Join us this weekend for Lake Placid's Village Stroll. We will be offering a sample of wild game treats throughout the event. It's a great time to do some shopping and enjoy some of the bounty of the season. We hope to see you at the shop this weekend.
The weather today and tomorrow is a lot more spring like than fall like and nice enough to get you to think about calling in sick so you can get one last day on the water. The Ausable is at a very nice level and water temps are in the low forties but today's air temps should have it on the rise. We have seen olives and rising fish the past two days and I expect the same for today and tomorrow. Who knows, the ten day forecast has temps in fifties for 9 of the ten days. Quite a nice run of mild weather for November, get out and enjoy it if you can.
While it is good for the trout fisherman it has put a little stall on the duck season, seems we're dealing with the mid season blues. Oh well, I'm still going, we'll find a few.
The river is high today to close out the epic season of high water. Today is the last day of the trout season statewide but keep in mind that several area waters are open to year round fishing including seven miles of the Ausable! We have been busy around here wrapping up the season while trying to issue as many "Migration Cancellations" as possible. Check out some updated photos in The Fall 2011 photo album.
Gorgeous weather in store for us this weekend and good fishing to go along with it. The river temps were in the upper fifties yesterday and the trout were responsive to nymphs and more so to a streamer. sikties for daytime highs right through mid week. Great way to end the season.
Hunting has been good too for waterfowl and upland game, bluewing teal still around for the opener which was nice. Lots of game for the smoker, a great start to the season !!!
The Ausable is up from yesterdays rain and is a bit off color. The fishing will be tough for a few days. The pond fishing is a good option and the brook trout are colored up for the fall. Waterfowl and other small game seasons open tomorrow, we hope everyone has fun and stays safe. We'll be out there trying to do what we can to ruin the season for those to the south of us.
The West Branch is at a very nice level, water temps in the mid fifties and warming slightly by late day. Isonychias, stone flies, olives and fall caddis make up the menu. Great start to this week with a beauty of day today, perhaps some showers later in the week. Great news about landlocks out of Lake Champlain strong fish count on the first and only day the ladder was open, 15 fish through last Thursday, that bodes well for a good run this fall.
The water levels on the west branch have come down to very nice fishing levels and the water temps are in the low sixties adding up to some very good conditions to start the week. Isonychia nymphs still a good choice but fish are chasing streamers and eating caddis, hoppers and even stimulators on top, particularly in the afternoon.
Pond and lake temps have dropped and the action there is quite good also. September seems to be heating up with lots of time left to enjoy some of the best conditions of the year!
Fishing along the West Branch is returning to Fish were taking stone fly nymphs, hoppers and flying ants the last two days and a white zonker seemed a good choice yesterday. Water temps were in the low sixties in the morning, and the morning action has been pretty good.
The fishing has returned but the effects of the storm changed the river and its surroundings. Things may have changed in your favorite spot may be different than you remember it.
The change of seasons is becoming more apparent. Darkness comes so much earlier, there is more color on the hillsides and the apple trees are loaded with more apples than I can ever remember. September is one of the nicest months of the year here and I look forward it and to what it brings.
