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Looks like you had an excellent day Matt! We fished Keelers and Eagle Mtn Saturday from 7:15-10:30 and the bite was off by all accounts (or at least the 3 boats I talked to). Ended up going back to the launch and changing out my trailer bunks I had built and have been sitting in my garage since Janu...

Maquam shore, the Missisquoi River for an occasional Muskie and The Gut can produce some decent northerns.
Tight lines!

The eclipse was definitely a once in a lifetime for most and to be able to fish through it made it even more special. I had hopes it might have triggered some sort of hot bite which it did, just not what I wanted, MOSQUITOES!!🤣 To happen to have been out in front of your fireworks was a bonus and he...

I took part of the day off to take my wife and Mistress out on Champlain to catch a few salmon and check out the eclipse. My lady being a fair weather mate we launched a little before 10 when it warmed up a bit which was fine by me because it meant I had my I.T. person aboard who doubles as my good ...

Holy crap, Crazy Yankee must have a 120 amp alternator AND solar panels to run all those electronics! If someone invented a device that told me WHEN the fish are biting I’d buy in and even go to tech.school to learn how to use it if necessary!

You definitely have some cool gadgets aboard Digitroll Ron! Interesting they use lithium batteries in submersible probes, we all know what happens when lithium is mixed with water, I guess if you see a geyser behind your boat you’ll know what happened!

For what it is worth I bought the Nav chip(no subscription) for my Lowrance Elite 8 yrs ago and it is good for all waterbodies in the continental US and 25 nautical miles offshore east and west coast. I have used it in Champlain, Carmi, Maidstone and the big one, Lake Ontario and the topo is EXTREME...

Sooo glad you copped to being techno ignorant now I don’t feel alone! I have the ultimate techno solution aboard the Mistress but it only works in warmer weather, like mid April through early October. I can ask ANY question and I’ll get the answer plus is the ultimate good luck charm!!

That is an AWESOME fishing machine you put together Esad and it paid off based on your pics.I was with you all in spirit as I was busting down beaver dams yesterday
Look forward to seeing you on the troll!
Pat

R Lake Champlain Alewife Die-off Press Releases Tue, 04/16/2019 - 12:00 Large numbers of small fish called alewives are washing up on the shores of Lake Champlain in Milton and Georgia. State fisheries biologists from the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department say it is an example of the kind of pro...

Alewives do not tolerate big temperature changes and not being native to Champlain a large amount die off in the winter, get trapped under the ice and wash ashore when the ice breaks up. I remember a bulletin F&W put out a few years back, will try to find it and post it.

Glad to hear your engine problem was nothing major! Definitely sucks to miss a day on the water, I think any of us who have been fishing for any length of time have been there. I have had a boat and fished Champlain for 38 years and up until last November Frost Bite Shootout had never fished south o...

Fished southern waters again today, starting to learn what the fish do with varying weather conditions for the area. Jim and Norm joined me on the Mistress and we launched shortly after 7. Based on the amount of trucks at the access and what we were told by a fellow angler headed back in due to an e...

I have heard back from a few Reps and one Sen (email below) and those who have responded are in favor of keeping the hatchery open. Granted the Reps I reached out to support sportsmen, the fact that Sen Wrenner is onboard is encouraging.

A few years back I needed to replace the rubber grips on my release clips, I got some vacuum tubing at O'Reilly's and at the same time picked up some heat shrink tubing to cover them. Just go easy on the heat nearest the jaws so you can still squeeze them.