First evening on the new lake.
 

After living 20 years in Fayson Lakes, which was a bass fishing paradise until the big bass die off two summers ago, I moved in late March to Lindy's Lake in West Milford.

Between the divorce and logistics of moving much of the contents from a 2,800 sq ft home into a 700 sq ft log cabin (a whole 'nother non fishing story) I haven't done much fishing this year.

Today I took my new solo canoe for my first spin on Lindy's. Knowing nothing at all about this lake, I hit the "fishy" looking spots and was soon into a bass that fought so hard I thought I had a 4 pounder on. I was surprised to land a bass that went about two and a half. Twenty minutes later I was into a bass that was towing my canoe around like a toy. I thought I had a monster bass, but it was only about 3 lbs. Not bad for about an hour of fishing. The fish here seem to have "shoulders". I caught 4-5 lb bass in Fayson that didn't fight so hard.

Lindy's is about 1/4 the size of each of the two Fayson Lakes I fished frequently, but I think I'm going to like fishing here.

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Re: First evening on the new lake.
 

Glad to see you back on the water !

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That's awesome.
Sorry to hear about your divorce. It looks like you were able to get right back onto a private lakefront house again.

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Not quite lake front, I'm about a quarter mile from the lake, but when I was looking for a new place I wanted to be able to keep the boat, so apartments were out. I found a place where I was able to keep the boat, and was happy to learn that part of my rent goes toward membership fees. A nice bonus. No ramp on the lake and no motors allowed, not even electric, so I can't use the fishing boat, but the canoe does the job.

I'll miss Fayson, because even after the bass die out, there was still a great holdover trout fishery there, with a 5 pound brown or bow now and then, and the occasional wiper and walleye. The people in charge at Fayson do a good job of managing the fishery. They even throw in a handful of pike, but not enough to kill off everything else. The unfortunate choice a few years ago was putting in weed killer during a record heatwave, which decimated the bass for some reason.

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Brian,

Man sorry to hear about this.

At least you found another place to wet your line. Nice one you got there, looks healthy indeed.

Andre