There's been plenty of talk in the other thread about landlocks so I thought I would throw up some pictures from my short trips in the last couple weeks and some history/tactics.
DEC stocks landlocks in a number of interior ADK lakes, they are listed in the stocking list and also in the 'places to fish' county breakdown for Region 5. They are listed below 'splake' so it's likely Glen didn't read past that point to see where the good LLS lakes are. These interior lakes are almost exclusively put, grow, and take lakes so I don't feel too much guilt about talking about this fishery. DEC also stocks 24-30 inch breeder salmon into select interior lakes during november for a purely put and take fishery. Most of these fish are snatched up by icefisherman but they can provide some exciting sport if you can find them before ice-on. There are some self sustaining populations in a couple lakes where they were introduced and I've seen some wild fish in streams that feed larger lakes but these are few and far between.
Personally, I like going after these fish in the fall. They come in close to shore for extended periods of time and enter just about any lake feeder stream with adequate flow. With NY's new year round stream fishing regulations, runs of these fish are now in play for catch and release fishing. NOTE: If you do this kind of fishing you will inevitably run into spawning fish. They are easy to spot and can be avoided even though it is not illegal to fish for them. If they are moving to spawn or have finished and are dropping back, they can be targeted with streamers and are quite aggresive toward them. I sense that this fishery is underutilized because you're not likely to run into trophy fish like you'd find in lake ontario or finger lake tribs. Most fish will run from 15-20 inches and depending on the lake system you could find consistent mid 20's up to around 30 inches. They fight hard regardless of their size and the solitude of the Adirondacks in late fall is usually preferable to the great lakes circus. I've seen them run into streams from late August all the way until the first week of January. In the last decade, fish have been incrementally later in their trip to the shallows presumably due to temperature. The fish I caught in the last couple weeks have been a mixture of spawned out fish and pre-spawn fish staging off tributaries. The large female below was staged in a deep hole just off the mouth of a trib and was released quickly after a photo on the net. Another cool way to fish these fish is to anchor up in a boat and cast flies to them post spawn, I have had some spectacular number days doing this. I usually fish a floating line with varying length leader for depth. Best flies include clousers, wooly buggers, picket pins, traditional streamers, mickey finns, and hares ears. I think any trout fly would probably work but something with orange color seems to be a key. Landlocks also love to exit lakes and can also be found in their outlets often far down stream of where they've been stocked. I've personally caught fish that have travelled 10-15 water miles from their stocked lake. I've heard of others that have travelled even longer distances.
So hopefully this might give some people the itch to fish for these worthwhile gamefish this fall (plus bonus brook trout). I'll keep going until the lakes get pretty iced up and then transition to steelhead.
DEC stocks landlocks in a number of interior ADK lakes, they are listed in the stocking list and also in the 'places to fish' county breakdown for Region 5. They are listed below 'splake' so it's likely Glen didn't read past that point to see where the good LLS lakes are. These interior lakes are almost exclusively put, grow, and take lakes so I don't feel too much guilt about talking about this fishery. DEC also stocks 24-30 inch breeder salmon into select interior lakes during november for a purely put and take fishery. Most of these fish are snatched up by icefisherman but they can provide some exciting sport if you can find them before ice-on. There are some self sustaining populations in a couple lakes where they were introduced and I've seen some wild fish in streams that feed larger lakes but these are few and far between.
Personally, I like going after these fish in the fall. They come in close to shore for extended periods of time and enter just about any lake feeder stream with adequate flow. With NY's new year round stream fishing regulations, runs of these fish are now in play for catch and release fishing. NOTE: If you do this kind of fishing you will inevitably run into spawning fish. They are easy to spot and can be avoided even though it is not illegal to fish for them. If they are moving to spawn or have finished and are dropping back, they can be targeted with streamers and are quite aggresive toward them. I sense that this fishery is underutilized because you're not likely to run into trophy fish like you'd find in lake ontario or finger lake tribs. Most fish will run from 15-20 inches and depending on the lake system you could find consistent mid 20's up to around 30 inches. They fight hard regardless of their size and the solitude of the Adirondacks in late fall is usually preferable to the great lakes circus. I've seen them run into streams from late August all the way until the first week of January. In the last decade, fish have been incrementally later in their trip to the shallows presumably due to temperature. The fish I caught in the last couple weeks have been a mixture of spawned out fish and pre-spawn fish staging off tributaries. The large female below was staged in a deep hole just off the mouth of a trib and was released quickly after a photo on the net. Another cool way to fish these fish is to anchor up in a boat and cast flies to them post spawn, I have had some spectacular number days doing this. I usually fish a floating line with varying length leader for depth. Best flies include clousers, wooly buggers, picket pins, traditional streamers, mickey finns, and hares ears. I think any trout fly would probably work but something with orange color seems to be a key. Landlocks also love to exit lakes and can also be found in their outlets often far down stream of where they've been stocked. I've personally caught fish that have travelled 10-15 water miles from their stocked lake. I've heard of others that have travelled even longer distances.
So hopefully this might give some people the itch to fish for these worthwhile gamefish this fall (plus bonus brook trout). I'll keep going until the lakes get pretty iced up and then transition to steelhead.
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