Author Topic: champlain ice (Read 6024 times)

44blackfooted · « **on:** Apr 04, 2015, 05:39 PM »

hi guys just curious if there is any ice left to fish champlain and if so where

802spinnerbait · « **Reply #1 on:** Apr 04, 2015, 05:51 PM »

Drove all over today looking for good ice. Nobody up near the islands causway and zero folks on Shelburne Bay today. I saw a bunch of places out in deeper water I could see water.

greensider · « **Reply #2 on:** Apr 04, 2015, 05:57 PM »

stop it stay off the ice

fishy1 · « **Reply #3 on:** Apr 04, 2015, 06:13 PM »

Quote from: greensider on Apr 04, 2015, 05:57 PM

stop it stay off the ice

x2

Light liner · « **Reply #4 on:** Apr 04, 2015, 06:17 PM »

Went out today, it's not good ice anymore ver very sketchy.

perch bait · « **Reply #5 on:** Apr 04, 2015, 07:31 PM »

Heard that the gut is almost completely open! If it were as warm today as it was yesterday, then there may not be safe ice anywhere. Old holes are starting to open up wide.

BinVT · « **Reply #6 on:** Apr 04, 2015, 07:34 PM »

Fished today for last time out. 10" of decent ice but gonna go fast once it warms up again. Saw a couple of trucks on over in Lapans. Nuts

Light liner · « **Reply #7 on:** Apr 04, 2015, 07:41 PM »

Quote from: BinVT on Apr 04, 2015, 07:34 PM

Fished today for last time out. 10" of decent ice but gonna go fast once it warms up again. Saw a couple of trucks on over in Lapans. Nuts

They weren't on the ice, you could barely Walk on what's there.

Pickerelslayer · « **Reply #8 on:** Apr 05, 2015, 11:56 AM »

Had a decent last outing yesterday, caught just over 30 pike yesterday and managed to get a nice batch of sunnies and perch too. Ice was ok but won't last long with this weeks forecasted temps. People were still driving on lapans with trucks which was a little surprising. Hopefully this ice goes quick so we can get the boats out soon. Good luck everyone and have a good summer.

spot · « **Reply #9 on:** Apr 05, 2015, 02:34 PM »

I'm planning an ice fishing trip in about two weeks... fishing the icy water in a boat.

fishy1 · « **Reply #10 on:** Apr 05, 2015, 02:48 PM »

lake champlain bridge and south a ways is open water. can fish there out of a boat.

44blackfooted · « **Reply #11 on:** Apr 05, 2015, 05:02 PM »

thanks guys ill pass till next season good luck this spring

thefishingweatherman · « **Reply #12 on:** Apr 05, 2015, 07:30 PM »

Big patches of open water now off Burlington harbor - why I dusted off the fly rod today.

perch bait · « **Reply #13 on:** Apr 05, 2015, 07:50 PM »

Quote from: thefishingweatherman on Apr 05, 2015, 07:30 PM

Big patches of open water now off Burlington harbor - why I dusted off the fly rod today.

Did you catch anything?

thefishingweatherman · « **Reply #14 on:** Apr 06, 2015, 06:18 AM »

Nada!

TRT · « **Reply #15 on:** Apr 06, 2015, 03:05 PM »

Flew into Burlington Thurs am and lake looked locked up, can be deceptive at couple hundred miles an hour.
I am hoping to launch my boat soon...

802spinnerbait · « **Reply #16 on:** Apr 06, 2015, 04:43 PM »

Quote from: fishy1 on Apr 05, 2015, 02:48 PM

lake champlain bridge and south a ways is open water. can fish there out of a boat.

Am I crazy for thinking about dragging the boat down there next weekend?

LOL

802spinnerbait · « **Reply #17 on:** Apr 06, 2015, 04:50 PM »

Quote from: fishy1 on Apr 05, 2015, 02:48 PM

lake champlain bridge and south a ways is open water. can fish there out of a boat.

Am I crazy for thinking about dragging the boat down there next weekend?

LOL

fishy1 · « **Reply #18 on:** Apr 06, 2015, 05:53 PM »

no not all i was over there today i didnt catch much though the water is very low . had one run on a salted smelt . i was fishing off the pier on the ny side. if the water warms up a little they will start biting as i saw several decent fish surface early this morning. its wide open all the way to the southern red can and above the northern red can.

802spinnerbait · « **Reply #19 on:** Apr 06, 2015, 05:57 PM »

Quote from: fishy1 on Apr 06, 2015, 05:53 PM

no not all i was over there today i didnt catch much though the water is very low . had one run on a salted smelt . i was fishing off the pier on the ny side. if the water warms up a little they will start biting as i saw several decent fish surface early this morning. its wide open all the way to the southern red can and above the northern red can.

That is the best news i have heard all week, boat prep time!!!!

thanks fishy!

Mr. Jitterbugger · « **Reply #20 on:** Apr 06, 2015, 06:12 PM »

still atvs on Missisqoui Bay today

JMailbox8 · « **Reply #21 on:** Apr 06, 2015, 08:28 PM »

Quote from: fishy1 on Apr 06, 2015, 05:53 PM

no not all i was over there today i didnt catch much though the water is very low . had one run on a salted smelt . i was fishing off the pier on the ny side. if the water warms up a little they will start biting as i saw several decent fish surface early this morning. its wide open all the way to the southern red can and above the northern red can.

Are bait rules not the same in NY as they are in VT? I didn't think smelt taken off the ice were legal to return.

HardWater518 · « **Reply #22 on:** Apr 06, 2015, 09:11 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Jitterbugger on Apr 06, 2015, 06:12 PM

still atvs on Missisqoui Bay today

seems kinda nuts

802spinnerbait · « **Reply #23 on:** Apr 06, 2015, 10:22 PM »

Quote from: JMailbox8 on Apr 06, 2015, 08:28 PM

Are bait rules not the same in NY as they are in VT? I didn't think smelt taken off the ice were legal to return.

My understanding is so long as the smelt came from there you can fish with em.

JMailbox8 · « **Reply #24 on:** Apr 07, 2015, 06:49 AM »

Quote from: 802spinnerbait on Apr 06, 2015, 10:22 PM

My understanding is so long as the smelt came from there you can fish with em.

This comes from the VT Law Digest: "Personally harvested baitfish shall not be transported by motorized vehicle away from the waterbody from which they were collected."

So my understanding is that you cannot then return the baitfish to that waterbody, or any other waterbody for that matter.

fishy1 · « **Reply #25 on:** Apr 07, 2015, 07:58 AM »

those smelt are salted and bought from norms bait and tackle and legal to use in champlain. he has a tag on them with his name and address. he sells them in differerent sizes in packages of 5 or 6. now im talking new york . dont know about vermonts bait law.

fishy1 · « **Reply #26 on:** Apr 07, 2015, 08:01 AM »

Quote from: fishy1 on Apr 07, 2015, 07:58 AM

those smelt are salted and bought from norms bait and tackle and legal to use in champlain. he has a tag on them with his name and address. he sells them in differerent sizes in packages of 5 or 6. now im talking new york . dont know about vermonts bait law.

note they can be transported only when salted.

JMailbox8 · « **Reply #27 on:** Apr 07, 2015, 08:21 AM »

It's interesting how the laws for fishing on Champlain are different for each state. I wouldn't have thought. So does that mean if you are on the VT side of the line you have to follow VT rules, but on the NY side you have to follow NY rules?

fishy1 · « **Reply #28 on:** Apr 07, 2015, 08:42 AM »

yes it does. but as far as the salted smelt goes i can use them anywhere on lake champlain i was told and just have to show the bait shops tag on the package. if i buy say fat heads from norm to use in champlain on the vermont side he will give me a transport receipt to cross the bridge . he pays the state of vermont each year to do that . many fisherman from vermont do business there and they use salted smelt also. there are several laws that differ from one side of the lake to the other which i wish the 2 states would get together and keep the same. its very confusing for me because i fish both sides and always have.

spot · « **Reply #29 on:** Apr 07, 2015, 08:43 AM »

According to the VT book, our licenses are good on both sides (and in the middle

) of the lake, so I'd have assumed that the rules for Champlain were shared.

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Author Topic: champlain ice (Read 6024 times)