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    Digital Guide Trips
    Kyle Cortiana fishing report for Lake Champlain in New York

    Biggest School of Giant Walleye You'll Ever Find on Lake Champlain, New York!

    Best for May - August

    Lake Champlain

    New York

    Walleye

    Conventional Artificial Bait

    Posted over 1 year ago

    Kyle Cortiana

    Kyle Cortiana

    Professional Tournament Angler

    Brief Description

    Last summer (June-July of 2023), we spent 2 months at Monty's Bay Campground, which rests along the western shores of Lake Champlain. During this timeframe, I spent almost every day on the water and one day I stumbled onto the largest school of walleye I'd ever seen! For over a week, my father-in-law and I had the time of our life catching as many walleye as we wanted. We even had one day where we boated over 100 walleye, all on artificial baits, and the average sized walleye was 4 to 6 pounds. We also caught dozens in the 7-to-9-pound range and two of them were just over 10 pounds! When I returned this year (June of 2024), I decided to see if the school(s) were still there and they are!! So if you want to avoid paying a guide to take you to a few fish and want to save some money, then you can buy this tip and have confidence that you'll be on the motherload of walleye!! If you buy the tip, not only will you receive waypoint coordinates, but I'll also give you the "must have" bait!

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    What's in this detailed digital guide trip?

    • 2 Specific coordinates

    • Full breakdown of patterns, techniques, and lures

    • Weather and conditions report

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    Full Breakdown of Patterns, Techniques, and Lures:

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    Current Lake Champlain Weather Conditions

    Below is the current Lake Champlain weather information to help you plan your next Lake Champlain fishing trip. Need more specifics? Try sending a message to Kyle Cortiana to let them know what kind of tips you are looking for to help you prepare for a successful time on the water.

    Wind
    9 mph W
    Air Temp
    27°F
    Pressure
    1010 hPa
    Conditions
    58% clouds

    Updated 36 minutes ago

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    Biggest School of Giant Walleye You'll Ever Find on Lake Champlain, New York!

    $200

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    Yes, you can view all of the digital guide trip tips, premium fishing reports updates, and training videos on Kyle Cortiana's FishTips profile here.

    Check out the dedicated Lake Champlain page for the full list of Lake Champlain fishing reports, fishing guides, digital guide trip tips, and instructional fishing videos → here

    The FishTips digital guides offering guided fishing services will have "guide" listed with their profile and will have a "book a trip" button at the top of their profile. This will send them a message for you to ask them for their available dates for you to book a fishing guide trip on Lake Champlain directly with the fishing guide.

    Yes, take a look at this list on some of the best places to fish in New York → here

    Check out the dedicated Lake Champlain page for the full list of Lake Champlain fishing guides, digital guide trip tips, fishing reports, and instructional fishing videos → here

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    Reviews

    100% rating

    (1 reviews)

    Paul B

    May 30, 2025 (edited)

    Training Video is perfect!! Thanks Kyle

    Response from guide

    Thanks for the review! I'm happy to hear that you liked my tip.

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    Carson Forrester fishing report for Lake Champlain in New York

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    Jonathan Kelley fishing report for Lake Champlain in New York

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    Patrick Walters fishing report for Lake Champlain in New York

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    Ben Milliken fishing report for Lake Champlain in New York

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    Destin DeMarion fishing report for Lake Champlain in New York

    Where to Find a Lake Champlain Deep Bite NOW!

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    Destin DeMarion fishing report for Lake Champlain in New York

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    Andrew Nordbye fishing report for Lake Champlain in New York

    Catch BIG Smallies on Lake Champlain

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    oliver ngy fishing report for Lake Champlain in New York

    8-14" Yellow Perch on Lake Champlain - SUPER FUN

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    oliver ngy fishing report for Lake Champlain in New York

    KEY lures for GIANT Smallmouth on Lake Champlain

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