Bass fishing has been really good this summer on the big lake. The cool rainy weather has kept the water temps cooler than usual for this time of the year. Usually the big smallmouths are concentrated well offshore in deeper water among the reefs but we have been catching big smallmouth bass in good numbers in less than 15 feet of water closer to the shorelines as well as on the reefs. Largemouths can be found in the deeper weedbeds on the outside of bays and in the reeds early and late in day.
Some good places to fish are out of Westport try the rocky points and reefs of the bay and around some of the steeper drops. Button island reef on the VT. side and the reefs and shoals south of here always hold nice fish. Lures that consistently produce Champlain smallmouth are tube jigs in darker colors like watermelon and brown, Senkos, and crankbaits in crayfish patterns. On the Northern part of the lake drift along the rocky shoelines and points off Isle LaMotte and around the Alburg peninsula. The area around the fort and the Crown Point bridge is good for bass as well as the rocky areas around Fort Ticonderoga.
Always remember to carefully monitor the weather as Chanplain is a big lake and can get very rough quickly.
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