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Offline bdjn

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south bay champlain
« on: Jan 12, 2012, 03:36 PM »
just looking for info on exactly where you caught your biggest fish there?


just kidding, heading out tommorrow to south bay for the first time, saw it was locked up earlier this week and was just looking for tips where the ice is dangerous, i usually go out from pike brook to the other side but ive read that its still flowing warm water. Any tips where the safe ice is would be great.
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Re: south bay champlain
« Reply #1 on: Jan 12, 2012, 03:40 PM »
i fished the bays on both sides before the R/R bridge and had good luck
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Re: south bay champlain
« Reply #2 on: Jan 12, 2012, 04:10 PM »
i usually go into the bay on the other side of the bridge, just making sure there isnt any weak spots in the ice i should be worried about.

 thanks for the response
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Re: south bay champlain
« Reply #3 on: Jan 12, 2012, 04:16 PM »
You fished the bays on both sides this year?
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Re: south bay champlain
« Reply #4 on: Jan 13, 2012, 04:08 AM »
I go straight out from boat luanch close to shore , caught pike , and big bass on tip ups. Not sure what your going for I catch and release everything.
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Re: south bay champlain
« Reply #5 on: Jan 13, 2012, 06:18 AM »
I actually caught a nice (27") walleye in South Bay last weekend!  It's been years since I've caught one.  Last weekend, we had 3.5 inches of ice.
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Re: south bay champlain
« Reply #6 on: Jan 13, 2012, 06:38 AM »
hopefully tryin south bay this weekend, wats everyone been catching so far???
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Re: south bay champlain
« Reply #7 on: Jan 13, 2012, 07:32 AM »
wheres the walleye pick? hows the ice holding up im heading up tomorrow. iv had the skunk there on the pike this year so far i think im doing something wrong because we killed them there last year and the year before.
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Re: south bay champlain
« Reply #8 on: Jan 13, 2012, 07:38 AM »
Quote from: step2jimi on Jan 13, 2012, 07:32 AM
wheres the walleye pick? hows the ice holding up im heading up tomorrow. iv had the skunk there on the pike this year so far i think im doing something wrong because we killed them there last year and the year before.

You got to remember back in the spring, SOuth bay was flooded a long time with spring run-off. It might have altered where the fish hang out now.
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Re: south bay champlain
« Reply #9 on: Jan 15, 2012, 03:37 PM »


First South Bay Walleye in many, many years.
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Re: south bay champlain
« Reply #10 on: Jan 15, 2012, 04:13 PM »
Great looking fish.  The walleye population is doing a lot better in the last couple of years
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Re: south bay champlain
« Reply #11 on: Jan 15, 2012, 04:13 PM »
Sweet fish.
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Offline shakedownstreet

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Re: south bay champlain
« Reply #12 on: Jan 15, 2012, 05:24 PM »
Nice fish. Very inspiring!
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Re: south bay champlain
« Reply #13 on: Jan 15, 2012, 06:03 PM »
Nice Eye  :tipup:
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Re: south bay champlain
« Reply #14 on: Jan 15, 2012, 08:02 PM »
nice fish. was out on sunday and agian no pike. got into the crappie ok but was really trying for pike. going on a tip form the old man next weekend well see how it works out.
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Offline Gonetotheshanty

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Re: south bay champlain
« Reply #15 on: Jan 15, 2012, 10:40 PM »
Can't catch nothing but crappie and perch out there want a monster pike
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Re: south bay champlain
« Reply #16 on: Jan 17, 2012, 05:36 PM »
went out today and only a few crappies, not a great day but size wise pretty well, biggest was a  pound and a half 15 inches
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Re: south bay champlain
« Reply #17 on: Jan 17, 2012, 08:00 PM »
Can I ask a general whereabouts for the crappy? It's my favorite eating fish but I have only gotten into them once really on southbay, to the left of the bridge if you are headed north. Thanks in advance.
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