09-03-09, 09:37 PM | #1 |
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First trip after moving to New York
Finally got enough things unpacked to get the boat out for the first time after moving here. I went to Upper Saranac Lake for a few hours from 3-7:30 P.M. and had some fun, the lake is huge and will take me a while to figure things out. First thing I found was a rock pile in 25-28' that had several smallies on it, here's my first bass as a New Yorker:
I moved around a bit exploring and found some small bass and was surprised by how many fish in general are in the lake, lots of perch! I found some bass chasing schools of perch in a weedbed near an island in 7' and caught this one on a jerkbait: He coughed up an 8" perch on his way to the boat. Found another spot with bass busting on perch like crazy and had at least 20 blow ups on a spook but no hookups. ? Very strange, so I threw the jerkbait again and that seemed to work a lot better. Here's a couple other pics of the lake near sundown: What a pretty place, I can't wait to get back out there. I'll try to remember my camera next time and not just the phone, but I have not found it yet in the mess of boxes still waiting to be unpacked. |
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What a great 1st trip on the water. Looks like a you found a gold mine.
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Man...awesome fishin hole. Hawg smallies there too. Post more pics of the chocolate bass!!
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Man, those are some hawg smallies.....wow, nice first outting.
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09-04-09, 07:11 AM | #5 |
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Bender, if I were you, I woulda tried to catch some big fish on my first trip out
lol, those are seriously awesome fish though man! Looks like a great trip, and glad the move went good for ya. BB
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Sweet Smallies!
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great job chris we are all proud for ya! Its great to score on a new lake, you may have found areas that locals overlooked for years. Those smallies are bronze beauties!
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Those are some pretty, healthy looking hawgs. Good job, man...
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It sure is pretty up that way isn't it! We should hook up and hit the water sometime next season.
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Way to go Bender! Gotta love hooking up like that on your first trip out! Great fish, man!
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Great bass man those are some seriously solid small mouth!
Oh, and just an FYI, I heard that lead is illegal to use in NY, not sure though. NY sure is perddy!
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Thanks guys, I went to a different lake today and caught some but nothing worth a picture. Hopefully heading out tomorrow before the crowds. The only bad thing about fishing up here is the ramps are generally very small and there is no parking for a truck and trailer this long.
Bassboss, I checked into that and the law is strange. In NY you are not allowed to sell any lead weights less than 3/4 or 1 oz. Since I pour my own it seems that I am O.K. It does appear that in VT and NH you cannot use lead. Without a job for a while I sure as heck can't afford tunsten drop shot weights, especially as many as I go through in the rocks up here. Maybe I can just powder paint my lead ones if I have to. |
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Bender,
That is the first time I've seen the lead law actually fight what it proposes to fight. If the concern is waterfowl ingesting lead, well, yeah...it would only be the small weights. If a duck sucks up a 1oz sinker, it was too dumb to live anyways. California goes and bans lead outright, as if lead is just bad, bad, bad. Dummies.
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What about jigs than?
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Nice bronze backs..Those look huge
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The whole Saranac chain is full of bass and some big pike also, great fishery and enjoy yourself in God's country
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Nice job Bender!!
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Nice fish man. Upper New York is so nice and the water is great. Great place to move
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