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RE: Someone Say ADK Brookies ?
2011/09/30 21:18:43
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Awesome!
Thanks.
Just what an ADK addict needs to see every once in a while.
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RE: Someone Say ADK Brookies ?
2011/09/30 21:29:11
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come on now a few of those pics are double posts from a while back  .... but either way they are always a joy to look at... looking forward to next monday after your trip and seeing your new pics...
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RE: Someone Say ADK Brookies ?
2011/09/30 21:32:31
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come on now a few of those pics are double posts from a while back.... but either way they are always a joy to look at... looking forward to next monday after your trip and seeing your new pics...
Yup some are but many not.. When asked I put up.. sorry pms kickin in..
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RE: Someone Say ADK Brookies ?
2011/09/30 21:34:12
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Very nice. I love fishing the West Branch of the Ausable and the upper reaches of the Saranac. Beautiful country.
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RE: Someone Say ADK Brookies ?
2011/09/30 21:37:50
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Very nice. I love fishing the West Branch of the Ausable and the upper reaches of the Saranac. Beautiful country.
Get yourself an inflatable, put on your walkin shoes and see what you been missing, or maybe not
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RE: Someone Say ADK Brookies ?
2011/09/30 21:49:08
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I also enjoyed hunting in the Adirondacks. We used to backpack up into the mountains between Hope and Wells off of Route 30. Nothing like spending a couple of days in the middle of nowhere.
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RE: Someone Say ADK Brookies ?
2011/09/30 21:52:49
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hunted wells often years ago.. great place.. To me there is nothing better in NY then above the blue line.
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RE: Someone Say ADK Brookies ?
2011/09/30 22:03:02
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We used to go up for the season opener and on a few occasions we had snow in the higher elevations. I can't tell you how many times I had to listen to some poor soul who got lost first day out, shouting for help and repeatedly firing three shots in the dark of the night. Those little orange or blue trail markers were easily missed if you didn't pay attention to what you were doing.
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RE: Someone Say ADK Brookies ?
2011/09/30 22:12:41
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come on now a few of those pics are double posts from a while back.... but either way they are always a joy to look at... looking forward to next monday after your trip and seeing your new pics...
I PMed tuna and asked for brookie and ADC pics. My bad!
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RE: Someone Say ADK Brookies ?
2011/09/30 22:32:10
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come on now a few of those pics are double posts from a while back.... but either way they are always a joy to look at... looking forward to next monday after your trip and seeing your new pics...
I PMed tuna and asked for brookie and ADC pics.
My bad!
come on guys; there was a wink after the first sentence... edit: i shouldve typed it in pink maybe...
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RE: Someone Say ADK Brookies ?
2011/10/01 04:12:18
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I think we both knew you were busting but I had to shoulder the blame for tuna since he was honoring my personal request.
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RE: Someone Say ADK Brookies ?
2011/10/01 11:42:18
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Sweet looking brookies HT
Judging by the size of the pack stapped to your back - your shoulder healed up fine.
Question about that big laker - do you folks eradicate them - as a manamgement tool to protect the brookie #'s?
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RE: Someone Say ADK Brookies ?
2011/10/01 12:18:55
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Fished rock pond once. no brookie but nice largemouth. It was quite the row/hike. Thos **** deer flies were viscious. Pretty country up there.
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RE: Someone Say ADK Brookies ?
2011/10/01 12:54:22
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drake, that laker sure got cooked.. Was told by a dec friend there should not be any there but maybe long ago some were dropped by accident, happens all the time.. If I do so encounter an invasive in brookie ponds ( I usually dont as I'm pretty selective) then yes they are eradicated and eaten if possible... Then there are other ponds, lakes in the adk's that both are stocked in same water body.. Kind of a waste to me but I generally don't fish those types of water bodies.. cp, there are a few rock ponds.. If your talking about the Pharaoh Wilderness area I know it well.. Should have cooked the bass, at least I will when I find them.. Rock in Pharaoh is a pretty pond be it a big one but really there are much better ones fishing wise in same area.. Should have tried Little Rock..
post edited by hot tuna - 2011/10/01 12:55:54
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RE: Someone Say ADK Brookies ?
2011/10/02 09:28:23
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 RJ, here's my Flytepacker. Everything you see here weighs a little over 3 lbs. and compresses into a package a little more than a loaf of bread. I'm kind of out of the loop on most things (except carpentry) but I have met very few people that haul rafts to fish. As I intended this raft for above 12,000 feet I was looking for mega-light and small. It worked great on wilderness brookie ponds in Vt., too. The seat's are out of my Fishcat float tube and double as PFD's. The paddles I chopped down from a 3 pc. yak paddle. (they are sealed and they float-I keep them overboard) I use a mesh bag with some rocks and para cord for an anchor. I wish I could get up there with you this fall, but it ain't gonna happen. I hired guys, but work is so far behind I get a few hours to relax this morning and it's back at it. Look forward to your report and thanks for the pics. Catch many splake? Charlie
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RE: Someone Say ADK Brookies ?
2011/10/02 09:52:32
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Charlie, that raft looks sweet but the $$$ scared the heck outta me..lol... I understand your desire though about the weight..
Rafts are the only way to go (imo) as a hike in backpacker for me.. Enough of the canoe or even those pricy and delicate hornbeck's, again raft all the way !!
As you seen mine are a 2 person super caravelle which weighs 8 #'s. Very tough and durable with 5 chambers and a price tag of only $38.00 so no big deal if it gets wasted.. Some have lasted 3 seasons before a patch job is needed..
This weekend IS a GO for a 3 day hike in for brookies. So I'm pretty stoked as I thought my backpackin was done for the year..
Splake ? Not really, I have caught a few but mostly my brookie waters are reclaimed ponds.. I try as best as possible to avoid other species when targeting brookies. I just get a thrill hiking into puddle ponds and catching specks where the trails end and your back woods skills begin.
That said however, most of the record brookies are taken on waters that have smelt in them but then again I'm not looking to get my name in any books , just looking for solitude and a few tugs on my line..
They should be in full Flame spawning colors now so with any good fortune I'll have some sweet pic's come next monday eve..
Next spring my friend, we will kumbaya around the campfire in the ADK's..
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RE: Someone Say ADK Brookies ?
2011/10/02 10:01:03
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[ Next spring my friend, we will kumbaya around the campfire in the ADK's.. ...and look back on a great winter of steel and brown fishing.  Charlie
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RE: Someone Say ADK Brookies ?
2011/10/02 10:01:10
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i was under the impression that kumbaya was taboo around here
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RE: Someone Say ADK Brookies ?
2011/10/02 10:40:57
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RE: Someone Say ADK Brookies ?
2011/10/02 10:48:22
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hey tuna and charlie; i wouldnt bring anything like this but i would be glad to add in a small hand drum at your kumbaya party...  lol wader boy; i dont see any type of circular form here at all; would this be referred to as a drum zigzag mayeb????
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RE: Someone Say ADK Brookies ?
2011/10/02 11:02:02
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RE: Someone Say ADK Brookies ?
2011/10/02 19:38:47
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Thats some good Char Tuna! Are these ponds stocked then? We have no sych thing here.
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RE: Someone Say ADK Brookies ?
2011/10/02 20:19:24
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Most are stocked on a contious basis, some heritage strain some domestic strain.. I believe it is 30 fish per acre.. Some ponds were reclaimed and stocked with heritage (original) strain then not re stocked to let natural reproduction take it's course. And The crown Jewels, be it very few, were never stocked but the dec takes eggs from those fish to continue the wild heritage strain gene.
So to answer your question, yes & no..
The ponds I really like to fish are puddle ponds of under 50 acres but not opposed to larger ones however they must be far off the beaten path without angler pressure which very few larger ones are..
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