29Sep
23May
Lake Champlain State of the Lake Meeting
This meeting has been time-stamped and posted on YouTube. Just check out the "Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department" channel, or do a search on it, and it will come up. I pay attention to this meeting every year. There are biologists there from Vermont's Dept....
14Jul
Lake Champlain 7/9 – 12, Keuka Lake 7/13, Seneca Lake 7/14
I've been on the water a LOT during the past couple weeks. It hasn't been easy with the heat and humidity, but covering up and drinking a lot of fluids has made the conditions tolerable. Nice breezes also help! Here's how things broke down over...
23Jul
Lake Champlain out of Ticonderoga 7/20 – 7/22
Had a good time as usual up on Champlain with my buddy Mike. We arrived on Tuesday early PM to find quite a few "wrapped" bass boats at the launch. Mike Iaconelli's rig was there amongst others. As usual, there was going to be a...
30Aug
Lake Champlain 8/26 – 8/28, Cayuga Lake 8/29 – 8/30
8/26: After a long day on 8/25, doing a full day on Seneca then a half day on Cayuga, I was ready for a mini-vacation with my buddy Mike. I checked the wind and we decided on fishing Ticonderoga on Wed. and then above Plattsburg...
04Sep
Lake Champlain out of Ticonderoga/Crown Point 9/2 – 9/4
Lake Champlain: Day 1: Had a great time with my friend Mike on Champlain. We were hoping for monster gar (I was optimistic that the hot weather of the last couple weeks would keep them around the surface) and some largemouths on top. We didn't get...
03Aug
Lake Champlain – Crown Point/Ticonderoga 8/1 – 8/2
Just got back from my 4th trip to Lake Champlain and the fishing was tough - no question about it. Brutal heat/humidity and high murky water combined to leave a lot to be desired fishing-wise. My buddy Phil is moving out of State in a...
09Aug
Lake Champlain Crown Pt./Ticonderoga 8/7 + 8/8
Had a great time up at Lake Champlain with my tournament buddy Phil. What a lake! We chased gar on the fly on Sunday and found them right where I left them. The weeds were up a bit higher than before and the fish were...
22Jul