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Fishing near Highgate in Franklin County, VT

4 Rating based on 1 Reviews

Most Caught Species: Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch
# of fishing spots within 25 miles: 13
# of reports within 25 miles: 8
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Lake Champlain near Highgate — Lake Champlain
Take right turn before bridge
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Bite Me bait Co near Highgate — Bite Me bait Co
Mar-e says goodby till next time
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Mar-e's first pike near Highgate — Mar-e's first pike
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Top Fishing Spots near Highgate

Philipsburg

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Black Creek

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Fairfield Pond

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Lake Carmi

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Pike River

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Little Chazy River

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Highgate Area Fish Species

Smallmouth Bass Largemouth Bass Northern Pike Rock Bass Yellow Perch

Recent Highgate Fishing Reports

Sep 15, 2012	champlain weekend lake champlain VT - amazing weekend out on champlain...	Avg. Rating: 3 # Reviews: 3 Views: Review Report	Created by: kamilfishes	Map It
Feb 25, 2013	ice fishing champlain lake champlain - spent a weekend on champlain and we slammmed the northern and a few nice biggest bass was almost 6lbs and the biggest pike was pushin 40. caught em on...	Avg. Rating: 5 # Reviews: 8 Views: Review Report	Created by: kamilfishes	Map It
May 27, 2009	Pike Ice Fishing Lake Champlain Swanton, VT - First trip pike fishing...	Avg. Rating: 4 # Reviews: 7 Views: Review Report	Created by: elmermudguaard	Map It
Jul 31, 2013	7/26/13-7/28/13 - Avid Anglers @ Lake Champlain (St. Albans) Lake Champlain - St. Albans, VT - Finally...I can add Champlain to my resume! For 3 days(Friday pre-fishing, and Club Tourneys Saturday and Sunday) I mainly had two goals. 1st was to b...	Avg. Rating: 5 # Reviews: 7 Views: Review Report	Created by: meat7gtk	Map It
Sep 02, 2012	2nd annual Lake Champlain trip Lake Champlain, Vermont - Got to spend 4 days last week fishing out of North Hero Island. Weather didn't cooperate with high winds and thunderstorms but we got a couple go...	Avg. Rating: 5 # Reviews: 7 Views: Review Report	Created by: tate	Map It
Jun 17, 2013	Lake Champlain in June Lake Champlain - Fishing reports out of Champlain area have not been good due to the large amount of rain and cold water temps. I guess the bass were really confused ...	Avg. Rating: 5 # Reviews: 9 Views: Review Report	Created by: tate	Map It

Baits and Tackle used near Highgate

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4lber on the drop shot
1-3/4lber on C-rig

Soft Baits Check Prices

Drop Shot, and Spider Grub
1st was 2-1/4lbs
2nd was 2-3/4lbs
3rd was 1-1/2lbs
4th was 1lb
Dropshot
1st was 3lbs
2nd was 2-1/2lbs
3rd was 1lb
4th was 1-1/4lbs
Half a dozen shorts in the 8" to 11-3/4" range
Drop Shot
6 Smallmouth in the 8"-12" range

Minnow Check Prices

Large shiners just under the ice in 7-10 feet of water

Saltwater Baits Check Prices

10"-11" range

Craw Check Prices

Most fish came dragging a Zoom Speed Craw on a carolina rig in 15-25 feet of water.

Worm Check Prices

Senko

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Bass Jig Check Prices

green pumpkin jigs

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

black tandem spinnerbaits

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