SCHROON LAKE and Surrounding Ponds Thread

[pikemanEd]

Never fished in the Adirondacks, but I'd love to try Schroon next week.  Only info I have is three boat launches on the DEC map.  Are any of them plowed in winter?  Any other public parking available?  Thanks in advance.

Use the north boat ramp in town the one in the south end of the lake is where the river runs out of the lake lots of currents there I don't it's a safe place to access the lake. I never hear about people using it

[hot tuna]

Use the north boat ramp in town the one in the south end of the lake is where the river runs out of the lake lots of currents there I don't it's a safe place to access the lake. I never hear about people using it

Correct,  do not access from the south ramp in Horicon.

The north launch is by far the easiest

[shoey19663]

good info on the Launch, thanks.
heading up to Schroon tomorrow for the weekend, first time up that way. Hoping to catch some Lakers and anything else that grabs my hooks.

[hot tuna]

Bring a strong back,  legs, and arms.
A young kid works too.
Gotta think from last week,  20 plus ice, usual pressure ridges, plenty sleds getting their day .
Yes its machine time in all aspects, just please be respectful and responsible.

In 3 weeks, well,  again be respectful because conditions will be different.
I'll probably be walking to protect the shoreline

[pikekiller]

Thanks for the info!  Heading up on the morning.  Never tried to catch a trout through ice.  If I find even one, I’ll consider it a highly successful trip.

[biggmike]

Bummed out had to change our weekend trip till next week good luck to everyone else

[Mikey Ice]

fished schroon friday ,saturday,sunday and a few hrs monday morning
great weather , great fishing
friday in the light drizzle we had a few moments of feeding lakers where we landed 10 but no big ones
all from 12-21 inches
saturday was a little breezy but still a nice day on the water
we moved to a new area and had steady life all day
we ended up with 15 lakers to 23inches
sunday was not only gorgeous weather but we had em dialed in all morning crushing em with a few doubles on at once and better quality
we ended the day with over 30 lakers to 28inches
all jigging done in 40-50 feet
monday morning we only fished 3 hrs in the snow and jigged a half dozen to 24inches
ice was like 2 feet thick and easy truck access
will be back for the tournament in two weeks
good luck and catch em up 🐟🐟🐟🐟

[ship of fools]

fished schroon friday ,saturday,sunday and a few hrs monday morning
great weather , great fishing
friday in the light drizzle we had a few moments of feeding lakers where we landed 10 but no big ones
all from 12-21 inches
saturday was a little breezy but still a nice day on the water
we moved to a new area and had steady life all day
we ended up with 15 lakers to 23inches
sunday was not only gorgeous weather but we had em dialed in all morning crushing em with a few doubles on at once and better quality
we ended the day with over 30 lakers to 28inches
all jigging done in 40-50 feet
monday morning we only fished 3 hrs in the snow and jigged a half dozen to 24inches
ice was like 2 feet thick and easy truck access
will be back for the tournament in two weeks
good luck and catch em up 🐟🐟🐟🐟

Only thing wrong with that post is it doesn’t include a report for Tuesday 😎.  Awesome trip and great report

[icehouserlt]

fished schroon sunday afternoon with no luck fish monday in the snow all day got 1 19 incher and lost 1. where were u fishing mikey ice?

[Fishmarket]

Anyone have recent ice thickness for north/south end?

[Mikey Ice]

plenty
lol
there was 25 plus earlier this week

[icebuck]

How much snow is on the ice up there? Planning to fish the tourney Saturday morning.

[Mikey Ice]

like 5-6 inches of fluffy snow
the suns out and it should pack down just fine by morning
even now its very passible by truck or atv

[icebuck]

Thanks Mikey, looking forward to fishing tomorrow, if only for a few hours, to support the club.

[fullThrottle]

Just seen a nice pike on fb out of the lake . Almost 40

[walleye03]

Is there safe ice on the narrows to drive a truck? Just curious thank you

[Mikey Ice]

i was by the narrows presidents weekend with the truck and had no issues
the temps have been frigid so im sure theres even more ice now

[Fishmarket]

Some whopper pike taken this weekend!  2 at 43" My buddys son ended up taking 1st in lake trout.  7.3 lbs

[SSmokinn SS]

Some whopper pike taken this weekend!  2 at 43" My buddys son ended up taking 1st in lake trout.  7.3 lbs

I saw the 43” pike from yesterday that was 21.89lbs... have a pic of the other one?

[Mikey Ice]

fished all day saturday , what a great weather and fishing day it was
i landed 16 lakers to 24inches and lost just as many if not more
they were on the feed for sure, no derby contenders for me this year , but another solid outting for sure
all jigging done in 40-50 feet
will def be back next weekend to cash in on more schroon gold
good luck out there

[Fishmarket]

I saw the 43” pike from yesterday that was 21.89lbs... have a pic of the other one?

[SchrnLker]

[Bassmaster16]

Fished Schroon for the first time ever this past saturday. Fishing was steady. The lakers in there sure are fun. Managed 9 lakers from 13 to 19 inches. from 40 to 60 fow. anything deeper was dead. Definitely will be making a return trip again.

[fishy1]

we must have been in the wrong spot then we fished the derby 2 days in a row with over 50 tip ups and jigging and landed 5 little lakers 13 inches to 21 inches and everyone near us and there was plenty caught 0. most  didnt even get a flag. im not being negative but schroon seems to lack quality lakers and salmon and quantity. some big pike in there though . i think there was only 10 legal fish weighed in the 2 day derbie. love the color of the lakers . we had lots of fun and will probably fish it again next year
congratulations to all winners you earned it.

[SSmokinn SS]

we must have been in the wrong spot then we fished the derby 2 days in a row with over 50 tip ups and jigging and landed 5 little lakers 13 inches to 21 inches and everyone near us and there was plenty caught 0. most  didnt even get a flag. im not being negative but schroon seems to lack quality lakers and salmon and quantity. some big pike in there though . i think there was only 10 legal fish weighed in the 2 day derbie. love the color of the lakers . we had lots of fun and will probably fish it again next year
congratulations to all winners you earned it.

There are very high quality pike, Largemouth bass and smallmouth bass in schroon... As far as the laker and salmon population, I agree with you. Quality is not there.

[MJB518]

we must have been in the wrong spot then we fished the derby 2 days in a row with over 50 tip ups and jigging and landed 5 little lakers 13 inches to 21 inches and everyone near us and there was plenty caught 0. most  didnt even get a flag. im not being negative but schroon seems to lack quality lakers and salmon and quantity. some big pike in there though . i think there was only 10 legal fish weighed in the 2 day derbie. love the color of the lakers . we had lots of fun and will probably fish it again next year
congratulations to all winners you earned it.

Right there with you. Frustrating weekend for sure. 2 full days and only 9 small Lakers caught  between 2 guys the first day and 4 the second day. We moved all over after giving up on our morning spots both days. Hardly marking any fish on the flashers. Fish anywhere from 25-90 fow. Tip ups for the first year fishing this derby outfished jigging. On a positive note I was glad to take home the vexlar from the raffle.

[Jlay_upstateny]

we must have been in the wrong spot then we fished the derby 2 days in a row with over 50 tip ups and jigging and landed 5 little lakers 13 inches to 21 inches and everyone near us and there was plenty caught 0. most  didnt even get a flag. im not being negative but schroon seems to lack quality lakers and salmon and quantity. some big pike in there though . i think there was only 10 legal fish weighed in the 2 day derbie. love the color of the lakers . we had lots of fun and will probably fish it again next year
congratulations to all winners you earned it.

I Agree with you about quality and size of the lake trout. Most of the time your catching small 15-20 inch fish which are fun, but there are definitely some big boys few and far between. As far as quantity though, I think Schroon is loaded with them. Ive found that location will make or break a day of jigging up there though. Ive definitely had worse days than some, constantly having to move spots just to find bait and mark any fish at all. But there are also days where theres 4 or 5 fish chasing your bait on the screen all day. Can be a tricky lake to fish, always downsizing to get a bite.

[SchrnLker]

Check out the bay below Eagle Point in November during spawning season.  The numbers and size of the Lake Trout will amaze you.

[hot tuna]

Check out the bay below Eagle Point in November during spawning season.  The numbers and size of the Lake Trout will amaze you.

Shush...

Lake George is where it's at.. just keep telling people that..
I like peaceful solutions.
Now that the derby is over,  I hope LG stays solid until April. 😉

[SchrnLker]

Shush...

Lake George is where it's at.. just keep telling people that..
I like peaceful solutions.
Now that the derby is over,  I hope LG stays solid until April. 😉

Yeah, I was just kidding