I am fishing on the "Queen of America's Lakes" called Lake George in the Adirondacks of upstate New York. I enjoyed another beautiful day today out on the lake. I released a few nice Lake Trout and took one 25 inch weighing 6lb. 6 oz. back to camp for dinner. It was the first fish of the day and I put it in the livewell for a nice meal. I released one larger fish a hour later. Another fine day of fishing in the Adirondack Mountains.

does anyone have any tips for atlantic landlocked salmon, i will be fishing lake colby in saranac lake. I have fished there many times yet have not caught one yet. any tips or tricks?

 

I've picked up 4 so far this year all on spoons-long leads GPS speed about 2.4 to 2.6 down 8' to 24' back (80' on the 8')  50' @ 24'. I also picked one up on three colors of core on a in-line planer. That would be 5' per color so around 15' down but out and away from the boat. We (Pete and I) will be looking for some later today and this week I'll be running a three rigger spread with the in-line planer alwife spoons , on the rigger I'll be stacking one line 5' above the bottom spoon. If the inline planer gets hot I drag out my mini dic divers that will dive 16' to 18' with 85' of line out and pull a rigger. Use spoons to match you bait fish start out with BIG ones then drop down in size you can mix small and large spoons in your spread but I always seem to stay with one size most of the time.

Let us know how you make out and good luck.

Terry at one time I added a screw-eye to the back of one of the cannon balls on the bottom. I would hook a cheap snap-swivle 6' of heavy mono tied to a short chain. Drop the ball to the bottom bounch as you said but bring it back 4 feet or so the chain was draging. It work good with cowbells and a peanut or spin-nglo. Now I just drop it down every now and then it a huge bait pod area the pop the rod free and hope for a hook up. Seneca just has too many shoals.......lol

 

Boy they are nice and fat in George Walt a fish over 6 pound out of Seneca would be around 27.5" . In the turny the biggest we boated was a 29.75" fish that went just over 7#. Wonder what that baby would have weight out of george ??

Somes like your having a fairly nice year keep it up and have FUN.

 

They seem to be eating well this year at Lake George. Many of them have nice girths. The heaviest that I kept and weighed this year was just under 8 pounds and that fish was 27 inches. I am really looking to catch my first Lake Trout over 30 inches from the lake. They are there for sure but I have never had the luck or pleasure.

Here is one I hooked up for Pa. John at Lake George in 2007 , never put a tape or a scale to it.

We broke the 30 inch mark today. My fishing partner and I were out fishing the "Queen of America's Lakes" today and  we were doing some experimenting with lures and colors. My partner boated his largest Laker ever for himself. It was 31" and 10 lb. 12 oz. weight. I think we may be on to something here. I will be out again tomorrow and working on things and continuing to experiment or perfect our system. I am still looking to better my own goal and exceed the 32 inch target mark.

Let us know how you make out and did you take a  pictures !!!!!!

The bigger ones here ( Seneca Lake ) are most often out of temp and shallower than you would think they should be.

Did you try any of the stuff I posted above ????

I've been using the same approch this year and we are at 14 for the season so far with the biggest 23" 3#14oz.

 

So how has it been going with the "new" idea ???

 

The season was not too bad; but I never could break the 30 inch mark. I will keep on trying. Maybe once I have the new boat all rigged and outfitted, I should have the ultimate fishing machine. Maybe that will be what I need. I will have to check my diary but I think I broke the 100 mark this year for Lakers that were boated. I did release the majority of them and a few were great dinners. Yes I do have a few photos somewhere. It is hard to take pictures when your busy fishing.