Modernizing Trout Fishing In The Hudson Valley

CORTLANDT, NY — Trout stream anglers here's your chance! The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is considering changing the way it manages trout streams. As part of that, they're holding a series of public meetings. And one of them will be in Cortlandt on Thursday.

• WHEN: 7– 9PM Thursday, 10/26/17
• WHERE: Cortlandt Town Hall - Vincent Nyberg General Meeting Room, 1 Heady Street, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567

The meeting will provide an overview of the State's approach to trout stream management and elicit feedback from trout stream anglers regarding their preferences and expectations for the management of these waters.

State officials said they need to find out what trout stream anglers want these days.

Since 1990 NYSDEC has generally managed trout streams for a desired catch rate. The number of fish caught per hour has the advantage of being a well-defined and easy-to-understand objective.

However, after nearly three decades, NYSDEC fisheries managers want to ask how well the current management goal satisfies the desires of today's recreational trout stream anglers.

A thorough understanding of the fishery characteristics valued by trout stream anglers is necessary for biologists to identify and develop the strategies needed for the future, they said.

To provide a convenient opportunity for trout stream anglers and other interested members of the public to discuss these questions with NYSDEC biologists, a series of public meetings are being held in each NYSDEC region.

Thursday's meeting in Cortlandt will feature a 30-minute presentation describing how DEC currently manages trout streams and will include key findings of a statewide study completed in 2015. The presentation will be followed by a discussion period aimed at identifying the measures of trout stream angling quality most important to this segment of New York's angling public.

More information about trout stream management, go here.

PHOTO/ NYDEC

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