Adirondacks Fishing Report – August 10th, 2012

Lake Champlain

Top-water action for bass – both smallmouths and largemouths – is always a fun option, but drop-shotting plastics will also work well. Not hearing a lot on the trout and salmon front, but fishing has been good all summer, with some big, alewife-fed lakers and landlocks being taken.

West Branch of the Ausable

Water temps could be an issue, limiting fishing to early morning – if that – to avoid stressing trout. Warmwater action (bass, pike) in the Saranac Chain of Lakes might be a better option until things cool down.