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...
2020 Bassmaster Elite at Lake Champlain
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...
One fish from glory: Keith Combs
“To be honest db I have never gotten over it.”— Keith Combs “And neither have I.’— Jennifer Reid Combs (wife) Dateline: Lake Champlain, N.Y. and Farmington, Conn. “It was 2016....
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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