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Champlain, New York

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Recent Catches In Champlain, New York

Ryan Jones At Great Chazy River

5 weeks ago
 • 
Clinton County, New York

Today was a tough day of fishing. I visited 5 spots and caught 5 separate species. The goal of today was to catch a new species, although that did not happen today. The first two spots I visited were a bust. The first one on the lake had to low of a water level. The second spot looked juicy, but there were a lot of boaters coming in and out from the ramp, and there were also a couple of other people fishing and not catching. The third spot was definitely the best of the day at the Chazy. Starting of, I was going to try for musky, but most of the pools at the park looked like they wouldn't hold any large fish. Off the bridge, I spotted a 4lb smallmouth, and I was very close to getting him. Unfortunately, I tried to hookset before he had the sleeper gill in his mouth, and the fish darted off. 2 pools down is where I caught my 3lb largemouth on the sleeper gill. Sadly, I left my phone in the car, and since it was hot, I decided it would be best if I released the fish without a picture. In the last hole, I saw a couple of redhorse, and wanted to get my fly rod out, but there was really no room to cast from the bank. I ended off spotting a monster 5-6lb largemouth and messed up my presentation. I got two casts where he seemed very interested in my sleeper gill, but I just moved on. When I reeled my bait in, I realized that the tail of the swimbait was through the hook. Not fixing my presentation before I cast probably cost me a pb. The fourth spot I visited was choked in duckweed. The frog was the only option, but there were no bowfin or bass to be seen. I did however see something reddish brown swimming around down there, and I thought it could have been a tench. I got my flyrod out, and unfortunately, they were just bluegill. There were also some red eared sliders messing around with each other too, so I moved on and hit my last spot. I tried wading out to the dam in the fifth spot when I saw a rather large redhorse again above the riffles where I was wading. I decided that I was going to put my bass and musky poles away and try to catch a redhorse. I got my fly rod out and started making my way back to the spot, but the fish had moved. It was probably in the same hole, but it was starting to get dark, so I couldn't see through the water clearly enough. This is where I caught a rock bass, a smally, and a fallfish. I actually had a smallmouth take my bright pink indicator, which I thought was funny. I fished until dark when i called it a day. I had 4 new species allude me and missed what could've been a pb bass. Hopefully, I'll be able to squeeze in a quick session after class this week, probably going for some trout or those redhorse.

Largemouth black bass
3 lb
1
14 likes

Patrick Parent

2025-05-23
 • 
Clinton County, New York

First Muskie of many to come this season!

Muskellunge
1
10 likes • 1 comment

Salmontha R

2024-06-15
 • 
Clinton County, New York

Smallmouth bass
1
11 likes • 4 comments

Salmontha R

2024-06-15
 • 
Clinton County, New York

Tiger Muskellunge
1
8 likes • 1 comment

Salmontha R

2024-06-15
 • 
Clinton County, New York

Smallmouth bass
1
7 likes

Patrick Parent At Great Chazy River

2024-06-05
 • 
Clinton County, New York

Little kayaking trip on the river today! Landed this big guy!

Smallmouth bass
15 likes

Salmontha R At Great Chazy River

2024-06-01
 • 
Clinton County, New York

Smallmouth bass
2
11 likes

Salmontha R At Great Chazy River

2024-06-01
 • 
Clinton County, New York

Rock bass
2
9 likes
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