ducks19

Thanks for the insight. Excatly what I was looking for. Saturday the 27th seems like the day I'll have the most down time in between hockey games. Looking forward to it. May try the Ausable River first, then head towards Lake Placid. Another question for you, if I may: have any luck using craw soft plastics this time of year (up your way of course)? Still using them down here in the MD rivers and the smallies love them. I like to use the YUM F2 Craw Papi watermelon / green pumpkin colors - Texas rigged. Thanks again for the insight to where to fish

Favorite on the Susquehanna River (Flats) in Northern, MD is the 3.75 Yum F2 Craw Papi (Green Pumpkin with purple speckles). Texas rigged (skin hooked). Smallies' kill this bait! * Only knock would be that the claws do have a tendency to come off easiy. On a strike, your almost guaranteed to lose a claw or two. Although who would complain about that?

I will be in Lake Placid next weekend (October 26th though the 28th) for a youth hockey tournament. Third straight year up there and this year will be the first time I'm thinking of bringing my gear and taking a shot at some smallies' Coming up from Maryland, where as of this past week-end stil having some success fishing for smallies in the Susquehanna River Flats. Basically looking for some local knowledge of lakes or rivers no more than 30 minutes from Lake Placid that could produce some small mouth action? if it's of the opinion of the locals its too late in the season and the bite is slow, or water is too cold, would like to know that too. One other thing when replying is that I will be fishing from the shorelines so public access would also be crucial to where I go. Any help would be much appreciated. Will bring the waders (and buy my one day NY non-resident fishing lis.) Any and all insight would be much appreciated.