Stren Series #3
Lake Champlain-Plattsburgh, NY
Water Temp: 73
Post Spawn



I left Ticonderoga straight from the BFL weigh-in and drove to my cabin at Marine Village Cottages up in Plattsburgh; they'r a great place to stay, especially if you can get a bunch of people together to split the cost. I went to bed early and got a decent night sleep; although, after sleeping in my truck the night before most anything would have been an improvement. I decided I was going to spend the first day of practice Largemouth fishing. I started at a place in the northern end of the lake that’s loaded with cattails and lily pads. I was throwing a skinny dipper in the open areas and had a 4+ within minutes of arriving.

I thought I was in for and exciting day, but fished for an hour without another bite. The area was pretty big and I fished it thoroughly, catching a few 2lbers and seeing a few others; not the fish I needed to make the cut. I decided to leave there after about 4 hours and look for some smallmouth. I started fishing in about 20’ and worked my way shallower. In about 17’ I started getting bit. I caught one a little under three and then 2 more about the same. I put a mark on my gps and moved on. I fished another hump not far away without much luck; allot of rock bass! By this time it was getting late in the day and I decided to start heading back. There was an area I really wanted to check that was on the way back, so I stopped and took a couple casts. I threw up into 14’ and started working my tube back to the boat. I got hung up on a rock and started popping it as I trolled forward to try and get it off. It came free and a fish crushed it. I fought it to the boat and it was huge; over 5 lbs. I looked around to see if anyone had seen me catch it and quietly let it go. I decided that was a good way to end the day and headed in.



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