ICE FISHING ON LAKE CARMI

Had an opportunity to get together with some friends for some early ice fishing on Lake Carmi in Franklin Vermont.

The fish were plenty and the company was great.

Some real jumbos were caught and brought home for dinner, good eats!!

This is Matthew preparing our catch for a photo op.

Thanks Justin, Matthew and Pete for a great experience of fishing on Lake Carmi.

Thanks for stopping by.

Captain Pete

MAKING ICE ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN

Well we all know what comes after fall here on Lake Champlain..

The Captain wanted to share a few photographs, transformation to hard water.

Thanks for stopping by.

Captain Pete

THE CAPTAINS GRAND BABY'S FIRST BOAT RIDE

Captain Pete took out the little granddaughter for a ride on the Missy Jean.

It was a beautiful,  fall day.

The lake was calm and the sun was shining for our special ride.

Of course this little one can drive her Papa's boat anytime, indeed!!!

Captain looks forward to some fishing with the little one in 2014 from the boats edge, stay tuned.

This is her first experience with a fishing pole, she caught a perch!!

1 1/2 years old!!!!

Thanks for stopping by.

Captain Pete

CATCH UP ON FALL FISHING 2013

Trying to catch up on some fishing stories and some photographs from the fall of 2013.

Beautiful shot of our green mountains.

Found a few fish in 134 feet of water,with surface water temperature of 60 degrees.

One foot chop with temperature around 60 degrees.

Beautiful day for fishing.

These two young guys managed to catch their limit and then some.

Look at this smile...

Doubles on!!!

The Captain says "job well done"

Another charter for the books.

Another beautiful day for fishing.

Sunny skies with temperatures around 70 with calm waters, doesn't get much better than this.

Salmon were the target fish for the day.

Had an opportunity to go fishing on the Cathy Jean with Captain Thorny.

Several beautiful salmon were caught.

Thanks Captain!!

Well this covers it for the 2013 season, what a season it was.

All posts for the the 2013 season are just some of the highlights.

Looking forward to 2014, but for now the Captain will be doing some ice fishing, stay tuned for some of that.....

As always, thanks for stopping by.

Captain Pete

Lake Champlain Trout Scout Charters

AUGUST 21ST CHARTER

Here is Chris and his family.

The Missy Jean left the Coast Guard Launch (Burlington Waterfront) at approx. 8:00 am.

The weather was warm with an 8 mph wind out of the south.

A four line spread was set out and in short time the family had a release.

The family limited out and more on the fish caught for the charter.

Fun was had by all, specially this young man!

During one fish on, the Captain had to pull all the of the other gear in and back down on the fish in order to reel it in. 

At the back of the boat the line gave up and the fish was floating on the surface of the water.  The Captain was able to bring the boat about to net the fish.

The Captain thought this was one heck of a day fishing, and would like to thank Dan and his family for spending time with Lake Champlain Trout Scout Charters.

Thanks for stopping by.

Captain Pete

AUGUST 9TH CHARTER

We launched the Missy Jean from the Coast Guard Launch (Burlington Waterfront) at approx. 10:30 am.

Thunder storms were predicted so we kept a good eye on the weather.

A four line spread was set out and once again we had a release in short order.

Mike and Joanne landed three lakers.

A warning came in from the Coast Guard, a storm was near by so we picked up and headed for shore.

We ate lunch while waiting for the storm to pass.

We headed back out for more fishing.

 We successfully limited the catch for the charter for the day and fun was had by all.

The Captain said it was a great day of fishing and wants to thank Mike and Joanne for spending time with Lake Champlain Trout Scout Charters.

Thanks for stopping by.

Captain Pete

AUGUST 5TH CHARTER

The Missy Jean left the Coast Guard launch (Burlington Waterfront) at approx. 7:30 AM

The wind started off at about 12 mph from the south and calmed down in the afternoon.

A four line set was put out and not long before we had our first release.

Carl was able to net his limit and more, three lakers were kept and the rest were released.

Carl also netted a beautiful 5 lb brown trout, what a beauty!

The Captain was pleased with the charter for the day and would like to thank Carl for spending some time with Lake Champlain Trout Scout Charters.

Thanks for stopping by.

Captain Pete