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Fished all day saturday 11:00 til 18:30 .. Trolled from Winoosky River mouth out to Burlington. Trolled between 80 to 120 feet deep of water and had 4 rods in water 20', 30' 40' and 50' . Got 2 small perch & 1 decent Bass. Where are the the Rainbow, lake trout & salmon ???

Saw Bumpnrun at the Winnoosky

It's my first year on lake Champlain.. I just can't beleive how hard it is to catch decent fishes on this lake.

Fishbone, is it you we saw out there yesterday (out in front of Winooski) and today (same place)? We saw someone with a boat like yours trolling parallel to the shoreline out deeper than us, and today we saw someone going in and away from the shore before we went over to Willsboro bay.
We were in the Sea Ray Cruiser if that was you.


Terri

I saw you go by as we were catching perch ,if you want lakers you should bounce the bottom for them, just my two cents,salmon or steelier s its just got to get cooler,so the water temp,go s down.good luck.BUMP.

Yesterday. It must of been us (me and my wife) ..but not today . We stayed north of Valcour Island and fished for couple hours too much sea weeds in the water.

We should say .."HI" to each other on the radio when we meet... Ch. 68

Vtfishinglady..can you put a picture of your boat ..so I recognize you on the water

Dan

bumpnrun wrote:I saw you go by as we were catching perch ,if you want lakers you should bounce the bottom for them, just my two cents,salmon or steelier s its just got to get cooler,so the water temp,go s down.good luck.BUMP.

Rodger (Bumpnrun).. If you wouln'nt mind next time we will get closer to introduce ourselves ??? ..Of course being carefull not to cut the line

Dan

bumpnrun wrote:I saw you go by as we were catching perch ,if you want lakers you should bounce the bottom for them, just my two cents,salmon or steelier s its just got to get cooler,so the water temp,go s down.good luck.BUMP.

Hi BumpNRun,
Was that you north of the reef? We saw someone there and waved as we went between the two reefs heading south? We didn't get any waves back (frown)...


Terri

fishbone wrote:Yesterday. It must of been us (me and my wife) ..but not today . We stayed north of Valcour Island and fished for couple hours too much sea weeds in the water.

We should say .."HI" to each other on the radio when we meet... Ch. 68

Vtfishinglady..can you put a picture of your boat ..so I recognize you on the water

Dan

Hi Dan,
another boat that looks like yours was around the same place but doing a lot of in-out to shore back and forth. Will see if I can find a pic of our boat.


Terri

If I was determined to catch Salmonids this time of year, I would fish nothing above 60 feet, but that is just me...

Dan (Fishbone), how's that for a pic:
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Will just put it in my avatar... I know it's not a fishing boat, but it's what we have. Recognizable by the two black buoys up front. You'll never find us buzzing any fishing boats, we always give wide berth to them.


Terri

Vtfishinglady wrote:<null>

Excellent ... Very Nice boat.

Dan

my cousin,John,made a troller out of a 26.5 foot searay on Lake O,,,,it can be done,,,,one nice thing about it,it's fast,and comfortable

fishingmachine wrote:my cousin,John,made a troller out of a 26.5 foot searay on Lake O,,,,it can be done,,,,one nice thing about it,it's fast,and comfortable

Thanks... we can troll down to <2mph against the wind and 2.4+with the wind. And then if we spool up both 300hp motors, we can go 50mph. Although, it does suck a bit of fuel. We get between 1.1 and 1.35 mpg on plane. Luckily while trolling on one motor, it runs pretty economically and unlike big two strokes, the motors can run all day at idle without an issue.

On vacation this summer I hired out a 35' Cabo on the pacific for some big game fishing. Now that's a boat I'd love, all the comforts of home, and fishing ready! A bit overkill for Champlain though.


Terri