Author Topic: LAKE GEORGE BS THREAD (Read 1346939 times)

JAGER61 · « **Reply #4500 on:** Jan 21, 2015, 07:00 PM »

Beast of a Laker and Nice Mount! Can only imagine the battle you had with it!

mike304 · « **Reply #4501 on:** Jan 22, 2015, 05:47 AM »

I think the lake record is like 32 lbs. There used to be a newspaper picture of it hanging on the wall at the campground check-in station on Glen Island in the narrows. Don't know if its still there.

SSmokinn SS · « **Reply #4502 on:** Jan 22, 2015, 07:14 AM »

Quote from: JAGER61 on Jan 21, 2015, 07:00 PM

Beast of a Laker and Nice Mount! Can only imagine the battle you had with it!

Thanks. It was a little over a hour to get her in with the 6lb mono leader. We knew she was big, but didnt know how big so we spent alot of time tiring her out.

like I said, I dont keep trophy fish anymore. If it was today, it would have been a replica....but when your 15, I think most of us would have wanted to keep it.

daytondedrick · « **Reply #4503 on:** Jan 22, 2015, 09:03 AM »

Mike 304 I know there's a clipping at the Narrow Is Ranger's Station. Beast!1970s correct?

JJ · « **Reply #4504 on:** Jan 22, 2015, 09:18 AM »

Lake trout are one of the hardest fish to mount, between getting the color and spots right, and the oil in the flesh. I've only seen a couple taxis that do a really nice laker, one is R Seils Taxidermy.

Here's a 14 he did:

mike304 · « **Reply #4505 on:** Jan 22, 2015, 05:43 PM »

Quote from: daytondedrick on Jan 22, 2015, 09:03 AM

Mike 304 I know there's a clipping at the Narrow Is Ranger's Station. Beast!1970s correct?

Yea, i believe so.

Reel_Force · « **Reply #4506 on:** Jan 22, 2015, 06:00 PM »

Quote from: adktony on Jan 20, 2015, 10:20 AM

jmc I haven't heard anything recently but last I had heard the road was pretty rough with down trees everywhere. I don't know how it looks now after this last ice storm road could be pretty tricky to navigate

To Log BAY ... Posted a few days ago

5watchman5 · « **Reply #4507 on:** Jan 22, 2015, 10:35 PM »

Here's one from the archives. First Laker ever, caught on a jigging rod with a Buckshot. 31.5" long. I'd rather be lucky than good anytime. Have caught quite a few since then, but nothing over 30".

wec · « **Reply #4508 on:** Jan 23, 2015, 02:53 AM »

Beautiful laker.

ship of fools · « **Reply #4509 on:** Jan 23, 2015, 02:56 AM »

Quote from: wec on Jan 23, 2015, 02:53 AM

Beautiful laker.

That laker looks deflated

Great fish ... HORRIBLE shirt

I'm goin jiggin

coldfish · « **Reply #4510 on:** Jan 23, 2015, 04:33 AM »

Very nice laker.

TC5 · « **Reply #4511 on:** Jan 23, 2015, 05:32 AM »

Fished out mdb yesterday after noon.One trout on the ice in a short time.Then the ice started to pound and the trout left.Ten inches of hard ice.Parking sucks.

TC5

Eaglecrg · « **Reply #4512 on:** Jan 23, 2015, 05:40 AM »

Very nice fish, but that shirt ruins the picture!

TC5 · « **Reply #4513 on:** Jan 23, 2015, 05:51 AM »

All nice big trout.Gona try to get one this weekend.Big fish program.TC5

greensider · « **Reply #4514 on:** Jan 23, 2015, 05:56 AM »

seils is the best taxidermist i know of he has done many fish and game mounts for me and i have 3 fish and 2 deer at his shop now and a laker is on the hit list for this year

Neil McCauley · « **Reply #4515 on:** Jan 23, 2015, 06:29 AM »

Quote from: ship of fools on Jan 23, 2015, 02:56 AM

That laker looks deflated

+1

nightfisher · « **Reply #4516 on:** Jan 23, 2015, 07:32 AM »

Nice laker , I remember that one..... LOL

pa ice swimmer · « **Reply #4517 on:** Jan 23, 2015, 07:52 AM »

Oh yea! The perch fisherman who learned how to catch Lakers, I remember that fish 5watchman5, that was a fun day

Eagle Ed · « **Reply #4518 on:** Jan 23, 2015, 08:45 AM »

Could have been worse if he had on a NY Giants/Yankees shirt.

Eagle Ed

Quote from: Eaglecrg on Jan 23, 2015, 05:40 AM

Very nice fish, but that shirt ruins the picture!

slabcommander · « **Reply #4519 on:** Jan 23, 2015, 09:07 AM »

One of many 15+ pounders to come off the Justy-Joe. This one was 28#.

o2rmk800 · « **Reply #4520 on:** Jan 23, 2015, 09:09 AM »

that's a beauty there Slab!!!

JigSchtickGeorge · « **Reply #4521 on:** Jan 23, 2015, 09:43 AM »

Parking sucks?? Where?

multispeciesangler · « **Reply #4522 on:** Jan 23, 2015, 10:24 AM »

Quote from: bassinbrian_on_ice on Jan 21, 2015, 12:43 PM

You would know best CAPT ... what's the biggest you have ever seen from the lake over the years ? Just curious.

I can weigh in on that. In the 90's there was a 30 lber caught. At that time it was #3 in the state behind Lake Ontario and Lake Placid, where a 30 lb was caught that had held the state record for a while. Now Lake Ontario hold the #1 and #2 spot by a mile - high 30 and 40 lb fish! Also multiple 20 - 28 lb caught on LG during the 90's as the lake kind of exploded for giants for about a 4 -5 year period to my recollection. These giants were almost all caught on the north end while trolling. Justy Joe caught multiple 20 lb plus at that time! I personally saw two mounted giants from LG while visiting Carl Brainerd back then. Those 2 were 25 and 27 lb plus. It was a strange situation because, obviously these fish existed in the lake prior to the catches as they take so long to get that BIG but, were never really caught consistently prior to that time and haven't been caught like that since? Some giants still live in the lake for sure!

multispeciesangler · « **Reply #4523 on:** Jan 23, 2015, 10:27 AM »

I meant to say Lake Erie and Lake Ontario hold the #1 and #2 spot. Erie is known more for smallies and Walleye but, holds giant trout too!

ADK11 · « **Reply #4524 on:** Jan 23, 2015, 10:28 AM »

There is probally a giant lurking in Lake Placid..seeming on how its non ice fishable

and doesnt get fished hard in the summer

That place is just a tour town. Lived there for 5 years and never went for lakers but maybe ill give it a shot

IcemanADK · « **Reply #4525 on:** Jan 23, 2015, 10:30 AM »

Quote from: ADK11 on Jan 23, 2015, 10:28 AM

There is probally a giant lurking in Lake Placid..seeming on how its non ice fishable and doesnt get fished hard in the summer That place is just a tour town. Lived there for 5 years and never went for lakers but maybe ill give it a shot

Fishing stinks there... you'll want to stay away from it. WAY away from it.

aj454 · « **Reply #4526 on:** Jan 23, 2015, 10:33 AM »

Eagle Ed how are you? That's no way to talk about those Giant's.LOL Hope your hittin um good.

ADK11 · « **Reply #4527 on:** Jan 23, 2015, 10:53 AM »

Quote from: IcemanADK on Jan 23, 2015, 10:30 AM

Fishing stinks there... you'll want to stay away from it. WAY away from it.

Its not any different than half of the other lakes for lakers around there lol. Same method just deeper water.

JJ · « **Reply #4528 on:** Jan 23, 2015, 10:56 AM »

My guess is most of those giants were stocked fish, maybe they had faster growth rates than the wild fish we have now? A LOT of those giants got taken out of the lake by ice fisherman fishing the deep water up North. It was real good for a while like multispeciesangler said. I saw the 28 from Joe's boat at The Peace Pipe(now Fish 307) when I first started guiding, that fish had girth.

I can also remember back in the 70s when very few lakers were caught. My neighbor on Assembly Point had a competition going with the one of the only guides back then, Jamie Ellsworth. They had both caught around 100 something lakers by late summer, I do that in less than a week now. Also, from memory the biggest trout Jamie had caught was 9 lbs, but the largest salmon was 14, maybe less but the salmon were bigger for a time. State record was 19 lbs, caught in 1982 from LG.

Caught this old male twice, first in 2003, then in 2007 and he was skinnier; both times in the same area. This fish had no clipped fins, so it should be wild; it also looked unlike any other laker I've seen with no spots. It was long and skinny, I wonder how old he was.

JJ · « **Reply #4529 on:** Jan 23, 2015, 11:12 AM »

Big salmon get me more excited than big lakers, they are tough to get on the net, long runs and jumping all over. Lots of fun to catch.

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