Jeff Garnsey on the Muskie, which he uses to take clients fishing on the St. Lawrence River. Garnsey, who started working on the river as a deck hand before he turned 10 is a third-generation fishing guide. He is one of only a few guides left who use traditional boats and fishing techniques. 2015. Clayton, […]
Cooking a shore dinner near Clayton. The man on the left, who is cooking, is probably the guide; the other man, sitting on the ground, is probably the client. It was—and still is—common practice for fishing guides to cook shore dinners for their clients. July 1914. Clayton, NY. Photo by Im Noe. From the Antique […]
Six men on shore cooking on an open fire after a guided fishing trip. Circa 1920. Clayton, NY. From the Antique Boat Museum.
Fish stocking behing Parquet Hotel. Circa 1935. Fourth Lake in Inlet, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
Len Anibal in front of a tackle & bait store he ran. Circa 1950s. The hamlet of Piseco in the town of Arietta, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.
Bill Rasbeck, a well-known guide of Cranberry Lake, rows an Adirondack Skiff. An Adirondack Pack Basket sits at his feet, and he smokes a pipe. 1888. Cranberry Lake, NY. Photo taken by Seneca Ray Stoddard and titled: The Way it Looks From the Stern Seat.”
Four hunting guides sit in an old bark roofed Adirondack lean-to, filled with hunting, fishing, and camping gear. In the middle of the picture is a classic Adirondack pack-basket. Circa 1890s. Cranberry Lake, NY.
A seven person hunting party sits between a tent and a pyramid of fishing poles and long guns. Note the classic Adirondack pack-basket being used as a chair on the far right. Circa 1895. Cranberry Lake, NY. Taken by W.J. Carpenter, M.D. Amateur.
Seaplane on floats being prepared for fish stocking. 1932. Eagle Bay, NY.
The Howland Brothers were well known Cranberry Lake hunting and fishing guides in the late 1800s. In this photo they are posed on the porch of their camp on Cranberry Lake, with two women and a girl. Note that the camp was built using Adirondack style vertical log siding. Circa 1910. Cranberry Lake, NY.
