If I had to choose the best bass fishing lake in New York state, it would have to be Lake Champlain. In fact, I’d even say it may be the best in the Northeast. In 2007, it was the Bassmaster pros’ ...

If you’re looking for the perfect place to cast a line, this majestic lake in Upstate New York is a reel catch. At a whopping 120 miles long, Lake Champlain spans a long stretch of the New ...

Wild lake trout are making a resurgence on Lake Champlain after the native species was eradicated more than a century ago. Anglers and fisheries biologists are celebrating the revival, but the fish ...

Lake trout populations in Lake Champlain are now self-sustaining, eliminating the need for stocking. This success follows a decades-long program to control sea lamprey, a parasitic fish harming lake ...

2025 Major League Fishing circuit brings anglers to Lake Champlain Story by Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, N.Y. LUCA GROSS , The Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, N.Y. Wed, Jul 2, 2025 · ...

The final round of lake trout stocking in Lake Champlain in Spring 2025. Courtesy of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department A decades-long effort to increase wild lake trout stock has recorded a ...

Kira Corasanti is a reporter with Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & Documentary Storytelling program. Officials are cutting back how many lake trout are released ...

The Patrick Leahy-Lake Champlain Basin Program has issued its 2024 State of the Lake and Ecosystems Indicators report. Produced every three years, it documents efforts to manage the lake, its ...

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (KLTV) - Longview native Lee Livesay took home $10,000 at the 2024 Tackle Warehouse Bassmaster Elite at Lake Champlain in New York. On day one, Livesay caught five fish weighing 19 ...

It took more than four decades, but the lake trout population in Lake Champlain is now self-sustaining, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. That means DEC, along ...