Clarence Fahnestock State Park

[johnjav]

i use to rent boats at canopus all the time.  I remember I got this one decent size bass when i banked the boat by the small dam.  I got out of the boat to stretch my legs and started to shore cast the beach side.  What a great bass that was.  That lake is filled with turtles also. 

[Uncle Crappie]

OH yea  I saw a huge turtle last weekend out there Like 100 pounds mabey 30 in shell I swear . Wampus has some giants also One chased my boat!LOL Dont skinny dip those waters LOL

[johnjav]

lol, thats funny. We must have seen the same turtle.  The one i saw, the shell was the size of a car tire.  I couldn't believe how big it was. 

[Biz-R-OWorld]

Went to Canopus today...fished off the dock from 530am to 8am with my girlfriend...only caught sunnies (used worms, lures, etc...everything) and 3 turtles by accident...Right before I left I casted out a small sunny as bait, and caught a LM Bass, only 11inches though....thought it would have been bigger than that.  Then went to Baldwin Lake in Mahopac and fished from 9am - 1130am.....My girlfriend and I fished with worm and bobbers....caught 14 catfish combined (all between 10"-14")...caught a few of the catfish on sunnies as bait, caught a ton of sunnies, and 4 bass...I caught 3, but she caught the biggest of the day....16"....I lost 2 other bigger bass right near shore, I would say 15"+....Literally a bite every single cast..saw some huge fish near surface about 20-25ft away from shore, big scales...must have been carp? Pics attached...all fish were released...
Pic 1 - Canopus Lake Bass caught on live sunny. All other pics from Baldwin Lake.

[Uncle Crappie]

Looks like it was a good day those are good bullheads .How big was the sunny u used for bait to get the bass .And that  other bass looked 2lbs all those cats must have been fun. I would love to go for some cats .Were the cats caught on cut sunnies for bait? and is baldwin pond private ? Thanks for the post and pics!

[Biz-R-OWorld]

The sunny was like 4-5inches, surprised a bass only 11 inches ate it.....most of the catfish caught on worms and bobbers, a few were caught on cut up sunnies (1/2 sunnies)...I think Baldwin is public for the most part....i used to fish there like 4-5 years ago, pulled a few bass outta there over 18" back in the day.....its very small, no boats, but a ton of catfish and bass....problem is everything is like 10-15", guess the lake is stunted or whatever they call it.

[Uncle Crappie]

Those Stunted ponds are great to take kids fishing or newbies!

[Biz-R-OWorld]

yeaa definitely....there definitely are some bass closer to 20" in there though, and a few years back my friend caught a nice catfish in there over 2lbs...it was like 16"

[striperman13]

My older brother used to be a state park patrolman on fahnstock so I fished it from shore a few times.The biggest thing I remember was seeing all the velveeta cheese and corn on the bottom.We did catch a few in the 14 inch range but that was on nightcrawlers.That was probably about 8 years ago tho.