Central NY anglers still reeling in the trout

Trout fishing opener a time of celebration for local anglers

FORESTVILLE — The Root River riffled clear over rocks, the wind was tolerable last Saturday on the opening day of the regular trout fishing season in Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park, one of the region’s most popular, yet Xee Yang had a big stretch of the river all to himself. That was his reward for sticking to it, to working the second shift of the opener around 3 p.m. The opener, when anglers can keep a limit of five trout, is a festival, …

Central NY anglers still reeling in the trout

Following in the footsteps of his grandfather Robert Cleghorn, Colton Cleghorn, 5, of Jamesville, caught a 15-inch brown trout in Butternut Creek with his dad. He was using worms, and released the fish in a family-owned pond.