Fishing 1000 Islands?

[Bugs]

Will be fun fishing 1000 Islands/St. Lawrence out of Clayton, NY the 4th week of June.
Does anyone have any pointers or suggestions. Do's or dont's? Any good restaurants?

And last but not least, where the fish are????

Thanx

[rogermantor]

Smallies are spread out post spawn now, youll find them anywhere from 8' to 40'. They are following the bait, find the bait and you found the fish. Try tubes in natural colors when the sun comes up, and also jerk baits black & silver work best, early morning top water, top water, top water! Largemouth fishing has been pretty good also, find the weed beds holding bait and work with spinnerbaits, topwater, and weedless worm. If your going out of French Creek and just want to fun fish, you can have fun right there and out under the bridge with largemouth and northerns. The bass & pike there have been beat up really bad with the catch & release but you should still catch some. As far as restaurants, there are some in town mostly offering pub type fare, there is one on the main drag that is established as fine dining, but IMO food overpriced and not that great. Get out of town and hit the local joints like Roxy's and PJ's. Good luck & have fun.

[capticeman]

I will be up there 4th of july weekend myself. Smallmouth can be from 3ft to 60 ft. get on the sonar and go get em... largemouth are around the thickest weeds you can find...
caution, I'm gonna say the water will be low... lots of stuff to hit up there, if you think your near something, stop!!!!!!!! navionics helps but they miss alot of stuff!
eats... pizza place in town is great for delivery... Obriens has great food and beer... I'll be there every night... Not sure the name but just east outa town is a place with a great sunday night prime rib...
enjoy and be careful...

[Bugs]

Thanx for the info guys!

Anyone else?

[rogermantor]

I'll be up again this coming weekend and again on the 25th - 27th for tournaments, I will updat if I can.

[Bugs]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by capticeman &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Obriens has great food and beer... I'll be there every night...</td></tr></table>

Are you like Norm from Cheers and have a regular stool?

Or, bouncer/security?

[capticeman]

just me and the banshee enjoying good food, and some beers... very Fishermen kinda place. when perch is on the menu, GET IT! you can actually boat in and tie up at the town dock and walk over. great place. with the fishing though you may not have time... many a day fishing a long time have a few beers and fall asleep early...
I'll be up there the july 4th weekend and an extended stay for the federation event.
enjoy mr bugs.

[Bugs]

Went to O'brien's for supper. Very good food. Asked at the bar about Capticeman but no one knew that moniker and I didn't have a name. Gonna try fishing today!