ADK September vacation week report

[Subaqua Adinterim]

·         Got back yesterday from our annual end of September, Blue Mountain Lake vacation trip.  I fished 5 of the seven days I was there, each day in the afternoon between 1 pm and 5 pm in various area lakes.  Spent the morning hiking and doing things with my wife and then in the afternoon after fishing and having dinner went to the swamp that is called Lake Durant for top water.

 

I took 4 set ups - all spinning.  As much as I like my new Mojo bass rod and some of my longer lighter set ups, I took more durable, shorter rigs as follows:

2 Pflueger President 6' combos; one with 6# PLine and one with 15# braid and 8# floro leader.  Note that PLine is tough, tough line. 

1 6'9" medium Veritas with Mitchell 300 pro reel with 30# braid used for the Booyah Pad Crasher Jr. with a Lake Fork Trailer hook

1 Okuma SST 6'6" 2 pc. ultralight with a Pflueger Supreme reel with 10# braid and 6# floro - rigged with a 1/16oz. VMC mooneye jig and 1.5" Crappie Magnet 

 

It was a great week.  Caught at least 2 - 3 dozen fish each day

 

I located some areas where there were rocks/boulders next to the shore and in the water and fallen down trees along with sparse weeds where I was catching SMB on almost every cast.  On the 6# PLine, I was using a 1/15 oz. Z man Shroom jig head along with a 2.75" TRD (what do you call this? LOL) this was working so well that I switched colors several times just for kicks - note that pink and coppertruse did not work so good there.  I hooked into dozens of SMB each day doing this.  Also, the biggest LMB were caught this way.

 

I also used T rigged weightless senkos and Owner ultra shakey head jigs with GY mini craws in the weedy areas, however, I had so much luck with the TRDs that I stuck to using that 90% of the time.  I also took all sorts of other lures - spoons, crankbaits, chatterbaits, spinners, etc. which I never used.

 

Occasionally I would play with my ultra light on the outside of fall downs near the weeds and catch perch and sunfish on almost every cast.

 

The topwater bite wasn't too good until near the last day.  I caught only one at the end of each day (including a bluegill - which I will post on the other species thread).  On the Saturday before we left, the last hour was magical, I hooked up with 6 LMB on the frog.

 

Most of the SMB that I caught were on the smaller side maybe 1# or less, although several were close to 2#.  I caught some really great LMB, four which were over 3# and two of those were in the 4+# range.  I have never weighed anything besides a salmon, so these are just guesses; but the big LMB were very impressive especially coming in the ADKs.  I have attached some pictures from a really great trip.  One is from the top of Castle Rock looking over Blue Mountain Lake toward lake Durant, one was taken by my wife with her Ipad of me on Lake Durant and the rest were taken by me which may not be the greatest since I had my little camera in hand at the same time I was holding a fish or reeling one in. Hope you enjoy these.

[A-Jay]

Very Nice.

Seems like a pretty place with some solid bass fishing

Congrats

A-Jay

[Turkey sandwich]

The Adirondacks are one of my favorite places.  It's beautiful, there's a wide variety of fishing, and the trails are amazing.  I'm jealous!

[Jar11591]

Nice report. The Blue Mountain Lake region is beautiful, and has a lot of great fishing. I spend some time fishing up there every year.

[BuzzHudson19c]

I love Lake Durant! I just tie on a frog and never take it off.