Silver Lake Wilderness

The Silver Lake Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of the Forest Preserve, is located in the towns of Lake Pleasant, Benson, Wells and Arietta in Hamilton County and is roughly bounded on the north by NY 8 and private lands near Piseco Lake, Oxbow Lake, Hamilton Lake, Sand Lake and Lake Pleasant; on the east by NY 30; on the south generally by the Hamilton County line; and on the west by NY 10, the West Branch of the Sacandaga River and the Piseco Outlet.

The area contains 48 bodies of water covering 569 acres (2.3 km2), 26.5 miles (42.6 km) of foot trails, and 2 lean-tos.

May 22, 2016 Afternoon

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Good afternoon. 63 degrees and cloudy this afternoon at Lake Algonquin. Went for a minor swim in the Sacandaga River before they turned the hydro plant on this morning. Those rocks tend to be slick on the shore. I was fishing there but once the plant ramped up the turbidity of the stream really increased. So now I’m fishing on the lake.

Been camping the past two nights up towards the end of Pumpkin Hollow Road up in Wells. Been somewhat cloudy but not a washout. Sprinkles most of this morning. But some sun yesterday. Spent a lot of time reading book on fishing in an effort to improve my technique. Been a nice quiet weekend.

May 21, 2016 Afternoon

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It strikes me strange to  be posting that it is May 21st. But today’s modestly warm afternoon weather definitely feels more like late May then past weeks. 68 degrees and mostly cloudy in Wells, NY.

Caught and tossed back in a pretty good sized brown trout out of the Sacandaga River, down by the Wells dam. Then despite getting many bites I kept losing them.

Black fly season. I’ve soaked my cowboy hat with DEET, which seems to be controlling the black flies fine. Also wearing long sleeves and in a relatively high location, away from swamps which is helping. Once dusk is over, black flies go to bed. Honestly there not as bad as I’ve seen them some years.