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It amazes,me the amount of stupidity I read on here 

Sitting at the Lumberjack eating breakfast on the way out . 4 days off the grid boys weekend . 

Probably landed 30 pike biggest 37 " 

40 bass most keepers to 21 "" 

More pics to follow after my friends  send them to me of their phones and camara . 

The less people I see up here the better . 

If you are going to cast , spoons are great with maybe a rattle trap or j 13 rapala or diving plug of some sort . 

If you are going to troll ,  j plugs or deep divers like a diving long a bomber .If you don't have downriggers .  

I find the fish like water 12 to 60 ft deep for the most part . Start close and work out . 

Best time and most consistent will be starting  1 st week of Sept on . First light and Dusk best but it is hit and miss . 

I troll out of my 16 ft Alumacraft and have a blast . Just watch the weather . Safety first . 

Albeit being inconsistent year to year  , I think there is more Nat reproduction on the south shore tribs than most think . 

On the west coast the fish have to swim sometimes hundreds of miles to their spawning grounds . In LO it could be in some cases ,  hundreds of feet . If the eggs hatch , they have a chance . 

I have been saying for years that  Jurassic park line . 

And there fish now aren't your father's Kings. 

HBs Grilled Salmon with sweet pickles , vadalia  onion and Hoseradish Sauce on Wegmans 6 seed organic Bread. With a  Walnut and dried cranberry tossed spring salad .. 

It all stars with an expertly caught fillet of  King Salmon( Substitute Coho , or Steelhead)  from the pristine waters of Lake Ontario . 

Season it with fresh lime juice and pulp, crushed Garlic , Montreal chicken or lemon pepper 

Take grilled fillet and place on thick slice of bread , add sweet bread and butter pickles , a generous slice of the sweet onion , and cover with Worbles horseradish sauce . 

For the salad , some spring mix , chopped walnuts, Wegmans dried cranberries  , sliced onion ,sliced tomatoes , optional blue cheese crumbles . Toss with a balsamic vinegar and Splash of extra virgin or Kens  lite Northern Italian dressing 

Whether it's a lunch , light supper or on the boat , one bite of this bold and hearty sandwich will have you longing for the next release and bringing of the silver to net so you can savor the robust concert of flavors once again . 

Aside from the contaminants in the fish  ,this is actually a very health meal . And with all the fish we get , we need to figure out what to do with them . 

Also  I've seen some of you guys . Some of your guts stick out farther than your Johnson . 

Well I been doing it since like 1980 and haven't had one I get into them yet , or at least what I can remember .

If they are not in the water and a good one hits and runs , I dump them both to slow down 

Anybody know who that dog is ? 

Here are a few pics from past trips . 

Dude , you ain't got a clue . 

Pre goby we use to go to fair haven and drift the lake . 

One morning by noon we boasted over 200  bass . And we had many trips like that for many years . There were 5 of us on the boat and my father had a scorecard . I think I landed 53 . And most were keepers . Up to 18" 

I know some of those ADK lakes  there like the back of my hand. I know right where to go and where to cast . I have a " milk run " .  I might catch 7 to 10 fish off one spot but in Saranac , a lot are small . Do that a few times in a mornings fishing and that's 20  bass.  

Just because you can't catch them ,don't think others can't . 

2 hours ago, fishlover said:

40 bass in 3 days is hard to believe. Next time post pictures. Fishing today is not nearly as good in the ADK as it was from what I know, that's why many people stopped going there. Acid rain killed alot of the fish in lakes years ago, from what I know. St. Lawrence had fared better, although the pike and muskies not so much. If you are older and have fished both you will probably know this.

 Really ?  You caught me , you caught the HB . Sounds like you are calling me a liar . I don't think 40 bass in say 16  hrs fishing is  " unbelievable " to someone who goes a lot and knows his way around a fishing rod . And a lot of them were not that big . 

If you think the fishing in the ADKs is not as,good as it use to be  Maybe you need to brush up on your FUNDAMENTALS .I can't imagine how good it was back then . Wish I was there .

 I am going to my Happy spot up there this weekend and hear a lot from other campers there are no fish in the lake . 

I have landed many big pike up to 20# and lots of bass up to 6# . 

I don't post a lot of pics because I don't take a lot of pics of fish,  . I figure most on here have seen a bass or pike before . Unless it's a memorable fish . 

Back at it this morning first light 

Ran out to 330 headed north . 

Did not take long till mature hits 

Got rods back out ,again  another . 

Crazy current pushes us off our spot fast.  Was hard to get speed right and keep it consistent . 

2 more hit and weather rolls in and we high tail it which kind of sucks . 

Painted hot spot I call Mr Jeremy Fisher and my Gary D rig took all shots 35 ft down . 

Go on coastal watch and get the satellite surface temp map if that's what you are looking for 

I did this morning before I went out because I heard lake flipped and made my decision to go off shore . 

21 hours ago, p3434 said:

My opinion this time of year . Don’t worry about temp . Fish the marks. Sometimes less is better. I run all them junk lines in July . Once I target the mature kings, this time of year . I run 2 riggers and 2 dipseys only . I run mostly FF. Big kings go where they want . Sometimes less rods are better .


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I totally agree with this 

I would run 4 flashers with meat or fly at first . 

One on each rigger one high one lower like 20 ft apart and one on each dipsey to start .

If kings are around and hitting flashers 

That will be plenty . 

Find fish and stay on them 

29 minutes ago, Captsmate said:

Im not up there till sept 10th

The start of the " off the mouth " king fishery . 

First light / just before dark best . 

Start close and work your way out . 

Look for fish on the bottom or just off  an hr after first light till an hr before dark . 

And I Like J Plugs , an underutilized lure IMO . 

Nope 

The fish are changing now 

Just cured some skein . Thought it would be tighter than it was . 

Lake flipped

You want kings , go find stable water 

Went out to 300 and headed north 

Nothing for our efforts but one small salmon and 2 knock offs 

Hit 520 and got a,double of matures 

Wound up 6 fish . 5 salmon and a steelhead and about  5   more hits 

Dare I say , Gary D rig and spoon bite . 

Got 50deg   70  ft down out there 

Radar said storms so we headed back in   and it was the smart call

Was,pretty choppy 11 miles out. 

The mountains care calling and I must go 

Headed back up next weekend to my Happy place up there . Boys weekend 

Good food and whiskey

And yes it sure do put things in perspective . 

You should go , as all should , even for a short trip . 

Three islands in front of thousand island park . 

Good for pike 

Some base also . 

Haven't been there in years . 

My buddy got a 50"  musky  there . 

I use a 5/8 or 3/4 spade bit 

No flotation 

I tie them off on my mid ship cleat and they Run on side of my boat 2/3 to 3/4 back from my bow . I had them so they were in front of my side riggers 

You want them so you can grab rope easily to put in or out . And wAke from boat Will kind of push them away from side a little . 

Word on the street is she got it on a Gary D rig . 

3 hours ago, Captsmate said:

Thank you for the info..my work schedule only allows me to come up mid September and i hear the kings dont bite at that time. I hope i can troll a few up..

Don't bite then ? 

You must be joking . 

But first light and just before dark is best

35 to  75 +  for j plugs 

Shallow ,farther back 

Deeper can be closer 

Mid day doldrums , run it back 125 ft 

Look for them mid day on  bottom  at 50 to   90 ft 

Run weights 7 to 10 ft off bottom to account for dive  of plugs . 

I run my flashers 25 to 35 but no bites on calm seas bright day I have run them  back 80 ft to get a hit . Works sometimes . 

I'm sure glad we have Tommy at Sandy . 

I figured out that my line woes were more bite offs than break offs . Some of them were ahead of the head . I think they were swallowing the whole thing . 

Solved that with  50# braid through head allbrighted  Just ahead of the baithead ton 25 #  . 

Never had a break off from diver to lure . 

I use 30 or 40 big game we for that .

I'm still not a fan of Flouro .  

You need 2 

Green glow j plug

Silver red head j plug 

Your choice of #3 or # 4 

And  I agree 

One flasher / fly 

Maybe someday

Got to love that flourocarbon !

If you can get one manual downrigger and mount it where you can deploy and get at it safely and easily it will be a big addition . 

Get a few J plugs and come up to LO 3 rd week in Sept to middle of Oct for shallow kings . 

There are a lot of nice flat mornings you can fish . 

Go to the Oak and bring bass tackle if it's rough . 

Two rods out , are all you need . 

I will apologize in advance for giving you your first taste of crack .