Panther Mountain and Cobble Hill
Ice Shanty, looking towards Figure 8 Mtn.
Fishing on the Ice on Chateaugay Lake
Mouth of Owlyout Creek
Figure 8 Mtn., Porcupine Knob (Drew Mtn.), Larrabee Mtn.; Bluff Point in foreground
Figure 8 Mtn., Drew Mtn., Larrabee Mtn.
Drew Mtn. and Larrabee from mouth of Owlyout Creek
Birch Hill (left), 3rd, 2nd, and 1st Hills
One of these northern pike weighed 14 lbs.
Jack Clifford Camp (a.k.a. 5 Chimneys)
Every winter Doug Carter runs a fishing derby at the Owlyout Tavern (right by Owlyout Creek); the past few years they've had more than one a year. There are cash prizes ($200) awarded every hour for the biggest legal fish caught anywhere on Chateaugay Lake. There's a big breakfast early in the morning, and they run it until dark.
I brought along my camera so I could get a good shot looking out at the "W" range from Charlie Merrill's place; this will go in the book.
From Merrill's house I went to the Owlyout where I got some good shots of some of the fish; right when I left there was a single lake trout, a nice size, perhaps several pounds or so. A few years back that's all you could catch, plus perch, but now the pike have taken over.
Where did the pike come from? Is this a secret program run by the DEC? I've heard that the NYS DEC has been trading species to release in the wilds with other states. Someone from downstate found a badger or wolverine, with a Utah tag. When they contacted the NYS DEC, nobody would talk about it, but when they contacted the outfit in Utah, they admitted that they've been trading their species in order to obtain whatever New York has been giving to them. Probably more of these pike.
I brought along my camera so I could get a good shot looking out at the "W" range from Charlie Merrill's place; this will go in the book.
From Merrill's house I went to the Owlyout where I got some good shots of some of the fish; right when I left there was a single lake trout, a nice size, perhaps several pounds or so. A few years back that's all you could catch, plus perch, but now the pike have taken over.
Where did the pike come from? Is this a secret program run by the DEC? I've heard that the NYS DEC has been trading species to release in the wilds with other states. Someone from downstate found a badger or wolverine, with a Utah tag. When they contacted the NYS DEC, nobody would talk about it, but when they contacted the outfit in Utah, they admitted that they've been trading their species in order to obtain whatever New York has been giving to them. Probably more of these pike.
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