DEC sampled the annual rainbow trout spawning run on Catharine Creek. Here's the outlook for the opening day of fishing ...

These caps, Nilson said, will be melted down into a plastic lumber material and crafted into two rainbow benches in April. “I think they are enjoying contributing to the community,” Nilson said.

but the potential of hooking a spawning rainbow trout grown big and fat in the rich lake environment will draw crowds of trophy-seeking anglers from all over New York and beyond April 1.