Paulinskill Float (6/30)

[NickM221]

I meant to make this post way sooner, but between work and trying to squeeze in some fishing, I didn't get to it until now (Sorry Luke!).

Back in early June, The1 and I had made a post asking some questions about floating the Paulinskill River, and we got some very helpful responses from all of you.

We put in at the Paulina Lake Dam and floated down to Brugler Road. The float took longer than expected due to the number of log jams that we had to portage around and the number of fishy holes that we wound up pulling over to fish. Our catches included smallmouth, rock bass, stocked rainbows, sunfish, a walleye, a perch, and a palomino which popped off before we could land it.

Luke and I both agreed that this was a fun float, but between the log jams and low water in some spots, if someone were to try this float, they'd probably be better off in something that's easy to lift like a small, light kayak rather than a canoe.

Thank you again to all of those who gave us info on the river!

Here are some of the better SMBs:





The1 caught this massive bluegill in the same hole as the Palomino:



Here is the Walleye I got:

[icebadger]

nice mixed bag it is good to know that there are walleye in that river.cool report.

[AndyS]

Walleye in the Paulinskill, kewl !!!

[thmyorke1]

Hey look the report

It was a beautiful river, and was exciting to fish.
If we just brought some dynamite for those jams it would have been perfect.