Indian Lake Adventure: In search of my first Pike

I've been planning this trip for months.
The goal was too camp up north in the Adirondacks and catch a fish I've never caught, a fish that may be common catch for some anglers, the Northern Pike.
This is my 24 hour adventure to Indian Lake.

[@adkhunting6355]

Nice!

[@bobwarren7075]

Try Lake Lila for smallmouth. Shingle Shantee Creek. Killer.

[@bobturner6142]

It's a smelt lake. All the bait is at 20-25 feet. All you are going to get in the shallow bays are dinks. Trolling or casting a deep diving jointed Rapala smelt minnow and you get into big smallies and pike.

[@XxMarosyxX]

I’ve been fishing Indian Lake, NY for the past 10 years and you are absolutely right. I usually have better luck down by the Jesep thrown squarebills, tubes and senkos. This year (July) I and going to try a few different lures and got some larger in line spinners that I replaced the treble with a single hook. I picked up some 6th sense Panorama to us as a smelt trainer. Also have some deep diving crank baits and lipless. Where would you recommend I target for Pike and smallies that are deeper? I’ll be staying at campsite #5 this year. Definitely going to fish all around that site and surrounding islands. Thanks in advance

[@colem.9815]

I would recommend a spoon or spinner for Pike

[@robertwilke7692]

Thanks for this video! I'm actually heading to Indian Lake in a couple weeks. I see you were using dropshots and those little swimbaits. Would you mind my asking what kinds of plastic you were using? The bass seemed to eat them up.

[@adamarquette7336]

There isn’t very many pike in Indian lake

[@colem.9815]

Lower Saranac is good