Kevin J Legg

Love that night bite.

Prof T, Welcome to the board. Lots of information is shared here. I'm not sure where on the river you are located but I'm from near Alex Bay. I can't think of a better area to live for an outdoorsman. Since retiring from teaching 6 years ago I've been living the dream. Feel free to send me a pm if you'd like to chat as I've lived in the area for nearly 40 years and have quite a lot of information I'm willing to share. Those Lake smallmouths are certainly pigs. I caught some Kings in the trench on Monday and got some of those smallies by Galoo a couple weeks ago. Generally I'm night fishing the walleyes near Alex Bay or fish the Indian river lakes during the summer. Come fall I'm chasing waterfowl , deer and turkey. Plenty to do within two hours of here. Life is good!

My wife and I fished a couple hours last night and caught about a dozen largemouths. Senkos and topwater both took fish but the ones we took in shallow on the top were smaller than those on Senkos on the weed drop offs.

That full moon has me thinking walleyes.

Prayers for him and his family.

I've had my very best catches fishing the St Lawrence during the July and August full moon periods this summer and I'm looking forward to the upcoming one in Sept. Not that it's been bad fishing during many different phases throughout the summer.

The Chaumont, Black River Bay fish do seem to disappear by the end of May. I fish the Alex Bay region of the St Lawrence from around July 4th through the fall and catch a mixed bag, many 20-26" walleyes with a few smaller and a some in the 8-10 pound range. Interestingly, seldom do I catch any under 16". In August there is some excellent fishing on some deeper shoals like Charity and Galoo Island in 30-50 fow out in the lake on both the US and Canadian side. These are often 8-12 pound fish and I believe are the same fish we catch latter in the fall (before ice up) in BOQ not the juveniles. I also have fished BOQ for many years and catch many smaller fish(eaters) in the spring and pigs in the fall and through the ice. It certainly appears the larger fish roam out into the big lake in the summer and early fall and return in late fall. Both Quinte and Chaumont had good ice fishing last winter and good spring fishing as well. Could some of the Chaumont, Black River Bay fish be roaming down into the river to feed on the abundant gobies? I'm not certain as there is a good population throughout the river and an excellent population down by Ogdensburg and Lisbon. Incidentally last winter many small sub 18" fish were caught down near Ogdensburg likely due to there stocking program. I'm fortunate to live in a great area for both eaters and trophies and I agree that the ones 18-24" are the best to eat. I also agree in "releasing a pig too big for the pan and too small for the wall". I've caught many over 10# but have yet to hang a 13# and I'm not certain I'll get her mount when it happens. It would certainly be interesting to do a tag study on these fish to learn exactly where they are roaming.