Shallow, deep action shots from Champlain

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Photography by
Craig Lamb
Photography by
Justin Brouillard
Looks can be deceiving. This is a quiet, calm inlet on the Inland Sea, the place to be as you’ll see in other galleries on Day 1 of the Dakota Lithium Bassmaster Elite at Lake Champlain
Clifford Pirch chose to target largemouth along a shallow shoreline.
Casting targets were ideal.
The drone lands and the action shifts to what’s more the norm and reality on this blustery morning on Lake Champlain.
Mark Menendez fishes along a railroad bridge. Boat positioning is a challenge.
In the open water, Stetson Blaylock keeps both eyes on his forward-facing sonar.
Nearby is Cooper Gallant, like most offshore anglers, watching his screen for smallmouth on subtle bottom changes.
Fans were welcome to come up close.