Good Fishing in the Adirondacks

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Summary: More than Fishing
Review: Contrary to other reviews, one need not be a native of the Adirondacks to love them. This book covers much more than fishing, it conveys the respect and love of the area felt by each of the writers.
As a regular visitor to the Adirondacks, I enjoyed this book as a treatise on the beauty and uniqueness of the area more than a "carved in stone" fishing guide.
Read the book to enjoy the experience. It's well worth it.

Tom

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Summary: Terrific guide for Adirondack fishing
Review: Most informative guide for Adirondack fishing ever written. Well worth the money!

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Summary: Read this to have a terrible trip!
Review: My family has lived for over 7 generations in the Adirondacks and being a third generation guide here I was very enthusiastic to see this book come out. I had hoped it would acurately portray an over looked fishery in the Northeast and aid anglers in discovering it for themselves.

However, The author should have checked his facts and sources!

The chapters are submitted by people that in at least one case are new arrivals here and not only are incorrect in listing species of fish available in each lake but in the chapter on Upper Saranac Lake advises people to access Upper Saranac Lake by parking along State Highway RT 30 which is Illegal, and then further instructs people to reach the western bays from there... there are two State maintained access ramps and parking lots on Upper Saranac Lake and not one of them is mentioned!
What a wonderful introduction to ice fishing---getting ticketed, towed and likely screamed at for crossing through people's yards.

The entire chapter on Upper Saranac Lake by Brian Macdonald who is NOT a native Adirondacker by any stretch of the imagination is incorrect, the town of Santa Clara which RT 30 and this part of the Upper lake is in, is now going to put No Parking Signs up because of people parking along the highway and the town highways impeding snow removal equipment and fire crews in at least one case already this year.
Now bright yellow No Tresspassing signs will also litter the once pristine Adirondack landscape because a [person] thinks he is a local guide, and another listened to him.

I stopped reading the book when I found three other chapters listing fish species that do not exist in the lakes and ponds described and sent it into the round file where it belongs.

Contact New York State DEC or any Forest Ranger for places to park and fish. Stop in any bait shop to get directions and maps, do not waste your time with this book, you'll end up getting in trouble...