Piseco Lake

[Kuyahoorakid]

Looking for a change of scenery from my neck of the woods, and thought Piseco might be a good option. Can anyone give me any info on where to go and FOW i wanna be in? Any conditions would be great. And, if there are any local bait shops you could point us to , that would be great. Heading out tomorrow, so If you are out there, look for a big dufus in Blue Carhart overalls and a Syracuse hat on!

[adkRoy]

You can park at poplar point campground. Walk out about 300 yards.  Fish from 30 FOW to deeper.  Most lakers caught will be less than the keeper size. 

[adkRoy]

Also the only bait shop I know near the lake closes in the winter.  I would use Large shiners and when you get there, try to jig up some smelt to put on your tip-ups too.

[sacandagakid]

Don't waste your time..Try indian

[aj454]

had a camp on piseco a few years back and boat fished with downriggers and ice fished with tip ups and jig pole. Caught a very few during that time and never got a keeper laker or never jigged up a smelt. Don't think its a great lake to fish.

[pieman1998]

we do good on the lake but no keepers

[mayfield]

colest i came was 20 inches last year

[oletimer]

Tanners sport shop did have bait.
Talked to a guy last week, his group hit it a couple weeks ago and caught 7. No keepers.

[sacandagakid]

thats why i say dont waste your time..Been that way for years,

[vicegripkiller]

you can get bait at tanners, the arctic cat dealer in speculator on rt8

[Ryanhoward]

feedback hows the fishing been in recent years spyder rybak is a renowned fisherman i read his book on the adirondack region and he had nothing but good things to say about piseco lakers average 18 to 24 inches salmon 15 to 20 and the whitefish 15 to 20 as well if this is accurate im going with some beers and a grill  all in good fun me and my friends have a blast when its not freezing when we read about piseco we looked more into and its legit nice deep lake healthy smelt populations plus theres salmon its the place to visit plus i hear its beautiful.

[adkRoy]

Link to the archives for you on all those hamilton county lakes:

Small lakes Hamilton

[snelly]

piseco is a beautiful lake, winter or summer good access from the state campsites lots of lake trout you will have action. although in recent years it's hard to catch a legal one. salmon are also caught regularly sizes may be a little better than the lake trout but you won't catch as many but the potential is there to catch a big fish of either type, there is a good population of white fish I'm not sure if very many people target whitefish but they do catch them fishing for other fish. Back in the 1960'sand 70's we used to jig for them in the summer with pretty good success. but it's been a long time since I did that

[roundlakeNY]

Tuff lake on foot. Really need some way of moving around.  Get down around the islands for some good action.  Or go to the other end around the outlet where the sand meet's the rock's.   If you go to the bait shop in speculator he can give some good tips and give you jig's that will work there.  Also take a look at the picture album.  amazing some of the fish they have pulled out.   

[BillionaireBoyzIceman44]

anyone been buy piseco or any of the lakes by it recently and seen the ice? me and a few buddies are supposed to head up the middle of next week and were hoping for ice!

[adkRoy]

Piseco wide open,  pleasant, and sacandaga had open water with some skim ice, not much frozen and with the rain and wind, probably won't be for a while.

[BillionaireBoyzIceman44]

also got bait at tanners last year, anybody been by piseco or the lakes around there recently to see the ice conditions? heading up next week and hoping for ice!

[harpoonlocke]

I'm headed around there myself sounds like the fishing will be done by boatBbC (if you know what i mean)
any surrounding lakes frozen were hoping for ice!

[harpoonlocke]

the hole off the camp site is great