Expect to see the anglers catch a lot of smallmouth today on Lake Champlain. The fish are biting. That’s the good news. The not so good news is how many times the anglers will be culling to reach the pre-tournament 17-pound daily weight prediction needed to fish on Championship Sunday. So it’s going to take going through a lot of fish to reach the desired weight. And that burns up time.
Postspawn conditions are in play. The fish are at their lowest weight of the season, having spawned, expended a lot of energy and weight.
“I think we are a little early, kind of in between the postspawn and the summer season,” said Jason Williamson. “It’s been hot up here for several weeks, and the water temperature is about where it was the last time we came here.”
Williamson added he has a good hunch on which direction the fish are headed. Like just about everyone else, he plans to focus on catching a decent limit of smallmouth, then switch over to the largemouth.