Bass season opens on Lake Champlain Saturday June 11 (the regular statewide season opens on the 18th). This is prime time for Champlain bass fishing. Largemouth will be in shallow water along shorelines, reeds, weed beds and flooded trees.
In the Northern end some prime areas to fish are: Kelly's Bay, Monty Bay, Catfish Bay and Kings Bay for largemouth. For baits some favorites are Senkos, spinnerbaits, slug-go's and topwater frogs.
For Smallmouth bass on Northern Champlain Windmill Point, Point Au Fer, Pt AuRoche, and around Isle La Motte are all good areas to try for big early season smallies that are still shallow along the rocky shorelines and rocky points. Casting tubes, senkos and crawfish pattern crankbaits all work well. Look for topwater action to be turning on real soon. Nothing beats the thrill of a big smallmouth blasting a topwater bait on a calm day.
Mid-lake areas on the NY side to try for bass are: Ausable Point, Willsboro Bay, Westport Bay and Bullwaga Bay. Smallmouth are found along Westport Bay North shore, Willsboro point, the mouth of the Boquet River, Valcour Island, Split Rock Point, Crown Point, and rocky shores around Fort Ti.
This is also a good time to hook into a trophy pike as they will readily take most any bait that you might cast for bass.
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