Woodland Valley Ck is a small brookie stream. Can be a little tough when the water is low and clear, fish can go nuts with a little color. It has a major state campground on it so it gets plenty of fishing pressure near the campground.
NYS tried to clean up the muddy water, but it didn't work. The Portal is part of the NYC water system. It takes water from the north flowing Schoharie system and feeds the Esopus which goes into Ashoken Reservoir, which is a major holding reservoir for Catskill water. The water comes from near the bottom of Schoharie reservoir, so the Portal forms a sort of tailwater. The soils of the Schoharie drainage have a lot of red clay which settles in the Schoharie Res and then get shuttled to the Esopus through the Portal. The reservoir was drained and the inlet raised a little to keep it out of the mud, but it didn't work very well. Hurricane Irene did enormous damage to the Schoharie drainage and huge quantities of sediment went back into the reservoir.
Esopus used to be among the most popular Catskill rivers. Not so much now, but still plenty of fish to catch
