If you are raring to go for some trout fishing in the New York state, there are actually a number of New York waters that can be considered as best hotspots when it comes to trout fishing. First stop is the Lime Lake Outlet, which can be considered a typical stream where trout abound; only that it is much challenging and exciting than any other New York streams. The stream is quite parallel to a busy road for almost all its length; Lime Lake has an avid following of fishermen from the Cattaraugus County. Lined by plant and vegetations such as alders, Lime Lake is populated by bigger-than-the-average trout that must have seen a wide array of lures and baits and just turned their noses up at most.

Lime Lake Outlet is also home to a sizeable brown trout population. It has recorded in state surveys of trout fish measuring up to 2 feet in length. The stream likewise holds some wild rainbow trout as well as a number of native brookies that can be found in the higher reaches. It is estimated that the outlet's trout population is around 150 pounds of fish for every acre, which makes the area one of the densest in terms of trout population.

Another popular New York stream is the Naples Creek, considered one of the state's finest trout streams. When it comes to the Naples, many New York residents has the opinion that there are just two kinds of trout angling, rainbow fishing - and all else that's there to fish. These traditional fishermen would not even think of starting the state trout fishing season in any waters other than Naples Creek that really attracts yearly spawning of large rainbow trout.

Definitely, Naples Creek is rainbow trout territory. The stream, which empties to the southern tip of Canandaigua Lake, as well as its prominent tributaries regularly produce rainbow trout weighing 2 to 8 pounds, and likewise hold a good number of spawners up to the end of April.

Another great rainbow trout stream is the Salmon Creek which located in Cayuga County and transformed by a fall in Ludlowville hamlet. Underneath the falls is found the spawning stream for salmon and trout of Cayuga. Above the Ludlowville all the way to the headwaters on the northern portion of Genoa is a fine fishery for brown trout. Anglers who only know Salmon Creek too well can actually fish the last mile or so of the stream for 3 to 7-pound rainbow trout during spring. Browns and landlocked Atlantic trout on the other hand, abound in the months of October and November. From April all throughout the summer season, upper end of Salmon Creek is teeming with stream-bred brown trout, many measuring up to 15 inches in length.