juicehound

yeah i think i'm going to alter my annual fishing trip destination from now on - that was the worst experience i've ever had. i had a 10x better time in 2 hours 10 minutes away from my house than the entire trip to SL NY lol

yeah i'm considering changing my annual fishing trip to another location - possibly florida i don't like the idea of spending hundreds of dollars on a fishing trip where you catch squat to be honest the fishing has never been incredible at saranac any of the times i've been there....i've heard of people catching smallies like crazy - i don't know what the problem is but i don't think that place yields incredible fishing very often if at all, maybe just for me

so i came home from my trip saturday early b/c some idiot unplugged the cord from the wall that was charging my batteries so we had no trolling motor...i was so aggravated i had to catch some fish so i went to a local lake and fished for about 2.5 hours and caught about 20 largemouth 4 over 3lbs. lol that trip to saranac was the WORST fishing trip i've ever been on hands down

This is extremely aggrivating however it's not as bad as the fishing has been - I posted a huge reply to you yesterday and I guess it didn't go through or some crap like that So I'm posting again here I have tried everything and since we went out Wednesday evening we have 1 pike and 3 bass - its so ridiculous. We asked another couple guys on another boat yesterday and they said they did really well but I don't believe them - they said try black and chartreuse - its not like the bass will ONLY eat black and chartreuse And won't touch anything else... I haven't seen more than 3 fish on the surface today and didn't get anything on top water - I caught one more miniscule smallie on a brown/chartreuse tube but nothing else not even bites I can't believe how much this sucks - I came up here and paid 500+$ and I'm getting absolutely nothing for it but the beautiful sights I have tried drop shotting cranks tubes grubs worms top water rapalas and I'm not gettin bites from anything but rock bass and small yellow perch Its not like I have all the time to wait around for this to get better as we are leaving Saturday evening I don't know what else to do - this is extremely frustrating - I wish I came up earlier in the month like I was planning on - the lady that owns the place said the fishing was amazing last week too bad for me I guess

Okay I need HELP I'm at Saranac and the fishing is WRETCHED! Last night i caught nothing and tried everything casting to shore and along above water visual points. And today I fished top water this morning around 530 and got 1 minuscule smallie and rock bass ugh I tried crankbaits and grubs and worms - all I got was a largemouth and a sucker on the grub in 3 hours I'm assuming the bass are either in deep water or are not feeding because of the time being too close to the end of the spawn- if they are feeding in deep water how do I get a lure in front of their face? I don't have a fish finder and I don't know of any technique to get a lure to go deeper than 20 or so feet Please help!

wow! those are some fat smallies you got there! hahaha thats so sick! i booked my trip for the last weekend in june so hopefully i'll have a great time and catch a lot

wow! beautiful fish! and your gear looks similar to mine! ci4's are the bomb thats very cool - good luck w/ the certification man! THANK YOU so much for that advice - i'm so glad i haven't booked my trip yet So, if I were to pick a wednesday through saturday in June to go which one would you recommend? Justin

really? wow i may change the week i'm going then - I don't want to have to deal with those kinds of conditions - I want to be able to fish topwater and cranks and tubes and kill em - that's how it's been the other two times i've been there but we went later in June. what would be the best week to go? 3rd week in June? and don't apologize for the long post THANK YOU for posting so much great info for me - I really appreciate it!

hey thanks for your reply! I'm not familiar with saginaw or fish creek bay...are those in lower saranac? i know where the sister islands are though but not may other places - can i find the places you referenced on a map? yes! i'll definitely be picking up grubs - and some new colored tubes as well

hey everyone i'll be going to saranac lake in NY with my dad the first week of june/last week of may for some smallmouth fishing i've been there 3 times before but its been years since we've been able to go and i'm so excited to finally get back up there. just wondering if i can get some input from some more experienced SMB fisherman about what baits and patterns i should be looking for considering the time of year i'll be there. i'm going to be on the water each day by 4:45am i've used a lot of topwater (poppers and floating rapalas only really) and 3.75" tubes to catch them previous years any other lure ideas? thanks Justin

hmmm i'm not even a fan of it from people much older than myself - it's just a demeaning term to use when speaking to someone. thats all.

i'm not looking for a rod primarily for senkos - i don't have enough $ to get that specific w/ my gear in my case would the bcr803 be the better choice vs. the 893? i don't think you have the age required to call me "kid" seeing as you are more than 5 years younger than i am - unless you are an old man who submitted false information and a fake pic on your profile... at least bassn blvd is just about double my age +1 for the Lew's tournament pro SS reels i have two of them and they're fantastic - just wish they had a 6 pin centrifugal instead of the 4 pin

yeah it sure would be nice! or maybe they should discontinue some of their rods if necessary but i doubt that will happen lol definitely. bahahahahaha! that's hilarious!

no i don't like his response to my post on this thread - it was rude and accusational i have no problem with what anyone spends their money on as far as rods are concerned - i just don't think the 783 i have for senko fishing is worth it - that's why i'm going to try a different GLX - the 803 and see what happens now there's a quality post! thanks for sharing your thoughts - i agree with all of what you said like i wrote back to tom D, i'm not new to the sport of bass fishing and i'm just looking for an improvement in sensitivity vs. the BPS extreme; improvement that is enough to justify whatever increase in price the "better" rod happens to be. i'm going to pick up a bcr803 and see how that compares to the 843 and i'll post back here as soon as i test i've been fishing a LONG time - most of my life - probably about 18 years...so i've been able to learn the feel of a bite over those years fishing so i'm not making these comparisons just coming into the sport of bass fishing

now there's a moderator that i like!