Our first real day on the water at Lake Champlain...
On one hand, it was a nice day, as we met a really cool guy and guide, named Mickey Maynard. Mickey really knows the lake and is a super cool guy to fish with.
On the other hand, Mother Nature wasn't kind to us. The day started out raining. It rained steady, for the first couple of hours. Not a great way to start the day, because we were wet the rest of the day. Of course, to add insult to injury, it got windy for the rest of the day. Debbi just couldn't deal with the cold/wet conditions, so we took her back to the launch early.
Dad, Mickey and I kept working at it. Through the day, we fished many areas within Inner and Outer Mallets Bay, as well as Keeler Bay and around Savage Island.
Water temps generally ranged from as as low as 52 in the Inland Sea to 58 or so in some areas of Mallet's Bay. The smallies were just starting to move shallow. We found a few males up shallow around Savage Island. Females were out in 12-15 feet and could be caught, if we slowed down enough.
Didn't keep real good count, but I guess we caught something like 10 smallies and 10 largemouth.
Tough day, but we learned a little bit about Lake Champlain and made a new friend in Mickey Maynard.
You can learn more about Mickey and his guide service through his website: http://www.angelfire.com/home/lake/fishingcharter.html
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