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… Continue reading

Posted By: Michael-Bride Field Editor none 10-09-2007 18:22 – – – The countdown is at zero people…We’re goin duckin….Good luck Good luck and keep swinging!Bubba… Posted By: Michael-Bride Field Editor None 07-27-2007 05:00 – – – Waterfowl Meetings, Aug. 7 in Whitehall, NY — Aug. 8 in Burlington, VT VERMONT AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: July 20, 2007 Media Contacts: Vermont – Bill Crenshaw (802) 878-1564; New York – John OConnor (518) 897-1291 Waterfowl Meetings, Aug. 7 in Whitehall, NY — Aug. 8 in Burlington, VT Waterbury, VT  Public meetings to review and discuss the status of waterfowl populations and waterfowl hunting seasons for Lake Champlain in New York and all of Vermont will be held Tuesday, August 7, in Whitehall, New York, and Wednesday, August 8, in Burlington, Vermont. The annual meetings are being held by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation… Continue reading

Posted By: Zeke The Zen Puppy Guest Button Bay 12-09-2006 08:54 Cloudy, Snow Flurries – 30-34 Degrees – Ice Classic diver hunt, and cooperative birds. Lots and lots of divers and (finally) redleg mallards. Launched from Arnold’s Bay. Posted By: Michael-Bride Field Editor Lake Champlain/ East Creek 11-19-2006 15:26 Cloudy, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees Well due to the lack of changes in waterfowling around my hunting area I’ve been keeping my posts limited. I’m sure nobody wants to read about my every outing and attempt at a bag limit. To be honest the last few weeks have been so spotty as far as duck go I havent had much to talk about except the excellent breakfast up at the Halfway House on 22A. Today however did show some potential changes for the time. My father and I noticed several hundred birds that seemed to be in atleast a light… Continue reading

Posted By: Michael-Bride Field Editor Lake Champlain (scouting) 10-02-2006 04:55 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees Satuday morning my father and I made our way over to the lake to have one last look befor the opener. In all it was a great outing. We saw a whole variety of puddlers in pockets of 2 or 3 and from 20 to 30. In all a fair amount of birds. The Blue wings we saw are what caught my attention. Those have managed to elude me where we hunt so with any luck they’ll still be around next week. The lake is pretty low. If you use the north launch at Larabee’s be aware that the old bridge posts are about 10 inches below the water. Good luck and keep swinging!Bubba… Posted By: Michael-Bride Field Editor Vermont 2006….. 08-27-2006 11:45 Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – Over 70 Degrees… Continue reading

Posted By: Zeke The Zen Puppy Guest 01-28-2006 22:22 – – – That’s true, Al. I bet I’ve banded a dozen “mexican ducks” with John in the last five summers. John is perhaps the most-respected wetland biologist specializing in high desert wetlands. Spend a day hunting with him and you’ll feel like you received a one-day BA in duck-ology! He is an excellent shot, BTW. I will miss hunting with John. Posted By: desert drake Guest Rio Grande 01-28-2006 05:13 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees Hey, Sully—–I stopped at Bosque Del Apache to meet John Vradenburg who is now the chief waterfowl biologist there. What a great young man! Anyway, I was showing him my Mexican hybrid that was banded and he said, “I’ll bet I banded it.” Well, the lady at Laurel, MD, told me on the phone yesterday that it was banded in CO. I’ll… Continue reading

Posted By: Michael-Bride Field Editor Lake Champlain 11-07-2005 05:09 Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 60-65 Degrees Some seriously ssslllooowww huntig over the past couple days. Water is still way too high. The ducks can and will be anywhere they want and with the warm weather and no wind they seem pretty content just loafing around. We managed to get a couple Canadas on Saturday that happened to pass through. And after a slight adjustment yesterday we got 1 Greenwing. We seem to be in our beloved midseason lull. Alot of the locals have bugged out. And no decent cold weather has brought us any new birds. But I’m sure we’ll be ready when summer does finally end. Good luck and keep swinging!Bubba… Posted By: gambit764 WFC Sponsor Addison, Dead Creek 10-30-2005 15:50 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees Weather was too nice, and the water was too much.… Continue reading

Posted By: Michael-Bride Field Editor Lake Champlain 12-09-2004 15:49 Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water W.P. Sorry I haven’t posted something sooner but I’ve been so darn buisy I just couldn’t make the time until now. If you’re at Larabee’s point standing on the south facing boat launch (not the one that has the old supports under water)looking south toward the mouth of East creek we have been setting up on the point of the last bay befor the creek as well as the point on the end of Mount Independence. The numbers of birds we have seen increased dramaticly over the past weekend. New puddlers as well as divers were seen steadily both days and it looked like alot of geese were on the move as well. The big push of birds we’ve been waiting for looked to be under way. The unfortunate part is… Continue reading

Posted By: Michael-Bride Field Editor Lake Champlain 11-07-2004 18:42 Cloudy, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees It’s been a while since my last post but thats because there hasn’t been much to post. It looked like a midseason lull last weekend with fairly empty skies around the boat launch at Larabee’s. The birds we did see were reluctant to land with real ducks resting off shore. They would make several passes only to land a hundred yards away and swim in very cautiously. Overall the numbers were low to say the least. With some cooler air in place to the north it looked like some new birds may have been around early last week as well as the past two days. We were seeing small flocks of ten or so puddlers and also medium flocks of twenty or so divers. We saw the first Bluebills and Whistlers of the year. As… Continue reading