bluecordfishermen 
My days at Fort Drum are getting short. I wanted to see the Lake Ontario before I hit the road for Texas. It was windy and cool in Mid October so I kept the kayak in the garage and headed to Robert G. Wehle State Park.
The vastness of the lake combined with its clear waters surprised me. The stats set the stage: 193 miles long, 53 miles wide, 802 feet deep.
Sacketts Harbor was a major ship building center for during the War of 1812. This URL is to a great summary of the battle that was an American victory. This lead to the warship General Pike to give the American Navy command of the lake. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/war-1812/battles/sackets-harbor and https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/controlling-waterways-sackets-harbor
My plan was to hike the Snakefoot Trail down the eastern border of the Park and get on the shore of Lake Ontario to do some fishing for small mouth bass. Along the way, I came up on a hunter and he saw my rods and questioned me about going fishing. His tone let me know I that I may have selected the wrong tackle.
I could hear the roar of the surf the closer I got to the lake. Based on the sound I was not sure what to expect. I came out of the tree line and saw an angry lake. The power of the wind drove swells with white caps onto the rock shore. The shear size brought everything into perspective. There was no real fishing in the clear waters of Lake Ontario that afternoon.
Yeah, I ended taking the rods for a walk. I make a few cast off the rocky shore just to say I fished Lake Ontario. 3-4 foot waves breaking on the shore are not conducive to bass fishing. So I took some photos on the way back to the car and enjoyed the sun, wind and roar of the surf along the shore line at Robert Wehle State Park.
The picture above does not do justice to this location.
Directions to Robert G. Wehle State Park. Follow Route 3 past Sacketts Harbor to Henderson.
