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i will post the open lakes as they become fishable. (opened by the park)4 corners pond- sterling forest.
I will update daily.
Sterling has Eagle Pond, Blue Lake, and Four Corners Pond open.
eagle lake is another mudpuddle, but i will check tomorrow on blue lake. i didn't check today.
Back when what is now Sterling Forest State Park was private property under the direction of the Sterling Forest Corp.(you paid a yearly fee to fish) walleye were stocked in Blue Lake even then the number caught or should I say reported and talked about were low.A friend of mine is one of the few people I known with photographic proof of a walleye catch .(a seven pound beauty) This was in the late 1980's I do not think NY. state has ever stocked walleye in Blue Lake there could be a few naturally reproducing fish left. Eagle Lake as Pooley says is a small lake it was drawn down a few year back to repair it's spillway I do not know if it ever was restocked. At one time it was a hot lake for chain pickerel on tip ups >my personal best chain pickerel is from Eagle Lake (25 inches). I would think the northern most of the Laurel Meadows ponds should be open it is another mud puddle to quote Pooley. My thanks also Pooley for your updates on lakes open for fishing. If you do not want to wait for Pooley's reports the phone number for the Sterling Forest visitor's center is (845-351-5907) Steve
i would go in the south entrance, and go to the fishermans parking lot, in between the 2 entrances, on the west side of the lake.http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_pdf/rkldlkmap.pdf
only nawahunta, and rockland lake.
what do you think is going on with harriman pooley? .. we are the same age.. i been doing that place for years and it seems nonesense to me they are keeping it closed ! there is more than enough ice!
my firehouse friend and i were just talking about that! we have no idea.