Great Sacandaga Lake once produced the world record pile, 46pounds: it’s now the North American Record; However, it still produces some really big pike. While some over 20 pounds are caught each year it’s not a lake that produces pike in good numbers

                 May is a good time to find those monster pike, anchor in the right spot with a very large (8- 18”) sucker and wait for a cruising pike to take the bait. Casting the shoreline has its moments, and so does trolling large stick baits. Customers as shown on this page, catch most of the pike by accident while trolling for other GSL species. I had one customer catch 6 pike one day while walleye fishing. Rich Staubach is shown here with two nice pike caught 2005 while bass fishing. Normally I get booked out with walleye and bass trips in May and do not have the time for pike. Ron Kolodziej, a licensed guide and big pike expert specializes in fishing for them. It would be my recommendation that you give him a call at 518-829-7711 if you are a serious pike angler, or want the trophy of a lifetime.

              When you catch a pickerel in the lake its usually a good one as the one shown on this page. Every now and then a pickerel is caught, and twice I had customers catch small tiger muskies.