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I had a good day for perch but I must vent alittle, IMO the people driving atv out on 5in of ice are just plain stupid. Saw a guy in atv pulling a shanty going out towards dome island where I was told there was 4in or less. Is it really worth the risk this early in the year. Lake has been froze for a week with new cracks opening up every day
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
In 2007 I caught a nice laker from placid. It was 44" long with a 28" girth. Had the fish mounted by a taxidermist at the salmon river who's husband was senior biologist at the altmar hatchery. He said the fish was over 60 years old. Never entered it into the record books because I never got a reliable weight. Used the lake trout weight calculator using the fishes measurements and it weighted over 40lbs. I would post a pic but can't seem to do so with my cell phone. It's a awesome fish. A 24 lb laker was take the week before I caught my fish. Placid has some epic fish..
You gotta post a pic after a story like that... You can upload your pic from your phone to a photobucket account which then can be displayed on here, that's how I do it
I can get the url from photo Bucket but the pic does not display. Any help would be great thanks
click on the image code when on photobucket. it will copy it. then paste it in this thread. IMG code is the bottom option on photbucket where is says share link on the right of screen.