SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. -- Former President Barack Obama was in Upstate New York late last week to go fishing with a friend, according to news reports.

News of Obama's visit in the Adirondacks spread quickly after a news anchor posted a photo of the 44th president posing with an employee at Adirondack Regional Airport in Saranac Lake.

"A Presidential visit!" the NBC News 5 anchor, Stephanie Gorin, posted on Facebook. "Former President Barack Obama was in Saranac Lake for some fishing with a friend."

Obama, who flew in on a private jet Thursday, posed with airport ramp worker Richie Hewitt in photos Gorin shared on Facebook.

"Did some fishing and flew out Friday," Gorin wrote. "He was surrounded by Secret Service the whole time. Hope he enjoyed our slice of paradise!"