Kayak fishing regional reports from Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
This past Saturday night was our “Supermoon” for the year. The Supermoon is the time when the Moon’s orbit is closest to the earth. During this time the Moon appears approximately 14% larger, and you will see some of the biggest tides of the year in the days leading up to and following it. Unfortunately, I was not able to get to the coast to fish the tides and experience some of the great fishing I would later hear about...
Lake George can be divided up into several major areas, the area I fish the most is Bolton Bay and the area of the lake just south of the “Narrows”. Within a 30 minute paddle of any of the launches in Bolton Landing, you can catch any of the species the lake has to offer.
Having grown up on Lake George this lake will always be a magical place in my mind. However, unlike so many childhood memories that rarely meet expectations when you try to relive them, Lake George has actually exceeded mine. Having spent time kayak fishing on this lake for the majority of the last 30 summers I have been able to watch this fishery and lake recover from overuse and in some cases abuse.
Sunday morning I decided to fish Joppa Flats for the first time. High tide was around 2AM and since you have to fish this location +/- 3 hours from high tide I decided to launch at 1AM and I would be off the water around 5 when the sun was coming up.