John Rowen — Finding surprises after a lifetime of fishing

“You go fishing and there’s an infinite possibility for surprise,” says Guilderland angler John Rowen.He’s fished trout streams in Rensselaer County that are no wider than a driveway and found 17-inch trout in them, “which is crazy,” he says with glee.

Rowen was fishing once after a tropical storm blew through the area and caught a beautiful rainbow trout. Another time, he was fishing when, he recalled, “All of a sudden, the stream bottom started to move and I looked closer … There was a snapping turtle about 15 feet upstream from where I was that was about the size of a manhole cover.”

Rowen finds the many encounters he has with fish and with nature very appealing.

In this week’s Enterprise podcast, recorded on April 1, the traditional opening day for trout season, Rowen provides a primer for would-be anglers.

Read the full article at https://altamontenterprise.com/04122022/after-lifetime-fishing-rowen-still-finds-surprises

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