Fishing near Plattsburgh in Clinton County, NY

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  • Most Caught Species: Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 17
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 9
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Personal best smallie, 4ish. near Plattsburgh

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Champlain smallie near Plattsburgh

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Champlain smallie near Plattsburgh

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Top Fishing Spots near Plattsburgh

Little Ausable River
Little Ausable River

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Ausable River
Ausable River

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Winooski River
Winooski River

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Little Chazy River
Little Chazy River

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Great Chazy River
Great Chazy River

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Augur Lake
Augur Lake

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Plattsburgh Area Fish Species

Recent Plattsburgh Fishing Reports

Lake Champlain Vacation Fishing Report Aug 16, 2011

Lake Champlain Vacation

Every year around the end of July my wife and I take a vacation. This year we ended up taking our newborn son to Burlington VT, on the shores of Lake ...

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September Champlain Trip Fishing Report Oct 01, 2013

September Champlain Trip

Lake Champlain -

Spent the week of the 15th up on North Hero Island with my wife for a week of fishing. Had great weather and reasonable wind most of the days. Air t...

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Lake Champlain in June Fishing Report Jun 17, 2013

Lake Champlain in June

Lake Champlain -

Fishing reports out of Champlain area have not been good due to the large amount of rain and cold water temps. I guess the bass were really confused ...

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2nd annual Lake Champlain trip Fishing Report Sep 02, 2012

2nd annual Lake Champlain trip

Lake Champlain, Vermont -

Got to spend 4 days last week fishing out of North Hero Island. Weather didn't cooperate with high winds and thunderstorms but we got a couple go...

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7/26/13-7/28/13 - Avid Anglers @ Lake Champlain (St. Albans) Fishing Report Jul 31, 2013

7/26/13-7/28/13 - Avid Anglers @ Lake Champlain (St. Albans)

Lake Champlain - St. Albans, VT -

Finally...I can add Champlain to my resume! For 3 days(Friday pre-fishing, and Club Tourneys Saturday and Sunday) I mainly had two goals. 1st was to b...

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Au sable Forks NY Fishing Report Aug 06, 2015

Au sable Forks NY

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.487669,-73.7164099,15z -

Family vacation to Fern Lake. Went there in 2012 when I just started fishing and only caught a couple bass for the week on rubber worms and a push but...

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Baits and Tackle used near Plattsburgh

Check Prices

  • 4lber on the drop shot
    1-3/4lber on C-rig

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • 6 Smallmouth in the 8"-12" range
  • Dropshot
    1st was 3lbs
    2nd was 2-1/2lbs
    3rd was 1lb
    4th was 1-1/4lbs
  • Half a dozen shorts in the 8" to 11-3/4" range
  • Drop Shot, and Spider Grub
    1st was 2-1/4lbs
    2nd was 2-3/4lbs
    3rd was 1-1/2lbs
    4th was 1lb
  • Drop Shot

Minnow Check Prices

  • Large shiners just under the ice in 7-10 feet of water

Craw Check Prices

  • Most fish came dragging a Zoom Speed Craw on a carolina rig in 15-25 feet of water.

Saltwater Baits Check Prices

  • 10"-11" range

Worm Check Prices

  • Senko

Crankbait Check Prices

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • green pumpkin jigs

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • black tandem spinnerbaits

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