Lake Champlain Fishing Report: Prime Giant Bass Season and Proven Lure Tactics

Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure with your Lake Champlain fishing report for Wednesday, December 3rd. We're heading into prime giant bass season right now, and conditions are shaping up nicely for anglers willing to brave the cold.

Water temperatures have dropped significantly and we're in what I call the late fall migration phase. The bass have transitioned from their feeding frenzy and are moving toward deeper winter holding patterns. This is the sweet spot—December through March is genuinely the best time to target giant bass on this lake.

Here's what's working: focus on deeper structure and transition zones rather than shallow flats. Minnow imitations are your bread and butter right now. The pros fishing the Toyota Series recently dominated with small shiners and Ned rigs, targeting postspawn smallmouth around flats and edges. They were also crushing it on topwater in grassy areas up north. For your setup, spinnerbaits and swim jigs in natural colors are still underrated this time of year. Don't overlook blade baits either—they're killers in cold water when yo-yoed along the bottom.

The National Weather Service out of Burlington is updating Lake Champlain recreational forecasts twice daily through December, so check those for wind and wave conditions before you head out. Bundle up and stay safe.

I'd recommend hitting the shallower coves and creek mouths where structure concentrates bass transitioning deeper. The Fort Ticonderoga area on the New York side offers solid access, and the Charlotte area near Mount Philo on the Vermont side gives you excellent lake coverage. Secondary points in eight to twelve feet of water are absolutely firing right now.

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