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FLY FISHING By Nick Carter
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ly fishing for bonefish and permit might have originated on the flats of the Bahamas and the Florida Keys, but these islands hardly hold a monopoly on the style of fishing. In the Indian Ocean, about 1,000 miles off the east coast of Africa, there is an archipelago that claims the highest density of bonefish in the world on one of its outer island groups. The Alphonse Group is three small islets on the southwestern end of the Seychelles, a nation of 115 islands in gorgeous tropical waters northeast of Madagascar. Within the Alphonse Group, Alphonse Atoll and St. Francois Atoll offer more 10,000 acres of hard, white-sand bonefish flats as well as a lagoon with channels, finger flats and coral heads where fly fishers sight fish in clear water to more than 60 species of fish. There are characters familiar to Atlantic flats—bonefish and permit—and there are also species exotic to North American fly rodders, like milkfish, colorful triggerfish and seven species of trevally. Instead of tarpon, the Seychelles offer up the giant trevally, which can weigh in excess of 120 pounds. And with a 10-minute boat ride out of Alphonse Island, anglers can access reef species and big pelagics like sailfish, wahoo, dorado, dogtooth and yellowfin tuna. Either trolling or teasing them up and casting flies to them, these offshore species offer a delightful break from the flats as well as a dinnertime treat on the island. “The Seychelles has become known as the best giant trevally fishery in the world and has become the benchmark for anglers searching for an outstanding saltwater flats fishing experience,” said Keith RoseInnes, managing director of Alphonse Fishing Company. “The sheer numbers and variety of fish species has amazed the fly fishing world, with anglers from across the globe queuing up to sample this ultimate fishing playground.” St. Francois is most well known for its bonefish, with ridiculous
numbers of 4to 6-pound fish and the occasional 8-pounder in the mix. “On falling tides, it is often the case that huge shoals of bonefish can be targeted when leaving the flats in what has been described as a continuous river of bonefish,” said Rose-Innes. “You hunt them on foot and not from a skiff, as the sand flats are hard and white.” It’s also as close to a sure thing as it gets for anglers seeking the Holy Grail of saltwater fly fishing. Good numbers of Indo-Pacific permit populate the flats, and Rose-Innes said his guides have near-perfected the art of catching them. Along with natural environs conducive to awesome fishing, a strong conservation ethic ensures an incredible angling experience. Alphonse Fishing Company tightly controls the amount and type of fishing pressure its waters see, and the fisheries are completely closed a minimum of three months per year. That’s the fishing side of the conservation effort. Alphonse also protects the unique flora and fauna of the islands, which makes for a sensational overall vacation experience, with comfortable lodging among beautiful tropical forests and beaches. For more information, see www.alphonsefishingco.com.
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Craig Sutton with a Costa Rica yellowfin.
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ost people my age buy a house in Costa Rica to retire,” said Craig Sutton, of Nosara Paradise Rentals and FishingNosara. “When I bought my first house in Costa Rica, my life was just starting to get interesting.” Craig first discovered Nosara, Costa Rica on a surfing trip in the late 1990s and immediately fell in love with the people, the culture and the year-round excellent surfing. He purchased a small house near Guiones Beach, bought out his neighbors’ land, and spent the next 15 years building a nature preserve campus of 14 houses plus a pool, common areas and maintenance facilities. One thing was missing from this surfer’s paradise: good fishing. As a native Floridian, Craig’s passion for fishing runs deep. He has been a regular on the kingfish tournament scene for years, with his boat Fishtastic posting top-5 finishes in the several tournaments.
“The problem with fishing in Costa Rica is that fish are so big and so harsh that they will destroy your tackle, plus the costs for fuel is astronomical at $7 a gallon and rising,” said Sutton. “Captains trying to make ends meet would have to choose between new lines, new tackle and a full tank of gas, or putting food on the family table.” After years of struggling to find a captain in Costa Rica who was willing and able to fish aggressively, Sutton realized his only option was to build his own boats and crew them with hand-picked locals. “These guys had the drive and the talent to be great fishermen, they just lacked the tools and the logistical support,” said Sutton. “The team-centered approach allows FishingNosara captains to pursue the fish as aggressively as a professional tournament boat without being distracted by losing lures or running up the gas bill.” FishingNosara launched their first boat, The Wanderer, in 2009 and have added a boat every year since. The results have been astounding. In the 2017 season, the five-boat FishingNosara team ran over 730 trips with over 80 marlin releases and 800 sailfish releases. More importantly, the team inflicted zero billfish fatalities. “Reviving and releasing billfish is a sacred priority to us as conservationists, plus it makes good business sense,” said Sutton. “We have created a market of charter fishermen, which means billfish are worth more money alive and swimming than they are on a scale at the meat market.” As for retirement for Sutton, don’t bet on it anytime soon. Last April he scored a billfish grand slam (blue marlin, striped marlin and sailfish) to win the Ship of Fools Billfish Tournament in Costa Rica. Sutton is looking to up-the-ante again in 2018. Back in the States, a new version of the Fishtastic came online this year. It’s an exact copy of the 32’ Eduardono Harvester currently in Nosara, and Sutton is already amped up for a new challenge. “My goal with the new boat is to snag a tournament winning king mackeral in July then go catch marlin in August… seems like a good way to bring two worlds together.”
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urrells Inlet, S.C. has always been a fishing town. Long before Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand began drawing tourists to experience the beaches, shopping, golf and nightlife that have made it famous, Murrells Inlet was a fishing village. And it’s no wonder. The inlet itself is an inshore angler’s dream. It’s an enclosed system, one of very few inlets on the east coast free from the influence of the Intracoastal Waterway or coastal rivers.
There’s no dirty water flowing in from upstream, and this system of marshes and backwaters is a completely saltwater environment, with no freshwater pumping in to reduce salinity. The result is excellent fishing and exploration of backwater creeks for speckled trout, redfish and the doormat flounder that Murrells Inlet has gained a reputation for. Another thing the area has a well-earned reputation for is huge red drum, which hang out around the jetties to provide anglers with the bulldog runs only a big bull red can provide. It’s some of the best red fishing on the east coast, with fish in the 20- to 40-pound range arriving in numbers in both spring and fall. For those who don’t mind a short boat ride to fill the cooler,
there are numerous nearshore reefs that can be easily accessed with a half-day trip and a run of less than 5 miles. Mackerel, sharks, black sea bass, reds, flounder, bluefish, spadefish and more make for an exciting outing even for the family, and you’ll come back with a cooler full of delicious fish. Out to 15 or 30 miles, there is also excellent trolling for king and Spanish mackerel, cobia and amberjack, as well as bottom fishing for snappers, groupers and sea bass. But those who want to get serious should look into a full-day trip to the Gulf Stream. From 55 to 70 miles offshore, opportunities for tuna, dolphin, wahoo, marlin and sailfish abound. Trolling the Gulf Stream for big-game species off the lower end of the Grand Strand is tough to beat anywhere. So… it’s easy to see why Murrells Inlet has always been a fishing village, and perhaps the best way to experience it is from a base camp at the Inlet Sports Lodge. Located at the heart of Murrells Inlet, the Inlet Sports Lodge is a comfortable and classy boutique hotel that caters to anglers and golfers with the finest amenities in the area. It’s minutes away from three marinas, works closely with the area’s best charter captains and can accommodate boats up to 25 feet. There’s a fish cleaning room for prep, as well as gas and charcoal grills available in the courtyard to cook your catch. Or, for those who’d rather let someone else do the cooking, the COSTA Coastal Kitchen and Bar on-site offers up fine, fresh Italian and seafood fare. There are also several other restaurants nearby that prepare the kind of delicious right-out-of-the-water dishes that have made Murrells Inlet the “Seafood Capital of South Carolina.” And don’t forget the golf. If days on the water paired with days on the links sounds like the perfect way to relax, the Inlet Sports Lodge has you covered. With golf packages booking a wide variety of the Grand Strand’s famous courses, there’s more golf than you can swing a stick at, including two award-winning courses with the same ownership as the Inlet Sports Lodge. Caledonia Golf & Fish Club and True Blue Plantation are two of the finest courses in the area as well as the nation. For more information on fishing, golfing and the Inlet Sports Lodge at Murrells Inlet, S.C., go to www.inletsportslodge.com/ or call 877-585-9360.
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Big Trout Prospects Post Harvey By: CAM Special Correspondent Tobin Strickland
If the tide is out during a winter low, those fish are not going to be able to find their way into those shallow locations. So if the tide is not up enough, stay out on deep structure looking for bites”. We’d all like to catch big trout shallow, but if it’s not there don’t force it. Secondly, since the bays did not flush due to temperature and low tide levels until January, there was a lot of shrimp hatch left and that deters some fish from being shallow but I don’t believe it deters the biggest fish that are looking to eat a trout or big mullet. Capt Trey Prye will be hitting those big trout habitats in East Matagorda this winter from now thru May 2018. Tobin created TroutSupport.com - for Trout and Redfish Anglers. Check out the newest weedless walker for catching Big Trout, Reds, and flounder in Sea Grass and Shallow Oyster | www.troutsupport.com
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Bulled Up Tides Are Producing Nice Stringers T he fall equinox has are bays holding an extra two feet of water with a cold front approaching. The bulled up tides have helped the water clarity and have scattered the fish through out the bay. My first trip out after Harvey I ran to Cedar Bayou to check the flow and to see if it was still open. That trip was about two weeks after the storm, the bays were still tea stained from the fresh water and the only green water to be found was in the bayou. The bayou at that time was just a trickle from the beach that dumps into a pond about shoulder deep, thats about the size of a football field. The pond produced a flounder for me and we cast netted a few mullet for bait. We fished the bayou with cut mullet
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dropping anchor a couple of times to catch our reds and drifted mesquite bay for a few trout on a Gulp under a cork in new penny and sugar in spice. My friend Bobby Bringier caught our biggest trout right at four pounds, thanks again Bobby for towing my new rv and with all the help getting my fish camp set up. Fastforward three weeks; the full moon has the tides bulled up into the marsh, the bays have greened back up and cedar bayou is as wide as the Katy freeway. My ladies team caught plenty of fish this Saturday fishing the Babes on Baffin just not the tournament size they needed, but had a great day. My stacked up fish have spread out but for the better. It was nice seeing the other local guides at the ramp running trips and getting back to what we do best, fish! The parking lot was full, everybody was smiling happy to be back on the water. The report from the other charters was great they all had nice boxes of fish some better than me, so I had to tell my team to look away! I can hear the front blowing in pretty hard which will help push out some water and maybe some flounder. The fall fishing is some of the best fishing of the year, marshes start draining after fronts. The flounder follow the bait and the pumpkin colored reds stack up at the drains waiting to ambush an easy meal. Don’t miss out on a year to remember, stop wishin and go fishin! Tony Gonzalez Inshore Fishing | www.capttgif.com | 210-846-5083 Like me on Facebook: Capt. Tony Gonzalez Inshore Fishing
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all fishing has kicked off in a big way. There has been more redfish slot and big balls around our base and then I have seen in the past couple of years. Just to make things even better I’ve been spotting different schools of solid trout nothing heading 30” quite yet. We have had multiple days in the last two weeks with at least 5 to 7 trout caught from 25 inches to 28 1/2 inches. Which is very nice to see them out and about and being active. The most productive beat that I have been throwing is by far Down South Lures color white ice. I have had clients that have never even thrown Lures but are catching their limits on redfish and trout. There is nothing more satisfying for me to see a big grin from ear to ear watching someone catch their first fish on a Lure. My thought process as I start my first Wade is hey steady retrieve with debate about 6 inches below the surface to find those fish that are hungry first thing in the morning.
Then in about 2 1/2 to 4 feet of water I go on a two count. By that I mean every two seconds I left in twitch my Lure up that will keep the Lure from coming up to high in the water column and from getting down in the grass. If I know that I am and a Sandy or muddy bottom I will also go to a 5 count. Allowing the Lure to hit the bottom. The colder it gets the more I would focus on letting that Lure hit the bottom. Plus that brings flounder strikes into play. Corrales, black bluff and white bluff in Baffin Bay are still holding good fish. Nine mile the clarity is bad but top waters are productive. Nueces Bay reefs are still on fire with trout and redfish. The crash channels have a great mix of trout reds and flounder. Please continue to help out the people affected by Hurricane Harvey and help each other out on the water. Capt.Javi Castillo
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very so often, you get a rare chance to take a so worn out it desperately needed to be back shot at a tailing monster. A true leviathan. This in the water. I got a good grip on it and slung it is my story. It was May of 2015 anno Domini. You up to my chest like a power lifter doing a clean learn something new every day. The Mississippi and jerk lift. I think I strained my back. While Sound was glass that morning and was projected to the drum and I were chest to chest, the beast stay nearly that throughout the day. This amount of let out several drumming calls from deep calm was rare form for even the sheltered Mississippi within its swim bladder that reverberated Sound, so we used it as our opportunity to make through my body. The drum and I connected the nearly 12-mile jaunt from the Gulfport Marina through those calls, and I don’t know if you to Cat Island, which is one of the six barrier islands get to choose your spirit animal, but if you do, off the coast of Mississippi. Cat Island was given its that Black Drum is mine. Its swim bladder name by the Spanish due to their misidentification quite literally punched me in the chest. That’s of the resident raccoon population on the Island. what it felt like. The sound was like someone Cat Island has an extensive marsh system that bouncing an overinflated exercise ball on tile laces most of the Island, making it a premier spot floor. What an impressive animal! for targeting Specks and Reds. The large oyster We snapped a couple pics with our celebrity population that the Island sustains bring predatory guest, measured it, and placed the fish back in fishes to the shallows in search of small fishes and the water. After about five minutes of revival, macroinvertebrate prey items that use the use the The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what it the leviathan swam gracefully into the depths. oysters as shelter. This makes the area great for sight elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for The drum measured a whopping 54 inches in hope - John Buchan casting. length, and although we did not weigh the The day was going swimmingly – fish pun – having a two person limit fish for fear that turning the fish vertically might harm its insides – fish’s of Specks in the cooler by about 9 AM. We decided to push even further bodies aren’t capable of supporting their weight out of water, so turning back into the marsh and oysters in order to start filling our limits of Reds. a fish vertically could potentially cause major harm – we used a good As we approached our spot, we noticed that the waters were teaming with fisherman’s estimation and concluded that the fish might have weight 800 small to medium sized Blue Crab. Blue Crab = tailing Reds, so we were fired pounds. Just kidding, we think it may have weighed about 55 pounds. There up at the potential of our discovery. Keenly aware of the potential that the you have it…my story of the time I fought the beast and won. area had, all eyes were on the lookout for a beautiful translucent blue tail to breach the water’s surface. Side note, tail fishing, whether it be on fly or using soft plastics, might be my favorite style of fishing there is. At that point, it becomes hunting, nay, stalking! It’s so technical and gratifying. I was on bow. As we cut the inlet corner, I scanned right to find what my brain initially could only identify as a log laid on its side, with the upper half sticking out of the water. After instantaneous further analysis, my brain concluded that logs don’t have dorsal fins, and that this was the biggest tailing Black Drum that I had ever seen. The water depth that the drum was foraging in was approximately one foot deep, but the back of the beast stuck out another eight inches above the surface of the water. The tail was about the size of those Asian hand fans that you used to could win with tickets from the arcade – childhood analogy. This fish was a monster. As a selfish angler, I decided it best to keep my discovery to myself, at least until I had a few shots at it first. It only took one. I reached back and whipped my paddle tail on 12 pound test toward the beast, knowing dang well that my setup was far from ideal to bring in such a big Black Drum. The lure soared the 20 yards it took to reach the drum, and I must say, it may have been the single greatest cast I’ve ever made. The lure gracefully dropped, quite literally, on the fish’s nose, leaving the cruising drum with no choice but to inhale the paddle tail during its normal breathing. The lure disappeared, I set the hook like KVD during the final day of the Bass Master Classic, and the fight was on. With a fish this big and gear so small, it wasn’t much of a fight, but rather a one sided sleigh ride. All I could do was hang on and 1) hope I didn’t run out of line, and 2) pray that the drum didn’t take me over the minefield of razorsharp oysters that peppered the marsh habitat we were in. The drum would run and tire, and I would gain ground. This tug of war lasted 35 minutes before I really ever got to see the full size of the fish. Up close, the drum was even more impressive than I expected. The stakes to get it in the boat for a coveted picture became even greater at this point. As the beast saw the boat, it made on more stomach wrenching run, but was too tired to really do much. I was able to safely get it back to the boat where it took two of us to grab the head and the tail and heave it over the side of the boat. It was a beautiful big ugly! We knew time was of the essence here, as the drum was 8 GALVESTON & UPPER COAST
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m I still dreaming or is it finally November my absolute favorite month of the year? I cant even count the number of things that make November a fantastic month but let’s just talk about a few. Number 1 on my list is flounder season. I have to admit that I am a flounder junkie and most of the year when it is not flounder season I am thinking about and wishing it was flatty time. There is something about that “thump” that just sends waves of adrenaline through me and I cant get enough of it. Especially when I pull up those 6 and 7 pounder that I always find every year. Number 2 on the list is the typically e a s y catching days with specks and redfish. With fantastic weather, bird action and the less people on the water raking up full boxes is just a matter of usually wetting a line. The other advantage to November is reduced traffic on the water because of hunting season. Don’t get me wrong I love my hunting but it comes after Flounder season is over in mid to early December. So far fishing has been fair to semi-good throughout October and I expect it to pick up even more especially in late November and in to December like it always does. Harvey hit our bay system hard but the ecosystem as always will bounce back. In the short term the crop of shrimp and other baitfish and biomass that take residence in our local marshes will take a hit this fall. Our coastal marshes are very resilient and so are the species that inhabit them so things will get better and usually fairly quickly. As winter closes in look for the northern portions of the bay to slowly improve. I do expect the Trinity and San Jacinto river systems to both produce a lot of redfish and hopefully a few trout this month as shrimp start pouring out from the bayous and marshes. Look for sporadic bird activity in Tabbs Bay and Trinity Bay. East Bay and West Bay are still the go to spots this month for speckled trout. Try targeting shorelines in 2.5 to 4 ft of water. Active bait is a no-brainer but if you find more than just one slick along a shoreline then I would get in there quick. Wadefishermen are cleaning up this month on shorelines
where grassy areas and transition zones from sand to mud are found. While fishing bayside staying shallow is the key to success this month. The flounder fishermen need to be targeting structure on flats next to deep drop offs.The intracoastal canal has many areas especially along the bolivar peninsula that tend to hold decent concentrations of flounder. Working the edges and flats along grasslines will produce not only flounder but redfish with a fresh gulp on almost any sized jighead. The Sea Wolf park area and the Galveston ship channel will also be a great location to find flounder. You can almost pull up anywhere and throw a line in. I prefer bulkheads with storm drains in them and rock piles on shallow flats. Have a great month and as always take a kid fishing!!
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ne of the greatest feelings for me is that transition between summer and fall when the first of many cool fronts start to arrive. It may not be extremely cold but it is at least a nice relief from those dog days of summer that just lag on and on. With these beautiful days upon us this also marks the start of some of my favorite upcoming hunting and fishing seasons of the year. Now by the time this article hits the stands we will have most likely seen our second or third temperature drop. This also should mean that the flounder that are deep up in the bays and marshes will slowly start to stage for their migration. As the run starts to thicken you will find plenty of flounder throughout the deep channels getting ready to start having some babies when that water hits that magic number. I for one am ok with no gig November since it has been helping the population to make a comeback. My only flaw in the system for that would be if the cold fronts do not come until later and we are passed November then the flounder will get slaughtered if we are off by a month. Even if I needed to be out there helping pass information on to parks and wildlife to assist in determining when the best date would be for not gigging. It would definitely Fred Dunphey caught this nice flounder be worth it since flounder while fishing in Port Aransas. fishing is how I make my money and is my livelihood. When my buddy and I got a chance to get to the fishing grounds there weren’t a bunch of flounder, as a matter of fact there were only a couple spots where there were any fish at all. We saw a hundred or so cow nose stingrays plus a bunch of southern stingrays but no flatties. I think we probably hit at least seven or eight places before we finally got some into the boat. The size was definitely there, none of these fish were small. All of the flounder were 18-24 inches each with an average of about 3 pounds. With it being before the run those are some good numbers to be putting in the boat this early. The Carson Kraft caught this bad boy in hurricane water is slowly fading Matagorda!! with only pieces of docks, houses and cars remaining in the waterways. Since all of these changes are happening it might be best to try new things and try places you haven’t tried before. When I was rod and reel fishing the
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other day I got some pretty nice hits, I was using those hot pink chickenboy bubba clickers and spritzer in homerecker lures. My weight has adjusted due to all of the debris everywhere, as long as it stays close to the bottom there should not be any problems finding the fish. Just slow it down and cover lots of ground to ensure that you do not miss any fish. If your are going to try live bait right now I would Carolina rig a mullet or mud minnow and do the same thing working the bottom. BY the next issue I will have some more updated info on the run. Subscribe to my You Tube at Flounder Professor Outdoors for all of the new videos on making catching flounder easier. Thank you to all of my sponsors: Chickenboy lures, Redtail Republic, Legend Popping Corks, Nacho Daddy Spoons, Hookspit, Kelley wigglers, Hellrazor Jig heads, Ardent RTeels, Salt Thugz apparel, Stinky Pants fishing, Outcast, Homerecker Lures and fin addict angler. Thanks for all of your support and if you have any questions just email me. Tight lines and sharp gigs. Brian Joseph Spencer Flounder Fanatics @ Facebook lounderfanatics@gmail.com www.saltthugz.com Steven Hernandez caught this beauty at the jetties!
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eing from middle Tennessee, I was introduced to many diverse fisheries in my younger years. This area of the country has long been known for great smallmouth bass fishing, as it should be, but in my opinion it can’t compare to the smallmouth fishing in the Great Lakes region right now. I am certainly not bashing the smallmouth fishing down south, but fishing the Elite Series allows me to see some of the best lakes in the country, and the “good ole days” of smallmouth bass fishing on the Great Lakes is right now. Flowing out of Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence River is one of my favorites on our schedule because it fishes similar to the rivers back home. The river has a lot of current, which positions the fish. The water is clear, and you can catch smallmouth from 2 feet deep all the way out to 60 feet. The St. Lawrence is absolutely full of smallmouth, and 30- to 40fish days are just another day on the water. In addition to the fishing, the area is also just an awesome place to spend time. Waddington, N.Y., which is our host city when we go, is in a very rural part of New York with lots of cropland and cattle farms. If you’ve not visited this fishery, I strongly suggest you do. Lake St. Clair is on fire right now. The final Elite Series tournament of the regular season was held there this year, and overall bass weights were absolutely phenomenal. The big smallmouth of the tournament weighed almost 7 pounds. In the past, tournaments on St. Clair were won by guys who ran to Lake Erie or Lake Huron, but not anymore. It seems now that St. Clair is the place to be. The style of fishing is different than most smallmouth destinations. Lake St. Clair is just a big bowl-shaped lake with a shipping channel running through the middle of it. That’s about the only real contour change on the whole lake. The big keys are
looking for clean spots in the grass and finding bait. If that doesn’t fit your style, you can run up the river toward Huron or down the Detroit River toward Erie. Both rivers have plenty of current and plenty of smallmouth. After fishing a tournament on Lake Champlain this year, it is my new favorite lake in the country. The smallmouth fishing is phenomenal, and you can catch big largemouth, too. The smallmouth hang out on offshore shoals, old bridge blow-throughs and rocky structure around the shoreline. If you get tired of catching them, there is an abundance of milfoil, docks and reeds where largemouth bass are willing and ready to bite. Lake Champlain, in my opinion, has the healthiest population of bass of anywhere I have ever fished, and that makes it fun, period. Plattsburg, N.Y. is a great place to visit, as well, with lots of cool sites to see. If you make one of these trips, be sure you’re prepared with the right MHX rods, Mustad hooks and Vicious fishing line. Hit Brandon up on Facebook or Instagram with any questions.
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