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Lake Champlain fishing — live bite forecast

A 120-mile border lake with a split personality: rocky smallmouth ledges in the broad lake, weedy pike and largemouth bays in the south — all under the Adirondacks.

Today's bite rating: good (75/100)

Largemouth Bass is the most promising species on Lake Champlain today. Water temperature is around 24.9°C and barometric pressure is stable.

Best time to fish today

  • 17:0019:00 local time — score 74/100
  • 20:0022:00 local time — score 73/100
  • 05:0007:00 local time — score 79/100

3-day outlook by species

SpeciesSunday 5 JulMonday 6 JulTuesday 7 Jul
Smallmouth Bass73good74good79good
Northern Pike47fair41fair45fair
Largemouth Bass75good78good76good

Why this score

Cast & Scan uses a deterministic, published scoring model — no black box. The strongest influences on today's Lake Champlain rating:

  • water temperature: helping (+1)
  • solunar period: helping (+1)
  • wind: helping (+0.9)
  • precipitation: helping (+0.9)
  • cloud cover: helping (+0.85)
  • season: helping (+0.85)

Forecast computed Sun, 05 Jul 2026 18:15:23 GMT · data: Open-Meteo · refreshed several times daily · see our published accuracy

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