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08-08-2002, 01:12 PM
Just got back from a few days on the St. Lawrence river, about 20 minutes east of Alexandria bay. Thanks to those of you who posted to my ealier question. Overall the fishing was fairly good. Fished with both flys and plastics. Since I only fish for small mouth once a year, I just used my smaller striped bass bucktails and plastics. The plastics worked very well. I didn't do a lot of fly casting due to wind and drift, but did successfully troll out of the kayak and landed about 6 smallmouth (1 14" included) one morning.
Quick story: My sister-in-law and I took my daughter, two of her kids, and a third child fishing for perch in a cove near the cottages that we rented. Its a small, shallow cove about the size of a small pond (5-10 acres). Her 4 year old daughter was fishing with a small Zebco Bugs Bunny rod (the kind with the thumb push button for casting) when she complained that she couldn't reel the fish in anymore because it was too heavy. Her mom took over and realized it was no perch and handed the rod to me. We got the fish to the boat, but had no net. While trying to get it in, we lost it. The fish was a 2' northern pike that had tried to eat the perch (The perch got away before the pike did). Moral of the story is always bring a net, even when just fishing for the little stuff...you never know!
Quick story: My sister-in-law and I took my daughter, two of her kids, and a third child fishing for perch in a cove near the cottages that we rented. Its a small, shallow cove about the size of a small pond (5-10 acres). Her 4 year old daughter was fishing with a small Zebco Bugs Bunny rod (the kind with the thumb push button for casting) when she complained that she couldn't reel the fish in anymore because it was too heavy. Her mom took over and realized it was no perch and handed the rod to me. We got the fish to the boat, but had no net. While trying to get it in, we lost it. The fish was a 2' northern pike that had tried to eat the perch (The perch got away before the pike did). Moral of the story is always bring a net, even when just fishing for the little stuff...you never know!