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Post by hunt6246 on Apr 19, 2007 18:53:04 GMT -5
I'm interested in fishing some of the Adirondack ponds just after ice-out. I have a few particular favorites in the Tupper Lake, Saranac Lake, and Paul Smith's area. I went thru the area two weeks ago and some ponds were iced up, some part way thawed and others could have been fished if you dodged some ice. I was hoping to go there next weekend, so I called the DEC today and they said the ponds were still iced up and almost two feet of snow was blocking access. If anyone hears or sees when ponds in this area are thawed out and reply to this thread or PM me, I'd certainly appreciate it. Thanks.
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Post by issiah on Apr 20, 2007 18:22:51 GMT -5
Hunt, I plan on heading up that way next weekend...hoping to find open water. I'll post what I see. Talked with a guy from up that way yesterday and he said once the bigger lakes open up it is usually about another week and the "Mountain Lakes/Ponds" open up. Are you Familiar with Paul Smith's??? I went to School there. Great times...Nice Area!!
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Post by hunt6246 on Apr 24, 2007 19:41:16 GMT -5
Anyone have any updates? I was hoping to go this weekend or next!
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Post by hunt6246 on Apr 29, 2007 18:46:29 GMT -5
Didn't make it to the mountains this weekend because of the weather forecast. Hoping to have a turkey by next weekend and maybe go then. Any reports on the Tupper, Paul Smith's, Saranac area?
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Post by issiah on Apr 29, 2007 19:33:12 GMT -5
From DEC Website 4/27/07...
Some salmon waters to keep in mind for this time of year are Lake Colby, Lake Clear, and Taylor Pond. Salmon are being caught close to shore with Christmas Trees. Anglers are catching lake trout on Lake Placid from shore.
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Post by hunt6246 on May 8, 2007 21:14:48 GMT -5
Finally got to try my favorite pond this past weekend. Cold 28 degrees each morning, but warmed up (finally) each day. Fishing was very disappointing. Several boats fishing Sunday and we saw only 3 fish caught. We fished (2 boats) on Monday and boated two brookies. There appeared to be a large number of very slender bug cases about 1/2" - 5/8" long (chironomids??) on the surface and the trout we did catch were loaded with a beatle type water insect about 1/2 inch long, 3/16" dia with a brown hard back - not familiar with them or what they're called. Saw a few small flies about 1/2" long that I couldn't identify either. They bobbed into the water and bounced back up repeatedly. Will have to try the DEC at Ray Brook to try to find out what the bugs were. Unless someone has some suggestions to investigate??? We tried all kinds of typical streamers but trolling a mickey finn worked best. Going back in July - hope its better then for the hex hatch.
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Post by hunt6246 on May 10, 2007 19:38:18 GMT -5
Here's a photo of dad with his brookie caught on a Mickey Finn last weekend.
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Post by issiah on May 10, 2007 19:50:31 GMT -5
Nice Fat Brookie! & Great lookin' Country! That's sweet!
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Post by coonhunter92 on May 10, 2007 19:58:29 GMT -5
Nice fish!!! At my hunting camp up in franklin county it has a lake on it (ingraham pond) and they dec came to look on the fish finder and stuff. he said if those are brook trout (its the onyl fish in the lake) you have some biggins. That pic reminds me of the pond
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Post by Adirondack-Jim on May 22, 2007 19:15:10 GMT -5
Great photo!
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Post by hunt6246 on May 22, 2007 19:59:16 GMT -5
Thanks - Dad's 85 years young. Still goes fishing, pheasant, turkey and deer hunting each fall. Former charter captain, one of the originals in the Olcott, NY area - started as a captain in 1981 and we ran a partnership for 20+ years. Had clients for trout and salmon fishing from all over the world and enjoyed every one.
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Post by hunt6246 on Jul 8, 2007 19:44:00 GMT -5
FYI - tried our favorite pond between Tupper and Saranac again this past week. The green drake and hexagenia hatches were very light. Action on brookies and rainbows was slow but steady - evenings only. Weather was cool and overcast most of the time. Only kept two fish, turned everything else back. We had one fellow tell us that the DEC trapped a lot of the big fish out of the pond, presumably for breeder stock. Well, we had a good time, can't catch monsters every time out; guess we'll have to wait for them to grow until next year. This was my third trip through there this year, don't know if I can make it up there again.
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Post by northernborn on Aug 30, 2007 2:38:24 GMT -5
try to make it back, many of the fish are showing nice color already. Had a good frost a week ago or so.
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Post by jfish on Aug 30, 2007 11:15:29 GMT -5
where are you fishing in that pic? anywhere near Croghan/Indian River area?
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Post by northernborn on Aug 31, 2007 23:53:50 GMT -5
nope.
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Post by coonhunter92 on Sept 4, 2007 20:32:17 GMT -5
Your quite the fisherman northernborn..... You sure know where the biggins are!!!
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Post by 2labs on Sept 5, 2007 11:27:47 GMT -5
Those are AWSOME Brookies!!!! Great fish.
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Post by hunt6246 on Sept 17, 2007 15:56:45 GMT -5
I'm headed back to the Adirondack mountains again this weekend - fourth time this year. We're going to Elizabethtown for the craft show and hope to visit the Adirondack Outdoor Co. afterward. We'll be staying in Saranac Lake, so generally we'll be in the Tupper, Saranac & Lake Placid area. I can't walk too far, and don't expect to have more than a few hours to fish. I was wondering if anyone had any information or had tried any of the (highway accessible) trout ponds recently and had any luck. I was wondering about Black Pond or Mountain Pond near Paul Smith's or about Black or Whey ponds near Fish Creek. If so, any suggestions for flies to use would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Post by Issiah on Sept 17, 2007 17:34:59 GMT -5
There is a Rainbow Pond near Paul Smiths that you can drive right up to and fish for Brookies. If I remember right it is Catch & Release artificial only. Dirt Road Leads right to it.
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Post by hunt6246 on Sept 17, 2007 18:13:16 GMT -5
Issiah - I don't find a Rainbow Pond on my topo map. Are you talking about Rainbow Lake? It's about 4-1/2 miles east and slightly north of Paul Smiths. Looks like a pretty sizeable body of water.
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Post by Issiah on Sept 17, 2007 19:12:22 GMT -5
I'm not sure... I haven't been up there in a long time. I remember there is a dirt road that you can drive down to get to it. And we caught brook trout there for one of the studies for the school.
It was in one of the tributary mouths. It was so long ago I can't remember it that well. Probably shouldn't even had brought it up. Sorry!
I got to thinking and there was a place just down the road from the school where we went one time and caught some nice Brookies. Quite a few of em'. It was on Keeses Mill Rd. just a couple miles from the school you'll come to a Good Size Brook on your Left Hand Side. There was good Brook trout fishin' in there!
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Post by northernborn on Sept 28, 2007 23:11:50 GMT -5
I'm headed back to the Adirondack mountains again this weekend - fourth time this year. We're going to Elizabethtown for the craft show and hope to visit the Adirondack Outdoor Co. afterward. We'll be staying in Saranac Lake, so generally we'll be in the Tupper, Saranac & Lake Placid area. I can't walk too far, and don't expect to have more than a few hours to fish. I was wondering if anyone had any information or had tried any of the (highway accessible) trout ponds recently and had any luck. I was wondering about Black Pond or Mountain Pond near Paul Smith's or about Black or Whey ponds near Fish Creek. If so, any suggestions for flies to use would be appreciated. Thanks! sorry i didnt see this earlier, trip all done ? for future trips, black and whey in fish creek are a waste of time for specks, you'll do better in long and or black in paul smiths, I assume you are canoe fishing? if fishing from shore only and don't mind catch and release hit mountain pond north on 30, fish right from the shore between campsites, watch for hang ups on downed trees, but you should nail some beauties, 4 and 5 pounders are not common, but not rare either. if you wet wade a bit on rocks simply head to lake plastic (Placid) and park at the junction of river road and 73 , park there and fish upstream past the ski jumps, full of specks, small but tasty, 12" is a huge one there. another good spot for eating fish is in ray brook, take the road for the prison, I think it is county 32,or 34?, something with a 3...its raybrook rd anyway, park along the tracks, you'll see where everyone parks, some good fish in there, few hammer handles too, so be aware. oh, a good pond by paul smiths just came to mind, 2 really, if you know where rainbow is, go past rainbow and head toward where the white fathers used to be, you'll pass big hope and little hope, both full of specks, better if you have a canoe as the shallows on the far side hold more feeding fish, but catchable from shore too. seasons winding down, now that good fishing is getting going!! so make another trip fast. good luck
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