looking for hot spots!!!

I'm a Long Island fisherman and I am predominantly a fresh water fisherman.  Bluegills and largemouth bass are my main targets but in the process of locating them, I've managed to bag a fair number of yellow perch, other varieties of sunfish, carp, bullheads, crappie, pickerel, white perch, trout, and golden shiners (sizeable).

I live on the shore of Patchogue Lake, home to some seriously outsized crappie and where Largemouths of 4-6 pounds are caught regularly.  The lake is heavily weeded by the end of May, when night fishing is the best way to consistantly catch largemouths there.

The pickerel population is abundant and healthy, with some large picks taken.  A state record could be swimming there but the biggest pickerel I have ever seen, in all my travels have been in a small pond on Grand Boulevard, in Wyandanch.  It's just west of the Wyandanch town swimming pool.  This is another heavily weeded over pond and is very small but it is spring fed and is part of the Carll River system, which includes Phelps Lane pond, Southards Pond, Carll's River, Argyle Lake and the spillway at Montauk Highway.  My point is that all of these provide decent fishing for all the freshwater species I have mentioned at various times.  I think there are still natural breeding brook trout in Carll's river between Argyle Lake and Southard's Pond but they don't attain any size anymore and they aren't abundant anymore.

The best bass fisherman on Long Island is, probably, my brother, Ted; certainly, in Suffolk County waters.  I'm done with fishing until the weather warms up again but Ted will still be out there on warm winter days and even on some inhospitable days if the white perch are running (sea run), trout (sea run), or herring (shad?).

One thing we have yet to locate is a good consistant white perch lake along the south shore of LI or where the sea run perch come in along the Eastern South Shore of LI.  I think, if we find one, we find both.

<P>I'm a Long Island fisherman and I am predominantly a fresh water fisherman.&nbsp; Bluegills and largemouth bass are my main targets but in the process of locating them, I've managed to bag a fair number of yellow perch, other varieties of sunfish, carp, bullheads, crappie, pickerel, white perch, trout, and golden shiners (sizeable).</P>

<P>I live on the shore of Patchogue Lake, home to some seriously outsized crappie and where Largemouths of 4-6 pounds are caught regularly.&nbsp; The lake is heavily weeded by the end of May, when night fishing is the best way to consistantly catch largemouths there.</P>

 <P>The pickerel population is abundant and healthy, with some large picks taken.&nbsp; A state record could be swimming there but the biggest pickerel I have ever seen, in all my travels have been in a small pond on Grand Boulevard, in Wyandanch.&nbsp; It's just west of the Wyandanch town swimming pool.&nbsp; This is another heavily weeded over pond and is very small but it is spring fed and is part of the Carll River system, which includes Phelps Lane pond, Southards Pond, Carll's River, Argyle Lake and the spillway at Montauk Highway.&nbsp; My point is that all of these provide decent fishing for all the freshwater species I have mentioned at various times.&nbsp; I think there are still natural breeding brook trout in Carll's river between Argyle Lake and Southard's Pond but they don't attain any size anymore and they aren't abundant anymore.</P>

 <P>The best bass fisherman on Long Island is, probably,&nbsp;my brother, Ted; certainly, in Suffolk County waters.&nbsp; I'm done with fishing until the weather warms up again but Ted will still be out there on warm winter days and even on some inhospitable days if the white perch are running (sea run), trout (sea run), or herring (shad?).</P>

<P>One thing we have yet to locate is a good consistant white perch lake&nbsp;along the south shore of LI or where the sea run perch come in along the Eastern South Shore of LI.&nbsp; I think, if we find one, we find both.</P>

Hey, Anytime you want to hit either Captree, Montauk, or any of the freshwater spots shoot me a quick note about a week before so we can work make plans..

Hook&Pawn, I think I know of you and your brother from Noreast. Well , Long Island has some great freshwater fishing. I mainly target largemouth but do the spring trout stocking and when I want to just sit and relax sone Carp fishing. I have fished all over the Island, but the one in Wyndanch Ive never seen. I used to drive bye there every day I worked on Grand Blvd.
Mike, L.I. N.Y.