3-14-09 1st float of 2009! Water temperature 37. Bob S. and John M. shown here with a lunker 27" 8 lb. walleye, boated 15 eyes and one yellow perch.

4-5-09 1st Trout Float! 10 Brown trout came to the net today. Evan P. with a nice 19 1/2" Brownie!

4-5-09 Mike P. with the seasons 1st 20" brown trout. West Branch.

4-9-09 Mike P. with a healthy 19" West Branch Brown Trout near Balls Eddy.

4-9-09 Todd V. shows off a fat 19 1/2" West Branch Brown Trout.

4-13-09 Dave C. boated this beautifully colored 20" Brown Trout near Hancock, N.Y.

4-15-09 Frank G. had a great day on the West Branch. Here's the big one, a 21" hook-jawed Brownie!

4-16-09 Jack M. took this fat-feisty 19" Brown trout at the Mud Flats. West Branch.

4-16-09 Jack M. with a sweet 18" Brownie south of Balls Eddy. West Branch.

4-16-09 Jack. M. Battled this Big Beautiful Brown trout (21") near Hancock on the West Branch.

4-18-09 Gary M. with a perfect 18" West Branch brownie.

4-18-09 Gary M. with big chunky 22 1/2" chain pickerel. "junction pool". Hancock, NY.

4-21-09 The shad are here! Mike P. and Stefan S. (shown here) landed 4 nice buck shad at divers Rock today. Two on Flutter Spoons, two on darts.

4-23-09 Jim K. with the 1st rainbow trout of the season! A fat, sassy 21" fish. Near Hankins, N.Y.

4-24-09 Dick S. starts off the day with a beautiful 20" brown trout. Hankins, N.Y.

4-24-09 Dick S. methodically working the riff above callicoon Two rainbows landed here.

4-24-09 -Dick S. finishes up his great day with this slammer 21" brownie in fast water at Hollister Eddy.

4-27-09 Matt B. nailed this nice 21" buck shad at "Divers Rock" on a Flutter Spoon. Seven species of game fish today.

4-28-09 "Shad on a Fly" Mike L. landed this 20" fresh buck shad on a clouser minnow near Ten Mile River. Eight fish species today. Wow!

4-30-09 Don B. caught this hot 21" buck shad on ultra-lite tackle near Narrowsburg on the "Big D".

5-2-09 Peter M. caught this bruiser brown trout 21 1/2" on an Elk Hair Caddis #16. Mike P. with the net and release at Long Eddy.

5-4-09 Eddie B hit the "Grand Slam": brown, rainbow, bass and walleye on today's 1/2 day float. Here is a healthy 17" rainbow.

5-11-09 Tireless nympher Peter L. fishes a rift near Hankins, N.Y.

5-11-09 Jim M. swings a woolly bugger in swift water near Kellams Bridge.

5-11-09 Jim M. photographed this Quill Gordon (Iron Frauditor). An April hatch a bit late.

5-11-09 Mike P. with Peter L.'s thick 17 1/2" rainbow at the head of the "Sippin' Hole".

5-13-09 Mike P. boated this healthy energetic 19" brown trout down below Narrowsburg.

5-15-09 David L. had a good day bass fishing. Here's a 15" smallie near Masthope Brook.

5-15-09 Bill C. joins in with this 17" bass at Westcolang Eddy.

5-16-09 Augie and Neil had 6 species on their 1/2 day float today! Here is Neil with an 18 1/2" smallmouth.

5-16-09 Wow! Neil B. had a ball landing this 25" 6 lb. roe shad today near the Ten Mile River.

5-20-09 John M. battles a fly rod buck shad at Ten Mile River. John and Mike brought five shad to the net today, 4 buck and 1 roe.

5-24-09 Chris M. boated this feisty buck shad at Hop Eddy. Chris and Bob landed six species of fish today including six out of eight shad hookups.

5-24-09 Bob. G. with one "hot shad"! This big buck ran 75 yards of 4 lb. line out before Bob could turn him towards the boat at Ten Mile River today.

5-26-09 Steady rain at dusk near Callicoon finds "river rat" Stefan S. and a hot 21" rainbow taken on a sulfur. Nice fish!

"Golden Stone" 5-27-09 Jim M. took some time off from fishing to photograph some aquatic insects.

"Lt. Cahill" 5-27-09 Photo by Jim M. A tasty treat for trout, bass and panfish. Down below Narrowsburg.

"BWO" 5-27-09 The bugs were hatching today. Blue-Winged Olive (Mayfly). Photo by Jim M.

5-27-09 Another fresh American Shad in the net. Caught by Lamar U. below Narrowsburg.

5-27-09 Lamar U. had a good day landing shad and bass near Narrowsburg today. Here's a feisty, fat roe shad.

6-05-09 Joe K. with a beautiful 18" brown trout which he took on a hand-tied gray caddis at dusk near Shehawkin Creek.

6-17-09 Early morning on the lower West Branch. John J. and Pete L. (pictured) boated 13 trout and 2 walleyes. What a day!

6-18-09 Jim D. had a great day landing 13 brown trout. Seven over 16"! Here's a nice 18 incher near Deposit on the West Branch.

6-18-09 Trout fishing is excellent due to cool rainy weather and releases on the W. and E. Branches. Here lies a perfect 17" brown before releasing.