Fishing
There’s always a certain type of camper who loves to fish. You can tell us apart because we like, sometimes, to hang around with a blade of grass in our mouth and daydream a little or else we like to hold things like fishing rods, in our toes and snooze a little by the river bank until we feel something tugging on our toes.
At Adirondack, we start our fishing early mornings, when the fish are biting. We row out onto our favorite point dipping into the deep Lake George waters or else grab a rowboat, sink a line, get comfortable and wait for the lake trout, yellow perch, catfish, sunfish, rock, large and small mouth bass to all come try to sneak the worms off our hooks or admire the handicraft of our lures.
Fishing is huge fun at Adirondack Camp. We can fish for our dinners or else we can fish for Herbie. Herbie is the biggest, humongist fish in the whole lake – bigger than you or I have ever seen. It would take the tallest man in the world to stretch his arms as wide apart as he could to describe Herbie. Admiral Whacko has been running the "Search for Herbie” contest for years. There’s those who have come close, but Herbie keeps getting faster and smarter and BIGGER.
If you will be fishing for your dinners, you’ve got to remember that the keepers will be at least a certain size; or else our fishing will continue to be catch-and-release. If you have a trusty favorite fishing rod, bring it along and test your luck. If you don’t have any fishing gear, don’t despair. Adirondack Camp offers a wide array of tackle, rods and reels to fit every fisher-persons style; and our die-hard fishing instructors will help you become acquainted with a wide variety of bait and tackle. The proper care and use of a fishing rod is taught along with respect for the environment and safety when fishing near others. You will learn specific techniques on how to carefully remove a fish from a hook in order to return it to the water unharmed and how to pan fry and de-bone it if you’re going to eat it.
Campers at Adirondack have a wonderful opportunity to see all kinds of natural fauna and spend time with friends while fishing. With multiple overnight fishing trips over the course of the summer to nearby islands on Lake George and other hot-spots in and around the Adirondacks, there is no shortage of fish stories to be had.
