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Black Lake, St. Lawrence County N.Y.
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As I walk down the dock to my boat in the mornings, I look into the shallow

water just to be amazed by the shear quainty of fry perch, blue gill, crappie

and Bass that are seaking shelter there from the sun and preditors that await

them in the deeper water just 50 feet away. Just by this one observation

you know that Black Lake is very healthy and the fishing will be great for years

to come.

My Lady and I vacations there last week for seven days. The camping was great

with the Mclear's. I highly recomend their accomodations. Right on the water

and everything you need for fishing including a great fish cleaning station. I

will post a link to their site at the end of the report as well as for Black Lake.

As you can see by my upbeat we had some really good fishing and for a change

some great fishing weather. The Crappie fishing was excellent, but best worked

on a drift. Our rigging was simple. ultra light rod and reel and 4 lb. test spider

wire. A 1/32 jig head tipped with plastics, every color seemed to work tipped with

minnows, chunks of worms or just plain white plastic with a pink jig head. In

windy conditions ( 10-15 MPH) extra split shot had to be added to get into the strike

zone.

It was good we used spider wire because we also hooked into Walleye, Bass

and Catfish on the drift. Our friends from PA. Ralph and Mel. also brought in two

Gar. Another fisherman was realing in a nice Crappie when it was attacked by

a 40 inch muskie. You never know what to expect, except awsome fishing.

The Crappie have to be 9 inches to be a keeper and you best adhere to it

because the local game warden were out making sure you play by the rules.

We caught a lot of 9" crappie and a good number of 10" and 11" were also

brought in. Some up to 14" are also around.

The lake is really not very deep at it's deepest parts it gets to 30' but averages

around 16'. Don't look for any thermal change because it is a constant temp top

to bottom. the average temp for the week for the water was 69 degs.

This sets up for some great Bass fishing as well. A number of tournaments

are held there each year. Large mouth and small.

There is a lot of information on the web site and I recommend that you visit it

before you go. blacklakeny.com and for camping and cabin rentals go to

mclears.com. I know you will enjoy the good people and the fishing. Chief.
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YOU FISH THERE ALOT ?
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I take a week every year in June. Some years it corrisponds with openning week

of Bass season. I don't target Bass if I catch them that is fine but I would rather

set my sights on panfish and walleye. I enjoy cat fish as well. Black Lake is a great panfish

lake the walleye are coming back and you can get cat's to 12 lbs. Chief.
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i'm not a bass man either , but latley that's all i'm catching ! bass and gills , where'de all the other fish go ? LOL ![crazy]
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I haven't been able to get out much these past few weeks, I did manage a trip to the Merrimac river in Mass. my lady and I did catch some stipers but not as good as last year. I haven't gotten to any local lakes in a while, I plan on going to Lake George the 18th of Aug. for the week. We'll try for some Lakers and Salmon and also fish for perch for dinners. I usually fine them in the 30' range around some veg. where it drops off to deeper water this time of year.I need to hit the lotto so I can quit this grind Chief.
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YEA , ME TOO ! THE TROUBLE WITH ME IS I WOULDN'T RETIRE , I'DE START MY OWN BUSINESS AND WORK MORE HOURS ! LOL !
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dont forget to grab us some entries for the contest. a hand foll of the gill and sunfish family will push you over a 100 points.

like to see a pic of a striper. I dont get to see them this far up river. (michigan)

good luck and keep us posted.
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