I’m driving through the Adirondacks this morning, moving as fast as I can South before the boats start taking off in Plattsburgh.
I’m headed to the Ticonderoga River, taking the easy route over asphalt. In virtually every event I’ve ever covered on Champlain, the Ticonderoga has always been a factor in the early going of these multi-day events.
In 2007 or thereabouts, Timmy Horton won the event going away in the Ticonderoga. It didn’t play as big in 2017 but it’s been pretty good down there lately.
Some of the weeknight events there are taking 21 pounds to win. That’s locals who know the river intimately but it’s also only three hour events.
I’m not sure who will head this way or if anyone will. You make this trip as an angler you have to be dialed in and make it happen in a very short time.
Yesterday, Craig Lamb and Andy Crawford produced a Dock Talk feature. While doing that, they asked the anglers who was running South. None of them were. But I still believe there will be some hearty souls who will give it a try.
Who that will be won’t be known for some time. It is a long run from Plattsburgh, but we will be there waiting.