Fly Fishing on Brantingham Lake
Nice Fish Ashley... Uncle Joe had to take it off the hook...
Smallmouth Bass off a point on Brantingham Lake
Another smallmouth bass caught on vegas
On Memorial Day weekend, my family and I rented a camp on Brantingham Lake. We invited my nieces and nephew to come with us. It was a great time. I can’t remember a Memorial Day weekend with such nice weather and warm temperatures. We arrived at the lake with boat in tow on Friday and launched prior to the sun setting. Brantingham is a pretty lake only open to renters or residents of the lake. It has some interesting underwater topography. There are some shallow points and some deep sections as well as a submerged island. This information was identified by talking to a few people who have been there as well as researching via books with bathymetric charts and downloading a contour map from the NY State DEC (http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_pdf/brtglkmap.pdf). A bathymetric chart is the submerged equivalent of an above-water topographic map. Bathymetric charts are designed to present measurable description and visual presentation of the submerged terrain (taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathymetric_chart). Based on the map, I identified some points, saddles and weedy areas that could hold fish. It is known to have trout stocked in it as well as bass and panfish. Even the kids got into it...Nice fish Ashley. I was able to take a few evenings and fish for smallmouth bass cruising in the shallow points as well as over the submerged island. As you can see, I caught a few nice lake smallmouth bass. I caught it on my own fly creation that I call vegas.
