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Fantastic Fishing on Lake Champlain: Trout, Bass, and More Biting Strong This Spring

Fantastic Fishing on Lake Champlain: Trout, Bass, and More Biting Strong This Spring

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 Artificial Lure here with your Friday, May 23 Lake Champlain fishing report, coming to you at first light from the east shore. It’s a textbook late-spring morning—sunrise came at 6:15 AM and we’re looking at a sunset around 7:27 PM. The weather’s been holding steady with another cool, clear morning in the mid-50s rising to the low 60s later today. Winds are light, water clarity excellent, and water temps are still cool enough to keep both bass and trout hungry and on the move[3].

Let’s talk fish. The fishing action this week has been nothing short of spectacular across the basin. Lake trout leads the headlines—just last week, boats targeting mid-lake humps and deep ledges between Westport and Cumberland Head reported over 30 trout boated in a single morning, with several over 10 pounds and some topping 15 pounds[1]. Jigging with soft plastics or dead alewife in about 20 feet is producing consistent results. Native fish are showing up in the mix—great news as stocking efforts wind down, and wild fish continue to thrive[1][5].

The bass bite is also hot. Both smallmouth and largemouth are stacking shallow in pre-spawn staging spots. Smallmouths are thick along rocky drop-offs and gravel points in the southern end near Chimney Point and Charlotte. Jerkbaits, Ned rigs, and drop shots have all been putting up numbers, with some reports of anglers landing 50 or more bronzebacks in a trip[3][4]. For largemouth, the big news this past week was a monster near 8 pounds caught on a lipless Rat-L-Trap. Target docks, weed edges, and warmer backwaters with slow-rolled spinnerbaits, swim jigs, and Texas-rigged plastics for best results[3][4].

Landlocked salmon are still cruising near river mouths, especially the Winooski and Ausable, hitting trolled spoons and flashy inline spinners. Pike are prowling the shallows in South Bay and Bulwagga Bay, where a big spoon or live shiner is your best bet. Crappie are active too, holding just off the weedlines and biting jigs tipped with minnows[3].

If you’re looking for a hot spot, don’t miss the deep ledges near Split Rock for trout and salmon. For bass, Chimney Point and the Charlotte shoreline are loaded with hungry smallies—just look for rocky bottom and some current. Down south, South Bay is a pike haven right now.

No tides to worry about here, just pristine lake conditions and plenty of biting fish. Best baits today: soft plastics for lake trout, jerkbaits and drop shots for smallmouths, Rat-L-Traps for largemouth, and spoons or live bait for pike and salmon.

Tight lines and enjoy the day—Lake Champlain is fishing at its best right now[1][3][4].
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