Brown Trout Help!! HUGE

[Northenfish]

Hi guys,
I'm from Cortland County in Upstate New York. (about 30 min. South of Syracuse) I have a great little spot I fish at near my house and its a gold mind! This is because its private property. Its a large size pond that was man made by a company ( it was a gravel pit). It had now filled in with water.(about 20 years or more ago) I would say the pond is a good 2 acres. What makes this pond so different than others is a large river named the Tioughnioga River passes right next to the Private Pond. ( and has a 20 by 20 foot section that flows right into it!) No one knows this, and the pond is loaded with Bass and Pike ( BIG ONES) and a lot of them. Just the other day i was fishing there with a stick bait for pike and no lie i saw at least 15lb, but more like 20lb brown swim by in about 4 feet of water. I said to myself OH MY GOD there is monster browns in here,( 100% was a brown) and i dont know why i didnt think of this before because the Tioughnioga River is loaded with Browns and it flows right into it. But the Browns in the river are normally small, and this things was a MONSTER. So the question is... how do i fish for these guys in deep water, and i mean deep water!. The banks all go down real fast, and its over 200 feet in some spots. I want to take my kayak out there and fish for them but have no idea how?? Any tips guys? Thank You

Catch and Release
-Zach

[SilveDreamDave]

Glad to hear ya found a monster , I think the reason the fish are there is to look for food, i'd say they might return to the river if they can if the food source is low in the lake. But as for fishing for them? where to start. I would watch the lake very carefully at dusk for signs of top feedin, just because its a big fish and a deep lake doesn't mean that it will be sitting at the bottom, more likely to spend its time cruising the margins slowly in search for insect life and food. In which case a heavy duty fly rod and line would be great sport, but spinning a small but heavy lure on a good sturdy rod may temp the beast from the deeps. I saw a fourteen and a half pound brown trout taken from a lake in North Wales UK. But it was maximum depth of 12 to 17 foot deep in parts, the fish was actually taken in 6ft of water on a bunch of worms fished on the bottom. I hope ya hook the monster and have a bit of sport anyway. Take a camera with ya just in case.
Good luck
SDD

[FishingLTJ]

Try a slip bobber and spawn, that's what I would start with, fish the edges if you saw it in 4 fow.......