ADK Pond Trip Report
Well there wasn't much to report. Arrived at parking spot just as the sky was getting some light in it. Hiked in, it was just as described to me, easy hike. I brought the Vexilar in my backpack and carried borrowed oars. We got to the shoreline and there were several boats stashed there. Looking at the duct-tape patchjobs and foam wads, we crossed our fingers.
We found one boat that didn't leak, so off we went. About twenty yards from shore, one oar snapped in half. OK I guess this means it's gonna be one of those days. This put the kabosh on trolling, which was the plan. Spent the next 4½ hours throwing all sizes and colors or spoons, spinners and worms. All of that yielded one 8" brookie.
Not sure why they weren't active, it was cloudy and about 60 degrees, in between rainstorms. Had been cooler all week til that day. Saw a few swells on surface but they were keyed on something other than what we could mimic. Beautiful area and a great little pond. Had no luck at all in the raging river nearby.
Stopped at Lake George Pier on the way home and realized all my bass stuff was home in my car. Jeezuz Christmas. Contented ourselves with the scenery and a playing a few perch and sunnies so my buddy could go home unskunked.
JIMMY: Thanks for the idea brother! As for the contours of that pond, the deepest spot I found was around 21', and that pretty much runs right down the center. The far end gets shallower about 100yds from shore, down to around 6ft. Most of the shoreline drops fairly quickly near the one point, as you'd expect. Most of shoreline is a gradual drop to around 14'. I was marking fish at around 3-8 ft from bottom in the deep water. Marking and catching two different things!