• Lake Champlain May Fishing Report: Largemouth, Smallmouth, Walleye, and More on the Bite

  • May 3 2025
  • Durée: 3 min
  • Podcast

Lake Champlain May Fishing Report: Largemouth, Smallmouth, Walleye, and More on the Bite

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  • This is Artificial Lure, coming at you with your Lake Champlain fishing report for Saturday, May 3, 2025. The weather is starting off in true spring style—cool but warming quickly, and the lake is waking up right along with us. Sunrise is at 5:36 AM today, with sunset just after 8 PM, which means plenty of daylight to chase those spring fish across both the Vermont and New York sides.

    After a stretch of cool nights, water temps are on the rise again, and the action is heating up. Largemouth and smallmouth bass are both active right now, especially as they’re moving toward or into their spawn depending on where you are on the lake. Just last week, a Vermont angler landed a giant 7-pound, 13-ounce largemouth on the Ticonderoga stretch using a half-ounce chartreuse and black back Rat-L-Trap. That lure is a local spring staple and it’s been flat-out getting it done on the southern end[1].

    For smallmouth, there are fresh reports of them staging on points and rocky shoals, with the fish hitting hard jerkbaits like the Megabass 110+1 in Mat Shad, as well as blade baits and Ned rigs earlier in the week. Smallmouth have been coming in shallower, around rocky points, and are feeding heavier as water temps push toward the upper 40s and 50s. If you find baitfish or a bit of wind on a point, it’s worth working it with a jerkbait or drop shot[5].

    Walleye and northern pike remain solid options too, especially around the Missisquoi and Lamoille River mouths, or the weedier bays on the New York side. Yellow perch continue to bite in back bays and near docks, giving families and panfish anglers a lot to smile about[4].

    As for best lures and bait, your spring go-tos are shining. Rat-L-Traps in bold colorways, hard jerkbaits, and blade baits are excellent for both largemouth and smallmouth. Ned rigs, finesse hair jigs, and drop shots are all scoring bites, especially as the water warms. For live bait, minnows and nightcrawlers work well for multi-species action, especially when targeting perch or walleye in deeper holes and transition edges.

    A couple of hot spots to check out: the Ticonderoga section for big largemouth—think flooded brush and edges where bluegill are present—and the Grand Isle area or Rock Dunder for smallmouth staging on points and rock piles. Finally, don’t overlook the Missisquoi Bay for mixed bag fishing, especially in the shallower zones with emerging weeds.

    That’s it for today’s report. The bite is only going to get better from here as we move into May, so get out there, keep switching up those colors, and don’t be afraid to cover water. Tight lines from Artificial Lure!
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