Lake Champlain

Caught 6 species today! Walleye, Atlantic Salmon, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch, Smallmouth Bass, and Rock Bass! The biggest smallmouth of the day was a three pounder and the walleye was about four pounds. Got the salmon on my ultralight rod which made for an incredible acrobatic fight. I’m heading home for PA tomorrow so this was my last outing in New York for a while. What a good one to end this incredible spring on!

Finally got another Walleye tonight! Stayed out until 10pm this time before I got one, this guy was a good 5-6lbs. The salmon were also on fire today and I managed to hook about ten and land five. These salmon have got to be one of the most fun fish to catch up here as they launch themselves four feet into the air about a dozen times during the fight.

Some stud smallies today, still fell short of the 4lb goal though. These two were 3lbs 12oz and 3lbs 4oz. Been trying for walleye nearly every night but I haven’t had any luck in nearly 5 days.

Some incredible multi-species fishing today! Got two beautiful 5lb Walleye to wrap up the day, a nice salmon on the jerkbait, an extremely aggressive rock bass, and the best smallmouth action I’ve ever experienced in my life. For a good 10 minutes I was pulling out 3 pounders every single cast from a single hole. I caught multiple smallies that were 3lbs 12oz, but still, somehow, no 4 pounder.

Once again, another Walleye after sunset, this time being a nice 4 pounder! The smallmouth fishing today was a bit slow, but I did manage two nice 3 pounders and a little one. The 9” glidebait did the trick for one of these smallmouth and drew in quite a few more bites. In total I fished for about 5 hours today and caught 4 fish.

Absolute behemoth of a Personal Best Walleye, 8lbs 10oz!!! I can’t believe I’m saying this but the goal for the next two weeks is a 10 pounder, and it’s crazy that it’s within my reach. On top of this beast of a fish, I caught 5 smallies, including one on my 9 inch glide bait, and it was the smallest one of the day. Got four 3 pounders with the biggest smallie weighing in at 3lbs 8oz.

Two gorgeous Wallies today after sunset that came in at 6lbs and 7lbs. Got a couple smallmouth as well with most of them being babies. Lost one good walleye at the end of the session that was probably a 5 pounder. My trout net is way to small for these guys and I was bound to loose one eventually.

Midnight Walleye 🌙 and some more multi species action. The walleye season opened today and I wanted to be the first to strike. The previous few walleye I had caught were all smallmouth by-catches, but tonight (this morning), I finally wanted to taste my success and cook one up. My late night endeavor payed off only 12 minutes after the season started and I was able to land a beautiful 3.5lb Walleye. It tasted very similar to white perch, but man the cheeks were incredible. Along with this catch, I managed to land a gorgeous lake trout and a 3.25lb smallmouth on the 6th sense panorama.