I love Lake Champlain. I really do. Not only did virtually every angler cross the stage yesterday and say those words, but it’s evident in the standings why any derby angler would love this place.
There’s 4-pounds that separate 40-something places from 3rd place on down. That would be about the difference or jump you would make if you caught the big bass of the day. That will be around 6-pounds. Assume you get to cull a 2 or pounder. Catch one bigger and you are on a rocket ship.
But that’s not why we love Champlain. It’s because all these weights are so close. And the fishing so good for smallmouth and largemouth.
I don’t care where you are, it’s still summer and a 15-pound day is pretty good fishing anywhere from sea to shining sea. That’s a good, if not great, day. Here you would barely crack the top 70. And it’s been that way for the past decade.