Lake Champlain
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Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Grass Jigs
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Bluegill
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Points
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
46°
They couldn't resist the megabass 110 +1 jr today. Tried 4 different colors before they committed to Mat shad.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Blade Baits
Structure
Points
Good day today. Smallies are starting to come in from the deep. They should be chopping on jerkbaits real soon. What I found today was that they preferred blade baits.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
43°
Was a great day jerkbait fishing today. It was on fire. (Setup) megabass p5 destroyer oneten stick, shimano aldebaran mgl, 6lb fc sniper, 6th sense provoke 97DD
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Crawfish
The northern end of Champlain is warming up into the 50's but the best bite is still on slowly fished Ned Rigs and tubes.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
58°
The largemouth had really started relating to Champlains flooded bushes and trees and the no jack was the ticket today. In places they had the alewives pushed up into them. Did get a couple on a spinner bait but the alewives were chasing it and fouling the blades a lot. The switch to the swim jig was the deal.
Species
Lake Trout
Season
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Blade Baits
Structure
Humps
Great day for Lake trout fishing. They are chasing balls of bait fish on my mega live. Throwing blade baits into the bait balls and was pulling my blade through the bait and they were coming unglued for it.