Brandon Lester had a big smile on his face when he approached the ramp at the Plattsburgh Boat Basin.
“I just love this place,” he said. “It’s my favorite lake in the country.”
The reason why is Lake Champlain supports viable populations of largemouth and smallmouth, the latter fish being a favorite of the middle Tennessean.
Lester has a lot of experience here. What he told me yesterday made me curious about what he might be doing out there.
“I explored a lot of new water,” he said. “The last time we came here for an Open (2018) I didn’t know you could catch them out to 50 feet.”
Lester went on to say that he spent a lot of time fishing that depth range, learning the nuances of catching deep fish. Is that what he is doing now? I plan to find out when he returns for the weigh-in.