Otsego Lake- Cooperstown
I skipped work and went out to Glimmerglass State Park on Otsego Lake to visit my parents who are camping there while they outrun the storms at their house in Florida...
I haven't been to that lake in 20 year since I was a kid. I forgot how beautiful it is there... And only 9miles from Cooperstown makes it a great place to visit.... Hour and a half from Albany (70mi door-to-campsite)
My parents have my neice and nephew with them for the week (from Syracuse) before they have to start school next week. I got my 5yr old nephew into some smallies by slowly trolling some soft plastic 'Tsunamis' behind the canoe with a tiny ultrlight he could hold onto tightly.
The Smallmouth bite was pretty hot on the north end of the lake... And the sunset was awesome... Here are a few quick shots of the newest fisherman in the family... His first smallies ever...
The first fish was tiny and he loved it... The second was pretty good sized and took him for a RIDE... He held on tight, cranked away, and whipped it pretty good... He was scared it was going to yank him out of the canoe!
When it was all over he just looked at me with huge eyes and said, "Uncle Jim, that was AWESOME"... Watch out... This lil' dude is REALLY going to be putting the hurt on 'em before too long!!!
Check it out:
Here is his first smallmouth-
Here is the bigger one that he hammered on
The sunset was awesome (Dad and Neice in kayak)
I am psyched to hve a new lil' fishing buddy!
Great kid... Just another 17 years until I can feed him beers and invite him over for the 18th Annual Snyders Lake Shin Dig!
post edited by Neversink Jimmy - 2008/08/29 17:02:18