Throw big, bright jerkbaits to tempt wolfpack schools of chunky smallmouths in the fall. (Photo courtesy of Rapala)
October 19, 2020
By Matt Crawford
1. Lake Champlain, Vermont/New York
“My favorite lake in the whole world,” says pro bass angler Brandon Lester. He has good reason to put Champlain at the top of his list. The 125-mile long lake that forms the border between New York and Vermont has a robust smallmouth (and largemouth) population. Five-pound smallies are not uncommon, but most appealing is the seemingly endless supply of 3-pounders.
2. Thousand Islands, New York
Clayton, New York, has entrenched itself as one of the epicenters of northern bass fishing in recent years mostly because this area is just saturated with super-sized smallmouths. Running out to fish Lake Ontario is always an...
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