Hi guys Can you eat fish from Seneca Lake? Thank you

Great video. Sometimes really good streams are hiding in plain sight. People drive by and think nothing of them. There is one within walking distance of me here in central PA... practically in town. Finally tried it this Spring and caught a 14" brown in a stream about the size of yours today. Great fun.

Out of all the wild trout fishing i do i finally met a conservation officer fishing for wilds in NY recently. Never did in NJ or PA. Maybe at lakes and stocked trout streams but never while going for wild trout. They seem to have a better care and patrol for their resources :) ! I had a great interaction with them too, mostly talked about local brook trout stuff in the area and got advice as a non-resident. He actually hiked in almost a quarter mile through the woods just to find me too. Awesome commitment and it surprised me in a good way lol. Step 2 on looking at maps; there's a lot of nifty tools you can combine with it such as tax maps, state maps of what is public land and what is accessible, and google street views. Often there's a nice trail head somewhere far that you can hike into vs a bridge. Or you can park somewhere down the road and find a place to park away and walk the road to get into a public stream that lacks parking immediately there. NY DEC will list some state parks with fishing information and give a quick description of any wild trout too. So if you're curious about a creek, look up if it's state park and check DEC's website on it. PA has an incredible trout-map showing where there is likely-natural reproduction, along with Class A. Mind they dont have everything and some creeks in fact do have wild trout. NJ has similar. I actually like how NY doesnt have it well defined on maps. One thing i look out for is the mileage of what the creek is. Often 2 miles is a nice creek to fish, any more the better, it has enough water. 1 mile can be sketchy. Be sure to acknowledge any lakes upstream can warm up the water and sorta reduce the likelihood of wild trout. Lastly, Google Earth can help going back to historical satellite views of winter months; when there are less trees on the leaves ideally. That way you can determine how wide a creek is or if it's looking like a really skinny headwater. Also helps with seeing if there's good side parking in case there's no street view. This is all good stuff to do at home if you're bored and save a few gallons in the gas tank :P but as you mentioned, just going out there and driving is really good. At home i set up pins on stuff i want to check out and get a driving plan on what to scout out for when i go out. Summer is a great time too especially during near-droughts to see if the creek even has water normally.

I was an awesome video. Nice fish, beautiful I caught one yesterday just like that real dark one that you caught in the video holding right out of a big rock.

Brown trout are beautiful. I caught one yesterday and I give it away to a little kid because I didn’t have nothing to keep in

Great summer day onstream. Thanks a million for shooting and sharing. Stay hooked! Bill

Solid Trout indeed, well worthwhile returning as the sun goes down, a pleasure watching your videos John and also good to see that its not just me who can go a few hours and land nothing! Tight Lines.

Wow, its crazy you've overlooked this stream all this time, turned out to be a gem. As per usual when I watch your videos I'm trying to learn something. What was your take on why the AM was challenging? Looks like that stream got some recent rain, were there many risers or were most hook ups on nymphs?

Absolutely loved the adventure of exploring a "new" stream. Loved the walk in footage - it was like being there with you.

Great Fun!! 🐸🔱

just subscribed for the creek trout fishing, but the adirondack lake fishing is nice to see. I usually do an annual camping trip there in the spring but had to cancel this year's. Forgot how incredible the lakes look with the conifers and mountains in the distance. We usually go for topwater smallmouth and pike on swimbaits.

Really great seeing these videos from where I grew up.

Great video. Nothing better than exploring a small stream and being rewarded with beautiful trout. Keep up the good work.

Love the perseverance John and thanks for making another great video

Great trip John, beautiful trout. Thanks.

Awesome little stream!

Sorry, John to bug with more questions, but where were these little trout streams when I was a kid growing up in Geneva in the 60's? When were these browns introduced to this part of NY?

Fantastic video

Thanks for the video, I have camped, canoed and fished Raquette Lake and it was fun to see you get on some bass. Tight Lines!

Sweet spot under that little waterfall. Beautiful scenery and pretty Browns too. Thanks for sharing, Tight Lines!

There he is” fabulous 2nd round great video 🤙🏼

Second video of yours tonight. I can’t think of a better way to spend a Sunday night.

Thanks John you always kill it!

Nice video thanks for sharing

I really enjoy ur videos! thank you.

Great looking creek. Wonder what late fall or springtime will produce.

Those Last two were absolute tanks for that small stream.

Nice looking creek, try again in the Fall

Please do a casting instructions video. Your casting is beautiful

i grew up in Union County, PA, there was a cold, mountain stream loaded with native brookies. Would spend basically every day of the summer on this particular stream pulling out 6-8" brookies. There was one hole, about 400 yards from where I entered, a big tree root system near the head of a pool about 10' from the bottom of a rapid. Maybe was about 6' deep. Threw in a Mepps Black Magic 00 into the rapid and let it drift into the pool. Saw a flash, and my little ultra light setup just bent. Ended up being a 17.5" male brookie. a fantastic fish, showed him to my dad (back in those days, you mounted fish like that), and said that fish was probably 15 years old, and likely was the biggest fish in that stream. Only threats to these fish are the black bears, and the occassional fisherman. That summer, I saw 2 fisherman the entire summer on that stream. Heading back there next week with my 7'6" 3 wt fly rod.

Another enjoyable video. I love the music. It adds a lot to the photography. Keep going with it.

Unfortunate on that bruiser. 22+. My father-in-law is from the Alpine/Cayutaville area and it was always a beautiful area to visit. Didn't get to fish much, but hooe to in the near future. Great content on all your videos.

Anyone that leaves the chair by the woodstove in january , and jumps into that cold water, deserves nice fish like those!

Thinking of going on a trip this fall, I’m from southern NH. Do you like Seneca or Cayuga lake better for trout/salmon? Is the south parts of the lake better in the fall (that’s what I’ve been reading)? Great videos!

Getting close to that time of the year again. I live in Rochester area and also have a nice honey hole up here if you ever want to fish it let me know. I don't usually get down below Naples. But willing to travel....

I’m surprised you didn’t break out a flyrod for some bass action. Nice video though, thank you for sharing it with us.

That's a really beautiful area. I know a couple of spots a couple of miles from there with heritage strain brook trout. The fish are native and are genetically the same as fish which were there when glaciers receded from the region.

Beautiful video. Was up there probably 40 years ago, great place to be. Thanks.

Hard to beat the ADK. Fishing can be hit and miss, depends on the lake and there are no shortage of them in the ADK's!

Hey Jon omgoodness I was wondering where your videos went. I turned my notifications off. I discovered it and bam there was a video of ya. Fishing in 1 of the best places in the world. Fabulous video.

Great video and love the change of pace from your other videos but when I saw the title I was incredibly excited. I spent mid July fishing the feeder creeks of Racquette and Forked using so many of the techniques I learned here and had a great native Brook Trout trip. Again, love the change of pace.

I like the "plan b" crik a lot better too...great video!

Well Done! Really enjoyed your video so much that I subscribed...

Always cool to see videos from the lake i fish! Saw your boat dock setup and i know ive fished your dock for bass before😂 always cool to see great content from locals

Been on my list for a while to head into the finger lakes for some landlocked. I fish Lake Ontario a decent amount...this year has been spectacular with seemingly endless 15 to 20 lb kings and tons of football browns. You would have a field day up there with that setup. Congrats on the fish.

I was thinking you might lose your net. I always keep mine on a lanyard. Thanks a million for taking us along again. Stay hooked! Bill

Love those takes and releases!

I love your Channel. I can't imagine the work it takes to film something of this caliber. I have one critique.... I see a reoccurring theme. You cast from thin water into a deeper pool and then you bring the trout back into that same water. I see that you try to keep the fish's head up. I know you're doing this so you don't spook the pool. I can't help but remember an article I read on nw steelhead. The biologists found that fly fishermen Landing the steelhead in the shallows increased the mortality by 90%. The recommendation was not Landing them in anything shallower than knee deep water. They said their head thrashing against rocks cause neurological injuries which probably killed them. Please try to remember that when you're dragging fish out of their home pool into riffles that are ankle deep.

Enjoyed the video thanks John.

The quality of this video is amazing! I love it !