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here are definitely little jewels on Long Island. For freshwater
lakes and for you to find them a little treasure hunting is in order
out in eastern Long Island. For in "Lake X" my brother
and I caught over 100 crappies... and I'm not talking fishtank size...
12 inches and better, 1 pound slabbies consistently.
When
we first arrived, Joe and I fished hard for a few hours. Sure we
picked away... one here and two there, but we couldn't find the
mother load. When we put the small boat in, we went no further than
40 feet when we hit a decent drop off. Nothing to write home to
Mom about. But there was a decent reading of fish suspended 6 feet
in 9 feet of water. So we were throwing the last cast. Desperate,
we went to the guarantee... live killies, the smaller the better.
Then we just hammered away at some real nice slabbies over 80 fish
in an hour and a half. I even threw the fly rod into action after
the fish were hot on the bite. If all days of fishing were this
good it wouldn't be a sport. But we hit every drop off and cut in
banks until it all paid off.
As
I have written before...my brother and I have thrown back every
fish that we caught. We could have desicrated half the population
that day and for what... a big ego to show off. The DEC has a map
which shows the many lakes and ponds to explore and fish, so that
you can find your own "Lake X". You may say, "Give
the spot up Dave, let us get a shot at those fish." Well let's
put it this way, I'll give up any large body of water that can take
the pressure from a ton of fishermen... but these small jewels cannot.
They'd be just a memory of what was. It is up to you to treasure
hunt these places as I have and then send us pictures of your "Lake
X".
