Fishing & Fishing Tournaments

Lake Champlain has become known world wide as the premier location for Bass fishing. The City of Plattsburgh has hosted the largest professional bass fishing tournaments in the world. Competitors have competed for millions of dollars in prize money in events organized by the FLW and BASS. Televised shows can be seen on ESPN and the Fox Sports Network, these networks broadcast in 80,000,000 homes in the United States and 480,000,000 worldwide. In the last 3 consecutive years, world records weights had been caught.

125 miles of lake from North to South contain some of the best sport fish anywhere. Lake Trout, Atlantic Salmon, Perch, Gar and Smelt are just some of the species of fish that are native to Lake Champlain. Guided tours are offered by some of the many New York and Vermont licensed outdoor guides services the region offers.

View a slide show of tournament photos.

2009 tournament Schedule

July 8th -12th FLW Tour

July 18th Northern Bass Supply

August 6th -9th Bassmasters Elite Series

August 15th BASS Weekend Series

August 20th -22nd BASS northern Open

August 27th -29th FLW Stren

August 29th FLW College Series