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Title: adkRoy's Adirondack adventures
Post by: adkRoy on May 17, 2012, 07:02 PM
I hiked into Glasgow pond (1.4 miles one way) in the Southern Adirondacks this afternoon after work.  I tried fishing the creek and the pond. Although I saw fish, I did not catch any.  :P

The trail in is an old tote road up to the pond. It was really washed out.
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Its neat, on the way near the pond, is some old foundations of houses from over 120 years ago.
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Someone has recently been metal detecting and digging around the foundations
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This is why I hate people, they leave crap like this way back in
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Many views of Glasgow pond. I did see fish but they just were not biting.
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I found where some animal, either skunk or raccoon, found some turtle eggs, dug them up and ate them.
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Here is the old foundation of the old mill that use to make broomsticks if I remember my history right.
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Some old metal equipment pieces from the mill
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I found a Jack-in-the-pulpit growing amid the foundations
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These little guys were all over the place:

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Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings
Post by: camo_fish on May 17, 2012, 07:40 PM
looks like you have a sweet afternoon in the ADK's   8)
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings
Post by: prchslyr on May 20, 2012, 06:44 AM
Nice pics! Pond hikes are one of my favorite ways of fishing.
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings
Post by: OTIS on May 21, 2012, 08:20 AM
Great pics!  I love seeing pictures of and hearing about the history of the Adirondacks.
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings
Post by: adkRoy on May 29, 2012, 09:22 PM
Memorial day weekend on Canada and Green lakes.
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Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(more photos added 5/29)
Post by: drowndin dots on May 29, 2012, 09:30 PM



   Don't ever touch my Rock Bass  :clapping:
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(more photos added 5/29)
Post by: OTIS on May 30, 2012, 06:43 AM
Great pictures, keep them coming.  Trying to convince the wife we need to move up there, but finding jobs in the area isn't an easy thing to do.
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(more photos added 5/29)
Post by: bigredfishing on May 30, 2012, 08:16 AM
rockbass and fallfish, I can't imagaine a much better one-two combination!  Great pics!
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(more photos added 5/29)
Post by: adkRoy on Jul 07, 2012, 05:49 PM
It's Jessup river time!  Took a little canoe trip up the river for some trout. The river was down about 2-3 feet. No trout were caught but we did have a fawn jump in the river, chase our canoe, jump back out of the river, run around us, jump back into the river and swim down stream in front of the canoe for about a half mile. Lots of deer and bear tracks in the mud and sand along the river banks.

Self portrait!
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Beautiful scenery:
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The river was really low:
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I tried to get a picture of the deer swimming in front of us but he was about 100 yards down stream from us.
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Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(more photos added 7/7)
Post by: OTIS on Jul 07, 2012, 06:00 PM
Great pics!  You have to get out more, I'm definitely not getting my fill of the 'Dacks this year... :-[
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(more photos added 7/7)
Post by: bogmanjr on Jul 07, 2012, 07:03 PM
Nice pic's  8)
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(more photos added 7/7)
Post by: adkRoy on Jul 07, 2012, 07:37 PM
Great pics!  You have to get out more, I'm definitely not getting my fill of the 'Dacks this year... :-[

Its hard this year with a baby due soon.  ;)
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(more photos added 7/7)
Post by: Goatskin on Jul 08, 2012, 03:27 PM
You have to love the Radisons right Adk?  8)
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(more photos added 7/7)
Post by: OTIS on Jul 08, 2012, 06:27 PM
Its hard this year with a baby due soon.  ;)

Congratulations!  That's going to be a lucky little person, growing up in the Adirondack's!  Invest in a backpack carrier.  I took our kids everywhere in one.
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(more photos added 7/7)
Post by: adkRoy on Jul 08, 2012, 06:33 PM
You have to love the Radisons right Adk?  8)

My brother in law and I took my father in law's radison.  Did not realize the river was so low. left some paint on  some rocks in the river.

Congratulations!  That's going to be a lucky little person, growing up in the Adirondack's!  Invest in a backpack carrier.  I took our kids everywhere in one.

A friend of mine is giving me his since his daughter out grew it.  ;D
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(more photos added 7/7)
Post by: BAZOOKAJOE on Jul 10, 2012, 12:26 PM
Cool pics!!  Looks like a nice little campsite.   8)
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(more photos added 7/7)
Post by: adkRoy on Jul 29, 2012, 07:50 PM
Hiked into 2 ponds in the southern adirondacks today. Tried fishing both. Over all an 8 mile round trip. No fish were caught.  :P

Funny posted sign near the trail head.
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Lots of these guys all over the place. I had to watch where I stepped.
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Pond #1, 1.5 miles from the trail head:
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This is what makes me a grumpy old man. I hate people that just leave their trash out in the woods. If the idiots can haul it in, then they sure as heck can haul it out.
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Where I fished on Pond #1. I could see pan fish but they were not biting. Pond was down low.
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Really cool blue flowers growing all around the pond:
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Lets play guess what animal left the poo?
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Old house foundation from the 1800's
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At 3.3 miles I reached pond #2 and found this junk lying around. People amaze me with the crap they haul into the woods sometimes.
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Campsite on pond #2:

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Some views of pond #2:
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Some self shots at pond # 2. I did try fishing here but saw and got no fish.
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More trash left by people by this beautiful little lake   :cursing:

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I love the way this tree grew
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Old dam and mill foundation at pond #2 dating back to the 1800's, 3.6 miles from the trail head
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The beavers have patched up the hole in the old dam thus raising the water level back up.
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at 3.8 miles from the trail head, I found where some one lost part of their atv even though atv's are not allowed on forest preserve land.
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Some indian pipes growing on the trail:
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Spring next to the trail at 4.0 miles
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at 4.1 miles from trail head, came across a very old hunting cabin:
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Unfortunately,  :-\ you can see how people have broken into the cabin many times:
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This is where I turned around and walked back. The last mile back to the trail head I got caught in a down pour. 
Over all a great hike.
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(more photos added 7/29) pg. 2
Post by: fishnmachine on Jul 29, 2012, 08:43 PM
Great pics of a good hike! Thanks!  8)
The trash thing p!sses me off, too. Some people just don't get it!!!  >:(
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(more photos added 7/29) pg. 2
Post by: OTIS on Jul 30, 2012, 09:33 AM
Great pics!  It's unfortunate about the trash!  I'd guess bear poo.
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(more photos added 7/29) pg. 2
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 02, 2012, 10:50 AM
Great pictures ADK...  Trashy people leave trash behind....
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(more photos added 7/29) pg. 2
Post by: adkRoy on Aug 05, 2012, 06:46 PM
Hiked in to Jockeybush Lake in the Adirondacks this morning before the big rains to do a little fishing.  Sally Beagle came with me to keepme company.

These are Emerald Ash Borer traps the state put up to monitor the spread of this invasive bug.

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It says 1.1 miles to the lake but that is to the outlet. You need to walk another .25 to get to deeper swimmable, fishable water.
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Sally was excited to be hiking
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Hey dad, I found a good smell!
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Sally crossing a stream, she hates getting wet
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When we got to the outlet of the lake, sally wanted to get a drink but ended up getting stuck in the mud:
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Jockeybush lake looking west from the outlet
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I recommend crossing over the old beaver dam at the outlet and staying on the north side. nice fisherman's path that leads to a campsite and some rock out crops and deeper water.
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My collapsable pole and hiking tackle box. fit nicely in my backpack
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Sally drinking. This is where I threw her in and washed the mud off her.
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I love this dog.
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Sally napped while I fished.
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Sally took this picture of me fishing
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Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(Hikng with the beagle, added 8/5) pg. 2
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 05, 2012, 07:10 PM
Some more great picture ADK.   Looks like a nice hike...
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(Hikng with the beagle, added 8/5) pg. 2
Post by: adkRoy on Aug 05, 2012, 08:32 PM
Some more great picture ADK.   Looks like a nice hike...

Its a pretty easy hike. Met a guy on the trail much older than me carrying a canoe into the lake to fish. Made me wish I had brought one.
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(Hikng with the beagle, added 8/5) pg. 2
Post by: fishnmachine on Aug 05, 2012, 10:49 PM
Nice report. Looks like a pretty lake. Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(Hikng with the beagle, added 8/5) pg. 2
Post by: OTIS on Aug 06, 2012, 10:45 AM
Another great post!  Love your beagle, we have two.
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(Hikng with the beagle, added 8/5) pg. 2
Post by: RIVERRAT2 on Aug 06, 2012, 11:07 AM
GREAT POST.adkroy,i too see the junk when i walk in to fish,i bring a bag to take out as much as i can[WE MUST PICK UP AFTER KIDS]
and i donot let it upset me,this is the way they were raised,what does there home look like
just a thought
 ;D ;D ;D
RAT
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(Hikng with the beagle, added 8/5) pg. 2
Post by: adkRoy on Aug 06, 2012, 06:51 PM
GREAT POST.adkroy,i too see the junk when i walk in to fish,i bring a bag to take out as much as i can[WE MUST PICK UP AFTER KIDS]
and i donot let it upset me,this is the way they were raised,what does there home look like
just a thought
 ;D ;D ;D
RAT

Unfortunately, there is way more junk up on some of these ponds than I could carry out.  :P Its a product of illegal atv use on state land.
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(Hikng with the beagle, added 8/5) pg. 2
Post by: O on Aug 06, 2012, 07:06 PM
Cool thread Roy, thanks for sharing your pictures.  I have always wanted to do some easy hikes in the ADK. But have no idea where to start.  We are going to be in Old Forge just after Labor Day for a friends wedding.  Any suggestions for a 3 to 4 hour hike nearby for me, my wife and 16 y.o. Daughter?  We are looking for something to do between the grooms dinner and the wedding.
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(Hikng with the beagle, added 8/5) pg. 2
Post by: adkRoy on Aug 06, 2012, 07:10 PM
Bald mountain, or  moss lake circuit. Those are two very nice hikes in the oldforge area.
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(Hikng with the beagle, added 8/5) pg. 2
Post by: Raquettedacker on Aug 06, 2012, 07:17 PM
Like ADK said Bald Mountain is awesome...  You get to climb the fire tower...   Another good one close by is Rocky MT...   In between Eagle Bay and Inlet...
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack Meanderings(Hikng with the beagle, added 8/5) pg. 2
Post by: O on Sep 08, 2012, 01:08 PM
We hiked the Bald Mt trail, perfect for us and several other of the wedding guests.  It was such a nice day for it, bright sunshine and cool in the shade.  Except for locking the keys in the trunk of our car, we really could not have asked for a better time.  Thanks for the suggestions!
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Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack adventures
Post by: OTIS on Jun 03, 2013, 07:52 AM
I'm calling you out ADK Roy!  Money's tight and the weather hasn't cooperated so we haven't been able to get to the great Adirondacks.  Once those baby eating bugs are gone and school's done for the year, I'm expecting to see some new pics! :D
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack adventures
Post by: adkRoy on Jun 05, 2013, 08:28 PM
I'm calling you out ADK Roy!  Money's tight and the weather hasn't cooperated so we haven't been able to get to the great Adirondacks.  Once those baby eating bugs are gone and school's done for the year, I'm expecting to see some new pics! :D

If we can get a weekend where we're not suppose to get 5 inches of rain, I'll get out there.  ;D
Title: Re: adkRoy's Adirondack adventures
Post by: adkRoy on Jun 16, 2014, 06:35 AM
Time to dust this thread off.

Nice picture of an adirondack doe I snapped up by piseco lake yesterday.


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