Looking to shoot the bull with anyone who likes to hit the remote lakes for bass and pike. I am in constant search for fisheries bio. info, as well as lures and techniques. Been doing summer backpack/fish trips there for 19 years.
Hey- I have spents months looking for info online, that is why I am at NYbass. I always fish the North River area NW of Glens Falls, by the Hudson River gorge. The lakes have a good variety of depths, cover type, bottom type, and I always fish them in the summer. I am dying to know what baitfish are native (other than small panfish and gamefish). As a former fly tyer, I always try to match custom lures to the forage.
I have spent 10 or twelve days on the Hudson, but from shore. I fished the stretch where the road follows the river just below the gorge. Lots of 8in smallies, but I did get some nice 12-14in rainbows and browns. I fished spinners, rapalas, and muddler minnow streamers in July and Aug. I sure learned how to rock hop without breaking an ankle! How do you get bigger fish on the river?
Are there any reasonably priced canoe rental places that will drop off/ pick up? I guess I need to get off the bank. By the time mid-summer rolls around, and the water is lower, do they stick to pools? Or do you also hit eddies, and boulders? When it comes to rivers, I am a trout fisherman. They seem to select completely different holding and feeding lies. Any preference for jig type/size/colors and tackle?
So yamomoto makes the spider heads? And that is an open-hook design, not texas and no weekguard? I am building a med-lt spin rod now that I can use. Ever get a trout on that? Last year I accidentally caught a 19in rainbow on a slider worm while fishing for bass! The hudson does have some nice trout.
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