Weekly Reports · Species Guides · Gear Reviews
📍 Planning a trip to Lake Champlain? Start with our complete Lake Champlain fishing guide — seasons, species, hot spots, and tactics. The weekly reports below cover what is happening right now.
Lake Champlain fishing report for the week of October 15, 2026: troll the main lake for landlocked salmon, fish lake trout on the shoals and smallmouth deep.
Lake Champlain fishing report for the week of October 8, 2026: target landlocked salmon at the tributary mouths, lake trout near spawning reefs and deep smallmouth.
Lake Champlain fishing report for the week of October 1, 2026: work the rock piles for smallmouth bass, troll for landlocked salmon and fish pike in the weed beds.
Lake Champlain fishing report for the week of September 24, 2026: target smallmouth on the rocky points, lake trout moving shallow and pike on the weed edges.
Lake Champlain fishing report for the week of September 17, 2026: target smallmouth on the rock points, pike on dying weed edges and salmon staging at the river mouths.
Lake Champlain fishing report for the week of September 10, 2026: target smallmouth on rock points and shoals in 10 to 25 feet, pike on weed edges and deep lakers.
Lake Champlain fishing report for the week of September 3, 2026: target schooled smallmouth on rocky points and drop-offs, pike on the weed edges and deep lake trout.
Lake Champlain fishing report for the week of August 27, 2026: target smallmouth on deep rock in 15 to 30 feet, pike on weed edges and lake trout at the…