This Week on Upstater: Exploring the Reservoirs

  |  September 21, 2015
pepacton reservoir

Pepacton Reservoir via Catskillcenter.org

Did you know that you can fish nearly all of the NYC DEP-regulated reservoirs here in Upstaterland? True story, and while we aren’t serious anglers ourselves, aside from dipping a line in the water a time or two, we know that many of our dear readers love to go fishing. So we got to thinking: With fall on the wing and the colors already starting to pop out, reservoir fishing sounds like a great way to covertly leaf-peep without having to fight the crowds. What’s more, a DEP fishing license, which is absolutely required for reservoir fishing, is free. And, because we’re real estate junkies and can’t resist looking at the listings everywhere we go, we thought we’d explore some of the property offerings around the various reservoirs in the Hudson Valley and Catskills. Stay tuned…

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