variations. I’ll let you know when I fish them.

Should be a pretty good weekend. Cool temps and warm campfires. Time to winterize the camper and get ready for C&R season. Hopefully it won’t be too crowded with youth firearms season going on. Make sure if you’re fishing the river this weekend to have flo orange on. It’s been a pretty good regular season at Bennett from what I’ve seen. Good average fish size. More big fish for people to catch. The hatchery people did a good job saving the hatchery from being wiped out again. Many good things this year. Well.... except for the larger crowds. LOL.. Well, bring on the winter C&R!!!

I'd wait for a weekday trip or a trip after the catch and release opener the 2nd Friday of November if you want to avoid the crowds. Even then, the Frdays and Mondays are less crowded during catch and release. If it's a nice day count on it being crowded, crappy weather days equal less people.

You thinking of the Animas??? I know the spill from the mine had the Animas messed up for a little while. I’ve been reading reports from Abe’s and Fisheads saying it’s been pretty good. But who knows what would motivate a business to give false info to boost business.

Anyone else notice the amount of people at Bennett lately?? I went down last weekend thinking it wouldn't be too awful. Boy was I wrong. Tons of people and they were there all day. Usually you can find a lull somewhere in the day. Not this past weekend. Seems like the crowds overall this year have been bigger. I sure wish that I could hit the stream more on the week days. But, work comes first and vacation time is limited. At one time a guy could look forward to winter fishing and smaller crowds. That hasn't held true either the last couple years. Even on days when they weather was questionable. Im glad fuel prices have gone down and the fish size has improved. But, it comes at a cost I guess. Maybe it's time to make a trip out to the San Juan in NM.

Well I hope you and your daughter have a good time. I'm just hoping for decent weather. I'm sure you can find A few windows of a lesser crowd in the park. It'll be a little crazy in the morning. I've been finding that zone 1 up by the gauge house in the evening has been pretty quiet. Not always, but occasionally.

Where you going to be Wrench??? I'll make sure you and your daughter get the full experience of a trout park....LOL Actually, I'll be down so I can make it over to HVO for that shindig. Not completely sure what it's all about but I'll be there.