​On August 3, 2024 the club held a points tournament on Cossayuna Lake (Although its size is more like a pond), and under oppressive heat, the club was able catch quite a few limits of fish. Unfortunately there were not a lot of large fish caught and there were many that were put on measuring boards before they went into the livewell. At least the morning rain kept the boat traffic down until late morning, but after that the small lake was very busy with recreational boat traffic. Al Maher won the tournament with 14.13lbs and a 4.70lb lunker, George Locke was 2nd with 12.90 lbs and Paul Pflieger 3rd with 12.66 lbs and a 4.22lb second lunker. These results tightened up the race for angler of the year with Briar leading with 380 points and Rick Putnam second with 368 points with two more tournaments to go. 

​With  a practice day on July 12, and a tournament on July 13 the club experienced 2 great days of fishing on Lake Champlain at Ticonderoga!   Once again the members adapted to the changing conditions of the lake and in spite of a definite lack of substantial weed growth. It took a 5-fish limit of 18.40 lbs for Jim Underhill to win, with a second place of 17.48 by Briar Murtlow and a third place of 17.25 by Al Maher. Many of the members reported catching multiple limits of fish and almost everyone was able to weigh in a 5 -fish limit. The lunker fish of the tournament was a 5.13lb Largemouth bass caught by Mike Leskowsky. All fish caught were released live into the lake after weigh-in. 

​While the members present endured lots of rain and changing conditions throughout the day, fishing was very good overall. Every one of the 15 anglers weighed in a 5 -fish limit. Rick Putnam secured his first club win with a weight of 13.43 lbs, followed by Anthony Curcurito second with 12.36 lbs and Briar Murtlow third with 11.87 lbs. Lunker fish was a 4.52 lb largemouth caught by Mike Leskowsky and second lunker was a 4.37 Largemouth caught by Rick Putnam. It is not a surprise to see that one big fish is what is needed to win a tournament on this lake. 
Welcome to Thatcher and Robrt Deyoe who did well in their first club tournament. I hope that they both had an enjoyable day despite the bad weather, and we look forward to seeing them at our next tournament at Ticonderoga. 

The Club opened our 2024 points tournament season on Northern Champlain out of the Great Chazy River launch site on June 8, 2924. As usual we encountered some winds on the lake, but these were overcome by the 13 members who fished the tournament. While the fishing was not quite as good as expected, there were a few good limits weighed in including 15.75 by Elisha Flint, 14.88 by Anthony Curcurito, and 14.16 lbs. by David Black. Lunker of the day was a 4.99 Largemouth. There were nine 5- fish limits out of 13 anglers. Day 2 was cancelled due to the weather forecast. 

There were some massive bass that were caught at the last tournament of 2023 at Lake Bomoseen. Joe Curcurito with the win with over 19 pounds, with 2 Largemouth well over 5 pounds. Second place went to Paul Pflieger with a Largemouth that went 6 lbs. 12 oz. Third place went to Al Maher with 2 Largemouth bass that was over 13 pounds, with the Lunker of the Year with a Largemouth going 7.39 pounds. Gene Lavigne came in 4th place with 8.54 pounds, with a 4.24 Largemouth. Briar Murtlow finished in 5th with 6.10 pounds. With everything finalized, Gene Lavigne won the Bassman of the Year for the second year in a row. 

​On September 23 the club held our points tournament on Saratoga Lake.
While everyone did catch fish, the overall weights were very low, which was no surprise to anyone.
Two of our veteran members were able to figure out the puzzle-George Locke with 12.28 lbs. and Jim Underhill with 12.25 lbs. George Locke was able to secure his 45th club win-a record that surely will never be broken. The lunker of the tournament was a 3.89lb Largemouth caught by Rick LeBlanc who finished third with 10.90 lbs.  

On August 12 and 13 the club fished through high winds and difficult fishing out of Rouses Pt. on Northern Champlain. On day 1 the club was led by Briar Murtlow with a huge 17.28 lb bag followed by Paul Pflieger with 9.56 lbs. 
Briar weighted the only limit on day 1!. On Day 2 ,Briar came in with a 10.54 lb limit to capture the win with a total of 27.82 lbs. On Day 2 , Al Maher secured 2nd place in the tournament with a 14.78 lb limit. After this tournament, Briar is leading the angler of the year race with 374 points with Anthony Curcurito close behind with 372 and Gene Lavigne third with 370 points. 

​Al Maher scored his first tournament win since 2020 with a great bag weight
of 17.69 lbs. with the tournament lunker of 4.70 lbs. This was Al’s 20th Club win! Congratulations
Al!. Gene Lavigne (always a threat at Ticonderoga) finished a very close second with 16.58 lbs and
a 4.65 lunker. Briar Murtlow finished third with 16.23 lbs. and a 4.31 lb. lunker. Very impressive
results considering how off colored the water was. The standings after Ticonderoga show Anthony
Curcurito leading with 282 points, with Gene Lavigne second with 276 points.

​On June 10 & 11 the club held their first points tournament of the year on Northern Champlain. Day 1 the club launched out of Point Au Roche on a lake that was so uncommonly calm that David Black called it Scary!  However, it turned out to be an excellent fishing day as was the next day out of the Chazy River Launch. This fishing on both days was excellent and there were many smiling faces at the weigh-ins.
Anthony Curcurito was the winner with 34.07 Lbs with Paul Pflieger 2nd with 33.86 Lbs. Finishing 3rd in the last plaque position was Joe Curcurito with 33.26 Lbs. Linker for the tournament was a 5.08 caught by Jim Underhill and leading Senior bag limit was Paul Pflieger at 17.41 lbs. 

To start the final tournament of 2022, we had a tight race for Angler of the Year between Gene Lavigne, Rick Putnam and Briar Murtlow. The results of another tough day of fishing on Saratoga consists of Anthony Curcurito finishing in first with 12.38 pounds, Rick LeBlanc in second with 11.26 pounds and George Locke with 10.84 pounds. Gene Lavigne finished in 4th with 10.31 pounds to secure his first title of Angler of the Year! Rick Putnam held his own and managed to finish as top co-angler for the 2022 season.