Kensico Reservoir is at Point Pleasant and Harrison. To reach the facilities at Louden Cove from Harrison, take Route 120 north past the airport, and travel another one-half mile. The cove will be on your left. From Katonah, at the intersection of routes 22 and 120, take Route 120 south for just over a mile. Louden Cove is on the right.

CROSS RIVER RESERVOIR
Westchester County anglers are lucky to have another fine impoundment in the region offering good trout fishing. This one is Cross River Reservoir near Katonah.

Cross River Reservoir, with a surface area of some 930 acres, is a deep impoundment with a maximum depth of 120 feet. Expect a strong thermocline to develop, so the maximum summer fishing depth is between 25 and 30 feet. The lake is a little over three miles long and has a mean depth of 35 feet.

This Bedford Township reservoir was formed by the damming of the Cross River, which continues west and empties into the Muscoot Reservoir. Part of the Croton system of reservoirs belonging to New York City, it has one large, spike-shaped bay slanted to the northeast that's worth exploring for summer trout.

The reservoir is stocked with brown trout. An annual spring planting adds at least 6,000 brownies to the lake. Typically, they are between 8 and 9 inches in length. The outlet at the bottom of the dam receives an annual spring stocking of brown and rainbow trout. While the rainbows are the standard size, some of the browns are a tad larger, between 12 and 15 inches in length.

The deep holes in the lake are down by the dam. One good area is the second major bay up from the dam on the north shoreline. The point before this bay has the typical fast dropoff associated with most reservoir points, but the bay has the more gradual break. Across a parallel line running between the two points on either side of this bay, you'll find a trench of 40 feet. On the upper end, the lake is much shallower, and the decline is less dramatic.

The forage base at Cross River Reservoir is primarily alewives. Cross Fork Reservoir has only one trout regulation, restricting the minimum size of the trout to 12 inches and the daily creel limit to three fish.

All this good fishing is to be found just 25 miles from New York City. From state Route 12-B, take Route 46 to U. S. Route 20.

RONDOUT RESERVOIR
In the southern Catskills, this large New York City reservoir offers angling for stocked brown trout and a burgeoning population of lakers.

Rondout Reservoir is in Sullivan and Ulster counties, with its tall dam and the bulk of the impoundment in Ulster County. This is the deepest of the Catskill Mountain reservoirs with a maximum depth of over 170 feet. Overall, the lake contains 2,100 acres and stretches out to 6.5 miles in length. There is shallow water here but even so, the mean depth of Rondout Reservoir is about 75 feet.

Each June, Rondout Reservoir receives roughly 4,400 brown trout in the 8- and 9-inch class. This later-than-normal stocking means you're likely to find more trout in this impoundment come July.