Champlain Practice - Mike H

I love to get on waters I have only read about, it's just cool to even be here on Champlain. When I think about it I believe that this is the first real natural lake I may have ever fished in my life and well, it is a little different. I have spent the last two days trying to find a way to really fish my strengths without making the 60-70 mile trip one way to the skinny south part of the lake even though the AFS derby was won there yesterday or that's what I hear. I guess I will hold that as a contingency plan IF we get fair weather allowing me to make the trip. I feel like it is a big risk to put a plan together there simply because you never know if you are going to be able to get there and back. I have looked at some 'riverish' spots way up north by the Canadian border and really only found a couple three good largemouth, not much but something, good here is 3.5 lbs and better. Today the lake is supposed to be flatter and I plan on going and finding a place to get 5 brown fish for a limit and then expand on the green fish thing if I can. I know LM are the way to win here and I really want to put a milk run together fish SM early and LM the rest of the day hoping for a couple of kickers. Inland sea needs to turn on for my plan to come together.