what kind of fish are in ballston spa lake?

If your lake is ice free just take your boat and fish real slow. Cold water makes most fish very sluggish. If it gets close to freezing, bass, bream, crappie, and bluegill go next to dormant and head to the bottom. They might breathe once every three minutes and won't be interested in bait ...

It shouldn't be too different from normal open water conditions. To be honest those silly fish will eat just about anything. However as the seasons change, so does the available "life forms" that fish eat. In the winter, the bugs and smaller critters that fish eat start to deplete. So -depending on ...

For rainbow trout in streams: Morning: I like to yse a 1/0 thin wire hook, load it with either dough balls or salmon eggs, leave at least 2' of line tied directly to the hook, a stop and a sliding sinker less than an ounce. Early afternoon: either flies or deep running jigs with very few feathers ...

There is usually no limit on bluegill, bream, and crappie in southern lakes where smallmouth bass are found. Many is the time I have feasted on barn-door crappie when the bass fishing was slow. There are always plenty of them. The flesh is firm and tasty. About the only fish I will not eat is ...

No, Whiting has actually become a general for several species. Have a look for yourself (According to Wikipedia). Whiting fish , Lake trout .

Lots of times, I just put small rubber bands around the treble hooks and have a little piece of 1 pound monofilament running between each of the bands on each of the hooks, so when the fish hits and the bands come off, you still have the bands and nothing in the water will eat them. There arw ...