Ice Warren county NY lake Klem/Kellum

[AndrewT]

Originally Posted by bulletbob

Those tannin stained lakes have no rocks for crayfish, nymph life, not a lot of bottom dwelling minnows etc. I don't bother with them, as the clear water, rocky lakes have a lot more life in them.. Look, it might be great, I have no way of knowing of course. Even though I live in NY state, I don't fish the Adirondacks..Too many hard hit tannin stained lakes.. The Adirondacks are "world reknowned" for fishing, but I don't know why.. I never found those dark sand bottom waters near as productive as clear rocky,weedy lakes....You're going to be there anyway, so its worth a shot.. Maybe it doesn't get hit hard by tourists, and thats always a plus..

Interesting. I guess that’s why Schroon isn’t great for fishing. Definitely some good fish in there but it can be a difficult place to fish.

[bulletbob]

Originally Posted by AndrewT

Interesting. I guess that’s why Schroon isn’t great for fishing. Definitely some good fish in there but it can be a difficult place to fish.

Guys in the know, with time, money,gear, boats and knowledge typically go elsewhere,such as Erie, Ontario, Finger Lakes, L George,or one of the other large lakes in NY.. Most of the Adirondack waters are stained, not easy to fish unless you have local knowledge, the fish are smaller, less numerous, and harder to catch. When I lived in Forked River, I fished a lot of tannin stained water.. Never liked it much.. Fish were smaller for the most part,less diversity in species, never saw the swarms of minnows I saw in clear lakes with weeds and rocks... A lot of the small Adirondack lakes always reminded me of the small Pine Barrens lakes I used to fish.. There are probably some really good productive lakes in the Adirondacks, but I dunno, I was never all that impressed compared to the lakes in central NY state...

[cruiser1234]

Sitting by the wood stove now. But been here for 2 days I’ve been fishing on no less than 10inches. Beautiful rental very secluded 4 wheel drive accessible only I’d say. Lake is small and private. Even the locals I met said they hadn’t heard much. Some people who I met that live here shared more. My family and I fished yesterday with NOTHING in 7 hours! Over 12 tip ups on all the structure I could find. Today, few pickerel one nicer one and my sons first small mouth and a first small mouth thru the ice I’ve seen. Would love to come back in the summer. I did learn there are Pike and Browns.

[AndrewT]

Sounds like a fun trip with great memories made