Fishing trips

[ChaosStarter]

Originally Posted by Lard Almighty

Lake Champlain is a great bet, maybe a touch over 3 hours but well worth the trip. Pretty much anything you could want to catch is in that lake. There are also a lot of smaller lakes in the Poconos that can provide some great fishing.

Yep. Ticonderoga is a about 3-4 hours and that's what I consider the south part of the lake (even though it's not the most southern point).

[AndrewT]

I would also suggest somewhere in the adirondacks. So many great fisheries up there that are close to each other. Some of the best smallmouth fishing around

[JerryC]

Thanks guys.. right now im leaning twards a lakehouse in VT or upstate NY. Most of my friend have Kayaks along with myself so we wanna stick to smaller bodies of water, no longer than 2-3 miles long or so..

[NJ Dave]

Lake George. 3 hrs, 200 miles from NJ.
I have a cabin on the lake.
Spring, lake trout and salmon off docks by streams
Summer, trout, salmon, bass, perch, panfish, ect
Fall, all of the above.
Kayak shop where you can do weekly rentals for a few hundred bucks.
You can camp on the islands on the lake which is an adventure in itself.
There are a few fishing charters on the lake. Rod bender being one of the better ones.

[AndrewT]

Lake Bomoseen in VT is a very good bass lake. We vacationed up there awhile ago. Holds big bass and I had by far my best day of fishing ever on that lake.

[JerryC]

Originally Posted by AndrewT

Lake Bomoseen in VT is a very good bass lake. We vacationed up there awhile ago. Holds big bass and I had by far my best day of fishing ever on that lake.

Andrew, this is actually 1 of our options we are leaning twards.

[njbassman]

Lake bomoseen in vt is a beauty... but you can't beat lake george for variety of fish and overall beauty...

[Gerry Zagorski]

1000 Islands NY would be my suggestion.... 5 hour drive from north Jersey but well worth it... Crystal clear water that is practically polluted with small mouth and it's a beautiful area as well..

Pleanty of places to rent boats and cabins too. Some cabins boats are must because they are on Islands.

[JerryC]

thousand islands looks awesome but may be too far and too much boat traffic.. we mainly fish from kayaks, so we are trying to find an electric motor lake or private lake house.. we have a few we have used in the past but we want to try some new waters this year.

[ScowardNJ]

Is a cabin a "must"? I've done a few multi day, over night kayak fishing trips in the St. Regis section of the Adirondacks. Beautiful back country canoe/kayak trails that take you through multiple lakes and ponds and connector streams for pike, bass, perch, etc...All paddle only waters with no one hassling you. Tent camping only. I can send you a few route suggestions. Portage carts are highly recommended for portages.