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Well, back to Westport yesterday and got the same as last trip - two fish, one of each and neither was a "bragger". Einstein said "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." And to be honest neither was caught in NW Bay, I took a 17&quo...

Don't feel like you're alone Jim, I seem to be suffering from the same "Law of Diminishing Returns". Two weeks ago out of Westport, we boated 10 fish on 13 releases, one was a 22" salmon, with an 18"er and several 27-29" lakers. Last week it was 7 of 10 with nothing special ...

Thanks for the input.

I was leaning toward Navionics, but after researching the issue farther, I found there was a question of compatibility, so I've ended up with Lake Master. I'll let you know how it works out.

Opinions please - Navionics or Lake master for my Helix? I've got NOAA charts, know how to use GPS, but looking at what's posted on here and the software websites, there's more on the bottom (topographically) than meets the eye - what have you guys got? And was it/is it worth it? Or should I be happ...

Met you guys launching as we were landing, (17" white/maroon OB) glad you had a good time and nice salmon. As we told you, we did a bunch of C&R lakers Wed morning from 7-9AM, even had a couple doubles in NW Bay, lost one very large salmon on its first leap for freedom - we caught lakers fr...

No tricks, only treats out of Westport yesterday - what a beautiful day it was - Yeah weatherman, got it right. Launched at 7:15, headed south to marks from Tuesday. Picked up one small laker and nothing else. Not marking as many fish as Tuesday - went across to Basin Harbor and set up on the 80 > 1...

No floats, they were pulled when I got there last week, kinda early - I have a rug, that if it makes it's way into my truck, I will be at the ramp

Back at it again yesterday with good friend Scott. Launched and headed to southern section of NW Bay - 30 minutes and 1st fish, 20" laker off Wonder Bread Honey Bee on dipsy 40 pulls back, 5 minutes - 2nd fish, little 15" shaker released - 10 minutes later a SCREAMING hit, never had I had ...

The weatherman promised????? south switching to SW 10-15, wave <1ft to calm - so, I took my friend Rich fishing - Rich had never fished Lake Champlain before and he was all "fidgety-jiggety" and full of questions on the ride up. Launched at 7, wind was south ~15, with a nice "salmon c...

Well, first I have a few choice words for the weatherman - wind 5-10 W, waves to 1 ft. ????? what lake were you talking about? Ok, now that I have that off my chest, it was cold (especially when I got my hands wet) and windy, Doh!!!!! Picked up 2 small, but keeper, salmon and one nice laker in Cole ...

Marek, fear not, I'll be fishing until we are iced out - what type of camera do you use for the videos you posted?

Fished Westport Sat and Sun - Sat, not so good, two lakers in front of Basin Harbor - lent one of my Sunrise Speedy's to guys from Corinth, they got fish on it - I didn't. Sunday early AM was nice, talked w/Mornin' Hooker at the launch - showed him my hot lure (Sunrise Speedy) - he laughed, picked u...

Well, the "good times" didn't continue to roll for me yesterday - the conditions were great - maybe too good? tried NW Bay both south and north, all the way south to Cole Bay and just one lake trout - no one else at the launch or on the lake - Hmmmm, what did you guys know that I didn't? T...

Out with my pal Scott today - boy, the weatherman's 5-10 N and waves calm was a bit off - got down to the southern part of NW Bay where I got 'em Tuesday - a wet, rock & roll for 2 hours and not a release, marking a lot, but no biters - trolled up to the north side to get out of the wind and pic...

Thanks to the info from Surprise and Fishy1 on the launch being accessible, I got out yesterday morning. A little bumpy for me so I stayed in the lee of the south point. Fooled around with some orange and chartreuse Speedy's but nothing - switched to standard blue/white Honeybee and had to beat them...