Acid rain has a positive effect as well. Because it is a sensational item, it receives tremendous press coverage, leading many to believe all Adirondack waters are dead. This is far from the truth, yet it has dropped fishing pressure greatly across the Park. As a result, there are many fine fishing waters that rarely get to wet a line throughout the season. If remoteness is an important part of your fishing experience, then the Park's waters are for you.
Opportunities exist to fish by float plane trip, horseback, backpacking, and canoe.
Remote ponds, tumbling mountain creeks, large lazy rivers, large lakes and beautiful clear streams await the angler. The West Branch of the AuSable - Rated N.Y. State's top trout stream, many believe it the finest in the East. People travel from across the country, and around the world to fish for AuSable browns, brook and rainbow trout. The river drops over 4000 feet in its 45-mile course from the shoulders of Mt. Marcy, near Lake Placid, to Lake Chaplain. It is a rugged stream with deep pools, and a great deal of pocket water and eddies formed by its large boulder formations.