Flats play early on Champlain

Anglers don’t like to talk about “flat” productivity, unless you twist the semantics and talk about productivity on a flat. We’re seeing some of this early on Day 1 of...

Wendlandt loses lure to a pike

Clark Wendlandt enters this fourth Elite Series event of the season as the Angler of the Year points leader. Much has gone his way so far this season, including an...

Bryan Schmitt superstition

While covering take-off this morning on Day 1 of the Bassmaster Elite at Lake Champlain, I noticed that Bryan Schmitt had zero rods on his deck.  Now typically most of...

The one-two punch

We are in the second week of the New York swing. Last week, it was all smallmouth for the top finishers (except Brock Mosley) at the St. Lawrence River and...

Talley on Ticonderoga

Our first stop in the Ticonderoga is on Frank Talley. Frank the Tank told us with the exception of a 5-mile rough section the ride from Plattsburgh wasn’t too bad....

Tacoronte special spook

In 2013 Jesse Tacoronte was fishing a tournament on Champlain and on day 3 he drew a guy named Brian. Tacoronte had been catching his fish on a dropshot and...

Auten: Getting bit, but …

Todd Auten is fishing an area in which he located some bass during practice, and he’s getting bites. The problem is he’s catching the wrong species. “I’ve caught three or four...

Champlain already kicking up

Lake Champlain is known for its rough water whenever the winds kick up. We are on the Vermont side in an area known as the Inland Sea, and it’s living...

Meant to be

One of my favorite fishing stories, or at least a story about the games anglers play, comes from the Ticonderoga. I mentioned earlier the lock Timmy Horton had on the...

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