LAKE GEORGE BS THREAD

[fullThrottle]

I spend the day trying to get Rowan on a fish. He nailed a nice trout on the jigging rod.   Marked a ton a fish but not as active as last week. I found out the hard way that our sonar interferes with each other over 65 ft. I let Rowan fish with the sonar. I could see the shadow of my jig on his graph and landed 2 shorts lol.

[dr p]

been a while since i worked my magic on the king,  116 fatties nothing under 10.5 and a personal best of 13.75"  i can only thank my ancestors and those who help to preserve the king   for the endless bounty of fish and joy it provides.  mother nature is god

[pmaloney86]

been a while since i worked my magic on the king,  116 fatties nothing under 10.5 and a personal best of 13.75"  i can only thank my ancestors and those who help to preserve the king   for the endless bounty of fish and joy it provides.  mother nature is god

That's a heck of a day.  Nice work!  I was on champlain last weekend and caught about the same amount but nothing over 10.5.  Kept me busy but not exactly what I was hoping for.

[Spoondangler]

Thanks Spoon. I have been waiting for someone to answer your question. I'm going to Hearthstone Friday morning for the first time ever. I will be on foot. How long of walk is it to laker water? Not looking for your spot just an idea of where to start. Thanks

Look at nacionics obviously, but any deeper flats and transitions are good to start at, I was walk-in too. I didn’t go all that far, there’s one little shelf on tight out off the parking lot, that I didn’t fish it’s time, but I have in the past and it’s only like a hundred yards out or so.  Good luck let us k ow how you do.

[Spoondangler]

Lil tidbit I picked up playing with some finicky lakers last weekend.
My first couple hours were extremely frustrating with nothing working until I started to reel faster.

That method has worked for new at times too, but just when you figure them out they change!
I was stunned with how quick of a retrieve I had to make to get them to commit. I also couldn't hesitate with a marked fish. If I wasn't on it immediately and racing up to the surface the fish would lose interest after a maddening chase all the way up to my feet.
The first 2 hours were a goose egg until I figured them out.
Bottom blast. Followed by a dead stick 15' up. Start screaming up as soon as I saw a mark. No twitch or pause. Just reel. Finicky fish became more aggressive than anything I've seen. I might be finally figuring this laker crap out.
6 fish hit like this in an hour. I took the hour as a win and moved in for perch! 

[hot tuna]

Here is a free navigation map for LG. Its pretty close.
Click on and you can zoom in on the contours.
http://fishing-app.gpsnauticalcharts.com/i-boating-fishing-web-app/fishing-marine-charts-navigation.html?title=Lake+George+boating+app#14.48/43.4581/-73.6859/-6.2

[Swinginhammers_and_fishin]

Ssmokin—
I fished huddle today with my two boys (5&11).  The walk was a little tough when you’re not on a machines path.  But wasn’t the worst ever.

Perch bite was pretty good today too so that was a plus.

[SSmokinn SS]

Ssmokin—
I fished huddle today with my two boys (5&11).  The walk was a little tough when you’re not on a machines path.  But wasn’t the worst ever.

Perch bite was pretty good today too so that was a plus.

Thanks.

How much ice out there? Any chance did you go past the island? I’m not bringing my sons yfz50 tomorrow. I’m bringing my Polaris sportsman 500 for the first time this year. Access is OK for a atv at huddle bay road? That can get sketchy with the bubler...

[Swinginhammers_and_fishin]

Good idea to not bring his probably.  I did not go past the island.  We went out of huddle bay rd and went to the left and out (towards the marina sort of).  There was a foot of ice. 

Your atv will be fine going out of there.  There’s a good trail that goes right between the two bubblers (in fact they were taking them through there last week and it is in a lot better condition than it was then)-you’ll be good with the plan you have.

Good luck-let me know how you guys make out.

[SSmokinn SS]

Good idea to not bring his probably.  I did not go past the island.  We went out of huddle bay rd and went to the left and out (towards the marina sort of).  There was a foot of ice. 

Your atv will be fine going out of there.  There’s a good trail that goes right between the two bubblers (in fact they were taking them through there last week and it is in a lot better condition than it was then)-you’ll be good with the plan you have.

Good luck-let me know how you guys make out.

Great. Thanks. Was it busy out there today? I hafto bring my trailer so hopefully there is room. I won’t be there until probably 9am or so.

[buz23]

Here is a free navigation map for LG. Its pretty close.
Click on and you can zoom in on the contours.
http://fishing-app.gpsnauticalcharts.com/i-boating-fishing-web-app/fishing-marine-charts-navigation.html?title=Lake+George+boating+app#14.48/43.4581/-73.6859/-6.2

Yeah, it shows a lot of contours but I think most are interpolated.  I know for a fact that Sawmill Bay (vet's) is a lot deeper than what the map shows, especially closer in to the park.  I suspect they took something like the NYS depth map and just made up a lot of extra contour lines. 

[wildbrookies]

ok, I finally had to post this:

 How come I never read posts of anybody ever catching a salmon???   I love catching them ...a lot more fun than lakers. At least in my opinion.

[SSmokinn SS]

ok, I finally had to post this:

 How come I never read posts of anybody ever catching a salmon???   I love catching them ...a lot more fun than lakers. At least in my opinion.

Because the ones that catch them are smart and don’t post about it.

[Yotecatcher]

              If you noticed the front end of the trucks went under before the rear ends, therefor the exhaust couldn't act like an ice eater. I would believe it more like
              a hole drilled or the ice just cracked enough for water to come up through! I've seen this before!

              IW
[/quote
              I hate to keep dwelling on this but if you notice in the picture the water is deeper on the right, that would mean that is where it started from, again I
              believe it came from a hole drilled. Several years ago 5 truck went through in the same spot and someone had drilled a hole

           

             IW

[Garufi518]

Because the ones that catch them are smart and don’t post about it.

This.

[Ziehnertfish007]

Is there a way to park over by Glen Burnie in the North part of the lake?. I want to get out to that water. Been hearing guys say you can park out there somewhere but do not want to get towed. Any info would be great. Been having a great year in the south end for lake trout so far, tubes seem to be key for me

[perchinmybucket]

Because the ones that catch them are smart and don’t post about it.

This.

This is just rediculous. The lake is 32 miles long. Who cares if you post it. There’s already 8 million guys on the ice. If I caught one I’d definitely post it up. I’m not going to tell you the area but if your not posting a pic of a beautiful salmon you caught because you think it’s going to ruin the salmon fishing is just outrageous. Lol.

As far as the lake trout bite for me this year has been nothing but frustration. The areas I did real well in last year have been skunks and maybe 5 or so fish. Some days they won’t chase more then 10 feet and some days they want nothing but suckers. I jigged up 10 Cisco’s and a few smelt and didn’t mark more then 3 lake trout on Monday.

[Ziehnertfish007]

This is just rediculous. The lake is 32 miles long. Who cares if you post it. There’s already 8 million guys on the ice. If I caught one I’d definitely post it up. I’m not going to tell you the area but if your not posting a pic of a beautiful salmon you caught because you think it’s going to ruin the salmon fishing is just outrageous. Lol.

As far as the lake trout bite for me this year has been nothing but frustration. The areas I did real well in last year have been skunks and maybe 5 or so fish. Some days they won’t chase more then 10 feet and some days they want nothing but suckers. I jigged up 10 Cisco’s and a few smelt and didn’t mark more then 3 lake trout on Monday.

Where have you been fishing, south basin?

[Swinginhammers_and_fishin]

Great. Thanks. Was it busy out there today? I hafto bring my trailer so hopefully there is room. I won’t be there until probably 9am or so.

No, wasn’t busy really at all.  My truck and four other trucks about.

Plenty of parking-different story if it was a Saturday or Sunday though

[Fishmon]

They love to chase. That’s why many of us use baitcasting reels with a higher gear ratio. Less work to reel fast.

Had to laugh when I saw this thread.  My baitcaster got a workout today.  Lakers were finicky and would only respond if you turned up the heat.  Those baitcasting reels are great for this kind of fishing.  Those finicky fish can go from 0 to 60 when they get mad enough.  Used a lure that vibrates like crazy which I am sure got them PO enough to go into another gear.

[SSmokinn SS]

This is just rediculous. The lake is 32 miles long. Who cares if you post it. There’s already 8 million guys on the ice. If I caught one I’d definitely post it up. I’m not going to tell you the area but if your not posting a pic of a beautiful salmon you caught because you think it’s going to ruin the salmon fishing is just outrageous. Lol.

As far as the lake trout bite for me this year has been nothing but frustration. The areas I did real well in last year have been skunks and maybe 5 or so fish. Some days they won’t chase more then 10 feet and some days they want nothing but suckers. I jigged up 10 Cisco’s and a few smelt and didn’t mark more then 3 lake trout on Monday.

Not everyone cares about social media man. You would be surprised how many old timers actually go out there targeting salmon and are catching them. Do you think they care about putting up pics? No... I know a guy that has caught several this season. Hasn’t posted a single one on the internet, just because he doesn’t care.

[Fifield_Outf]

Not everyone cares about social media man. You would be surprised how many old timers actually go out there targeting salmon and are catching them. Do you think they care about putting up pics? No... I know a guy that has caught several this season. Hasn’t posted a single one on the internet, just because he doesn’t care.

I know 2 guys that fish together and go after salmon and lakers on George about twice a week. There success is crazy for them. They both upgraded to the Humminbird Helix 7 ice this year and said what a game changer it is. Both want nothing to do with social media personally and only use it for there business. Lets just say the smoked fillets are dynamite! I smoke there fillets for them in our Bradley smoker 😁

[lowaccord66]

Not everyone cares about social media man. You would be surprised how many old timers actually go out there targeting salmon and are catching them. Do you think they care about putting up pics? No... I know a guy that has caught several this season. Hasn’t posted a single one on the internet, just because he doesn’t care.

I agree and know people like that as well.  Perchinmybucket I never thought id see the day where the cape cod canal could be full of guys at 2am in the morning.  10 years ago maybe a two dozen of us on any given weeknight.  Fast forward to today and because of social media its insanely packed.  Some of which is great...the local businesses are happy, people catching are happy.  Cars getting broken into more, more violence, more drama and many different types of people from ALL walks of life became aware of the fishing and now partake.  Any reasonable person can understand that even natural resources have a limit.  In the case of the canal its fishing space and fish.  Lake george no different.  If the few guys who caught constantly posted publically it would be natural for others to try for salmon when they may have never had the thought.  Much like I would have never started fishing LG if I didn't read this thread one day.  Any good sportsman should want to foster participation. We need it terribly. However times have changed and being careful about how much limelight we put on a specific area or species is part of being a good sportsman, at least that's how I feel.  You take nothing away from the beautiful salmon if you don't name the spot.  Its still a beautiful salmon. 

[buz23]

Yeah, it shows a lot of contours but I think most are interpolated.  I know for a fact that Sawmill Bay (vet's) is a lot deeper than what the map shows, especially closer in to the park.  I suspect they took something like the NYS depth map and just made up a lot of extra contour lines.

If you go to the Navionics site and use their chart viewer (you can look for free) you will see quite a difference.  Looks to me like the Navionics map is much better and not just someone filling in contour lines.

[gitthegaff]

Not everyone needs to Brag and Fluff up their Ego !

Where have you been fishing, south basin?

[jig em]

Anyone have a update on ice conditions on the north end of the lake friends point area? Thank you in advance.

[Fishmon]

Anyone have a update on ice conditions on the north end of the lake friends point area? Thank you in advance.

Snow covered, 3-4 inches of crusty snow.  Not bad walking or for ATV/sled.  Ice varies from 7-10 inches in most places.  Watch out for ridges or dock bubblers.

[flyfish413]

If you go to the Navionics site and use their chart viewer (you can look for free) you will see quite a difference.  Looks to me like the Navionics map is much better and not just someone filling in contour lines.

Agreed that map from iBoating.com is highly inaccurate. Use the navionics WebApp: https://webapp.navionics.com/#boating@8&key=eeeiG%7Cpn_M

[flyfish413]

Fished the dropoff at Pilot straight off the beach solo yesterday. Set up the blue Clam at 90 FOW, put out 4 traps over 100' for salmon, 2 a little shallower for lakers and jigged until my arm fell off. Ended up with one 20" laker on a salmon trap on an icicle 3 feet under the ice over 115 FOW. What?

Had decent activity on the sonar but they wouldn't commit and I ran through the entire arsenal...tubes, swimbaits, rattle baits, metals. Upsized, downsized, bounced the bottom, reeled slow, reeled fast. Smelt oil on everything. Still a beautiful day to be out but man was that frustrating. Lot of fish hugging the bottom but wound't hit and wouldn't chase. Can't wait to be back 

[Fishmongerlyndon]

Fished the dropoff at Pilot straight off the beach solo yesterday. Set up the blue Clam at 90 FOW, put out 4 traps over 100' for salmon, 2 a little shallower for lakers and jigged until my arm fell off. Ended up with one 20" laker on a salmon trap on an icicle 3 feet under the ice over 115 FOW. What?

Had decent activity on the sonar but they wouldn't commit and I ran through the entire arsenal...tubes, swimbaits, rattle baits, metals. Upsized, downsized, bounced the bottom, reeled slow, reeled fast. Smelt oil on everything. Still a beautiful day to be out but man was that frustrating. Lot of fish hugging the bottom but wound't hit and wouldn't chase. Can't wait to be back 

Just Got off the ice from there, lost 2 ciscos on the way up and marked probably 6 lakers, only 2 chased it, and the others were hugging the bottom something fierce. got frustrated and went to work... lol!