Posted By:
Michael-Bride
Field Editor
Lake Champlain 11-22-2010 19:14
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 35-40 Degrees
I have no clue if anyone still reads this stuff or not but here we go…Sunday was one of the better outings thus far for the season…New birds winging about the area of Larabee’s…Saw some mid size flocks of Mallards and Blacks as well as some divers, mostly Whistlers…Very light goose acvtivity …Absolutely no hunting pressure in the area to speak of…Combined with the high water ducks are loafing about anywhere…Cold temps in the forecast for the latter part of the week may bring more new birds and that is a beautiful thing…
Good luck and keep swinging!Bubba…
[Edited By Michael-Bride on 2010-11-22 19:16]
Posted By:
Michael-Bride
Field Editor
Lake Cahmplain 11-01-2009 13:46
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
Well no one had posted on here in a year…So I’ll break the ice and see what happens…
Made it over to the Lake today…Beautiful morning but very few birds seen…We are seeing a handful of Woodies and some Mallards and Blacks…Not a lot of activity overall in our area. Hunting pressure has been fairly light. Despite the big wind from yesterday debris didn’t seem to be much of a problem. But as always, if you are using Larabee’s northern launch, watch out for those old bridge posts. They are still well within reach of a lower unit and can ruin a good day in a hurry. I still have no clue why at least a couple cannot be marked for safety but apparently they need to be left untouched as a historical hazard. Other than that not much to report here…
Good luck
Posted By:
andy
Guest
Bennington 11-05-2008 09:27
– – –
Not seeing nearly the ducks we have in the past. Woodies are waay down. Shot 3 blacks a mallard and one woody opeing day and a few ohters here and there. But again pops are down.
We have turned our attention to geese and are hammering those. Limits are the norm. Having fun but would like to shoot some more ducks.
Posted By:
Michael-Bride
Field Editor
Lake Champlain… 10-09-2008 16:39
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Anybody out there? Hello….
Quite a few birds around for the opener. The shooting was great despite the fog. We saw a lot of Teal and Woodies and a few Mallards and Blacks around as well. Some guys said they even were seeing some flocks of divers. In all a good opener. Hope anyone reading this had as good of luck…
Posted By:
Michael-Bride
Field Editor
Lake champlain (Larabee’s) 11-27-2007 19:04
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
Man I feel bad this post is soooo late…Oh well…There were a ton of Mallards and Blacks winging around on Sunday…If I say through out the morning we saw a thousand, low flying, workable birds, it would be conservative. Just steady streams of birds in bunches of 10-100…It was really an awesome day. So if you’re looking for big puddlers, they were around Sunday…But where are all the divers at?
Posted By:
Msg&son
Guest
conticut river near maidstone 11-25-2007 08:08
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
well on thanksgiving day went out with son on the river had to break ice to set up decoys off a sand bar. and like the whole season only saw 6 ducks all day got a nice mallard thats all no geese to be seen or heard took a drive down the river and saw the same thing nothing with everything freezing up and no birds to speak off looks like it will be a early season this yr and a very bad one also i belive they have changed there routes to go south because of pressure not sure but has to be only thign i can thin off because everyone i talked to say the same thign no birds around again this yr oh well take care all
Posted By:
Pots
Guest
southern Champlain-Benson Landing 11-21-2007 19:14
Cloudy, Heavy Fog – 35-40 Degrees
Some rain mid-morning. No wind to speak of…Far fewer birds than 4 days ago. Mergansers (Hooded and Common) were the bird of the day with a few mallards but I mean “few”. Not a lot of birds moving. Not much hunting pressure in the area. Being from southern VT, tough trip! If I was local…still tough!
Posted By:
Michael-Bride
Field Editor
Lake champlain (Larabee’s) 11-21-2007 14:36
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 35-40 Degrees
Sill no real changes in our area. There just doesn’t seem to be many birds around at all. A handful of big puddlers but no divers to speak of We took a little cruise up the creek to see what was what but we never jumped a single bird. Discouraged and disheartened, I believe tomorrow a.m. will be better spent catching up on sleep and perhaps coming out of a 5 year layoff from deer hunting…Man this season is a real bummer around here…
Good luck and keep swinging!Bubba…
Posted By:
Michael-Bride
Field Editor
Lake Champlain 11-19-2007 19:40
Sunny & Clear, Morning Fog – 10-20 Degrees – Ice
Well it’s been a while since I had much to post about. This season has been one of the strangest that I’ve seen. Duck numbers are low to say the least. If anyone is having any decent luck or steady shooting, They sure aren’t talkin about it. Any way. We did see a big push of Snow geese bugging out on Sunday. But were still lookin for the big flocks of Mallards and we’ve seen almost nothing for divers…In all a different year than what we’ve seen in recent years around the EastCreek area. Things are starting to freeze up in some spots around East Creek and on the main lake. Nothing that should bother as temps are supposed to rise a bit over the next few days. I wont be out again until Wed. and hopefully things will start to improve…
Good luck and keep swinging!Bubba…
Posted By:
Michael-Bride
Field Editor
East Creek 10-10-2007 18:19
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 50-60 Degrees
Well my father and I have seen slower season openers, but we don’t remember when. There where a fair number of birds a around, Woodies and Teal mostly, but they were mostly flying high and out of range of us. Other hunters I talked to were experiencing the same thing. Most everyone I talked to said they saw little Mallard activity. We did spot one Pintail hen so maybe they’re still around. Over all early morning gunning was ok in the right spot, but that ended within the hour and was spotty after that. One other thing of note. The lake is very low. As low as it’s been in years. Anyone using Larabee’s lower (Northern) boat launch, needs to be extremely careful of the old rail bridge. The posts are submerged about an inch under water and will give you a bad morning in a hurry. For safety sake they should mark and/or remove them from the main channel. But being a “historic site” I dont think it will happen any time soon. If you’re not familiar with those posts use the upper lanch. It’s steep and tougher to back into in the dark, but your lower unit will thank you later…
