<p>Irish Raider Outfitters is the ultimate choice for thrill-seekers and fishing enthusiasts alike! Captain Scott Thurber operates the outfitting service, providing guests with an experience they will never forget. You'll be exploring Lake Champlain and Saranac Lake aboard the 21' Bayliner center console boat, originally built in 2021. This state-of-the-art vessel is powered by a 150HP Mercury engine, ensuring you can get to your fishing destination quickly and smoothly.</p><p><br></p><p>Lake Champlain is a large freshwater lake located between New York and Vermont, popular for its diverse fish population and scenic beauty. The Adirondack Mountains, located in upstate New York, are a popular hunting location due to their vast wilderness areas and abundant wildlife. Both Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks offer unique outdoor experiences and are popular destinations to explore the great outdoors.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The 21' Bayliner is a high-performance boat designed for fishing and adventure. It is equipped with all the necessary fishing gear, including light tackle, spinning, popping, ice fishing, trolling, jigging, and draft fishing equipment. With the ability to carry four guests, it is the perfect vessel for a family or small group of friends looking to explore the waters of Lake Champlain.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As you embark on your journey, Captain Thurber will provide you with expert guidance on the best techniques to catch lake trout, brook trout, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, yellow perch, northern pike, and rainbow trout (steelhead). The possibilities are endless, and you're sure to have the time of your life with Irish Raider Outfitters. If hunting is more your thing, Captain Thurber offers guided hunting trips in the Adirondacks. Whether you're a seasoned hunter or a beginner, you're sure to have an unforgettable experience. Deer and bear hunting, as well as small game hunting, are all on the menu.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In the winter months, Irish Raider Outfitters transforms into an ice fishing wonderland. Lake Champlain freezes over, providing the perfect environment for ice fishing enthusiasts. With Irish Raider Outfitters, your adventure doesn't end when the fishing or hunting is over. You'll get to experience the breathtaking beauty of the Adirondacks and Lake Champlain. Whether you're fishing on the lake, hunting in the backcountry, or simply taking in the stunning scenery, Irish Raider Outfitters has something for everyone.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Book your trip today and get ready for the adventure of a lifetime!</p>

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Smallmouth Bass

Two days on the water

Lake Trout

<div>had two great days with these lads from Ohio! Small mouth and lake trout was the plan. Boy can these two fish!!</div>

First timers.

<div>Itntroduced Mark and his family to lake trout jigging for the first time.Boy did those lads pick up the technique quick and caught some great fish!!!</div>

The White family’s Annual Trip

<div>Always love having Tim and family out with us every year. His crew definetly knows how to catch some nice fish!!</div><div>Thanks Guys!!</div>

<div>Tim's family has been out with us every summer for the past 7 years. Boy do they know how to catch fish!!</div>

Rainy Bite

Epic run!!

<div>It was aweson having Dave, Chris and young Jack onboard for a 6 hour run. Those lads are fishermen!!</div><div>Jack tuned in his Garmin reading techniques and was reeling them in one after another!!</div><div>Thanks Guys!!</div>

Numbers

<div>You know it was a great charter when the crew looses count of how many fish they caught!!</div>

Sunset Runs are producing 

<div>Great evening run with a super family!!! Fishing was on fire!! The ladies onboard schooled the lads on this run!!</div>

<div>Kast King, Berkley Amp, Zoom paddle tails</div>

Father and son morning

<div>Great morning run with Basil and Jr Basil on the lake trout waypoints!!</div>

<div>kastking, Berkley Amp, zoom plastics</div>

Bachelor party Run!!

<div>Great fulll day run with this great group of guys!!</div><div>The lads knew how to drop the hammer on some nice lake trout!!</div>

<div>Kast King Speed Deamon, Berkley Amp, Zoom Horny Toads</div>

P.B. 

<div>Great time with the fam from Switzerland!!</div>

P.B. Trout

<div>Dodged some storms but stayed on some nice lake for the lads to carch they're personal best trout!!</div><div><br></div>

<div>kast king speed deamons, Berkley Amp, Gitzit&nbsp;</div>

On Fish 

<div>The lads definetly dropped the hammer on some nice fish on our PM run!!</div>

<div>That lads hammered down on some nice fish on our pm run!!</div>

Wolf Packs of nice Small Mouth!!

<div>got into some nice schools of small mouth around the islands!! Average fish 3-4 lbs. Awesome post spawn run on Lake Champlain!! Zman TRDs were the go to!!</div>

Fish for dinner.

<div>Well the Amish aren’t into having their photos taken.</div><div><br></div><div>But once again Howard and his roofing crew dropped the hammer on some fish to bring home to feed the families!!</div><div><br></div><div>Looking forward to having them back for two more runs this summer!!!</div><div><br></div><div>🎣&nbsp;</div><div>☘️</div>

Fish Smiles are the BEST!!

<div>It was great having Rick and his grandson out this morning for some small mouth fishing!&nbsp;</div><div>Wish the weather would've cooperated!!!</div>

Fish On

<div>It was great being able to introduce this Missouri family to the awesome Lake Champlain fishery we have.</div><div><br></div><div>Jeff definitely kept up with his daughter Mo with numbers, but his son was into quality. They definitely gave the Kast King speed demons a work out with Kodiak Donkey Tudes!!!</div><div><br></div><div>Great times &amp; memories!!</div><div>🎣&nbsp;</div>

Fishy 

<div>Definitely going to be a fishy weekend!!</div><div>Bam &nbsp;Brian caught a fish!!</div>

<div>Big Bite Paddle Tails, Kastking Speed Deamon</div>

On Fish!!

<div>Lots of action this morning!!</div><div>Some really nice fish landed &amp; released to fight another day!!</div>

<div>Numerous lake trout on this run!!</div>

<div>Kastking Sharky iii, Berkley AMP medium, big bite baits</div>

Another great run

Epic Run

<div><br></div><div>Definitely a catching kind of day with numerous fish and several in the double digits.&nbsp;</div><div>🎣&nbsp;</div><div>☘️</div><div><br></div>

Combo small mouth & lake trout run

<div>The lads caught some nice lake trout &amp; football sized pre spawn small mouths this morning!!</div><div>Pre spawn small mouth are a blast!!</div><div><br></div><div>Fish on!</div>

Great afternoon Run!!

<div>Totally awesome having the Doc, Alaskan Jeff and his grandson out this afternoon!!&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Barbecue lake trout coming to a neighborhood near you!! 🥣&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>🎣&nbsp;</div><div>☘️&nbsp;</div>

On Em!!

<div>It was nice to finally have the spring winds calm down to allow us to fish our spring waypoints. But tomorrow the South winds are returning which is throwing off our ability to run. Tough spring so far with stong South &amp; North winds creating extremely rough seas!!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>

<div>ice conditions are still unsafe&nbsp;</div>

Thin ice still

Lake Champlain Fishing

Great having Pete out for a few hours this morning. 
He’s on the Jameson board with a 6.69 lake trout. Sorry Pete for catching the double digit fish you needed to catch to clench the number one slot.. 🤷‍♂️ 
The small mouth were mixed in with the lake trout again feeding on the bait balls off shore. They’re both putting on the pounds in those huge schools of bait. Fat fish!!
Ronnie Reyome it’s up to you tomorrow to unseat NYSP Jim from the top slot…

Lake Champlain Champy Expedition search in September 

<div>Received the link from our Japanese Champ expedition crew we had on board in September.&nbsp;</div><div>They aired the documentary last week in Tokyo.</div><div>That crew was definitely motivated!!!! But the Red snapper they brought on board as bait/chum didn’t&nbsp;</div><div>work..</div>

<div>So when I put a 6 pack of our Amish fishing friends on board for a charter, it often turns into a 18 pack of lake trout in the live well, like tonight!!!!</div><div><br></div><div>They’re not into photos but they Love to fish!!! Totally enjoy having them on board 2-3 times a every year.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>We’re still on those……</div><div>Easy Fish!!&nbsp;</div><div>☘️</div>

On Fish at sunrise 

<div>Awesome morning run with Chris on our Champ way Point!!</div><div><br></div><div>The fish were hungry this morning!!! On fish all morning!!!&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>On 🎣&nbsp;</div><div>☘️</div>

Family Time

<div>It’s awesome to have the family here from Switzerland.&nbsp;</div><div>Dax, Simone, Emma and Helen experienced a little Lake Champlain fishing this afternoon.</div>

Busy past few weeks .!!

<div>Here's a photo dumb from the past few two weeks of some of our charters. It's been tough fishing the past week with the water being stained brown from all the rain we've experienced in New York and Vermonts and flooding. We captueeed a sonar image on the Garmin which several folks believe to be Lake Champlain Monster "Champy"</div><div>Who knows.&nbsp;</div><div>Tight Lines!</div><div><br></div><div>Captain Scott</div>

<div>Ugly Stik, Big Bite seim baits, Kast King, Minn Kota Ulterra&nbsp;</div>

Great PM on Lake Champlain 

<div>Great evening run with Hal and his family!! I do believe they were impressed with fishery Lake Champlain has to offer anglers. Alot of first ever lake trouts caught on their run!!</div><div>On Fish!!</div><div><br></div>

Wicked feeding frenzy this morning!!

<div>Great 6 hour run this morning! Fished for awhile with our friend Joe on the hump. Joe wasn’t catching them like my crew, so I tossed him some Gamblers with the secret sauce……</div><div><br></div><div>Bamm he was speaking trout and they were jumping into his boat!!</div><div><br></div><div>On 🎣&nbsp;</div><div>☘️</div>

On Fish

<div>Awesome having Chris from Hobo Custom Rods LLC out with us for two days. Day #1 was definetly sporty with big winds &amp; waves.!&nbsp;</div><div>Alot of fish on our way points day one with lock jaw.</div><div>Today day #2 they were hungry and some nice fish came over the rail!!</div><div><br></div><div>On fis!!!</div><div><br></div>

Great pm Lake Trout run!!

<div>It was awesome to have Tim and his son back onboard again. Last year's run was terrible with bad weather and rough seas. This year the weather was awesome and the fish were hungry!</div><div>It's always great to have repeat fishermen every year that enjoy fishing as much as this Captain!!</div><div>Fish On!!</div><div>Tightlines</div><div><br></div>

<div>Ugly Stik GX2, Jastking 3000, Big Bite paddle tails.</div>

Great smallmouth & lake trout combo run!!

<div>The crew were on the small mouths &amp; lake trout this morning!!</div>

Fish Memories 

<div>Couldn’t have asked for better weather and fishing on our am half day today. We had a visiting juvenile loon hanging out looking a fish sandwich much of the day. Rick &amp; his brothers gifted his father a birthday lake trout charter and all the boys caught some nice &nbsp;fish today!!&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>On 🎣</div><div>☘️</div>

<div>Ugly Stik GX2, Big Bite Paddle Tails</div>

Fish view

<div>On Fish!! Great evening run to splash the Go Fisg Cams!!</div>

Water temperature is getting warmer and the fishing is on fire!!

<div>It was great having Chris onboard &nbsp;again. His daughter caught the first fish and her first ever lake trout. The bire was definetly hot first thing this morning with multiple fish for everyone!&nbsp;</div><div><br></div>

Sporty run in the South wind & waves!!

<div>Well the fish were definitely late for breakfast this morning…&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>It was another sporty day in the South winds &amp; waves, which prevented us from fishing our hot waypoints from the past few runs. However, we were able to jockey around to catch some fish. &nbsp;Definitely a much slower day compared to the last few!!</div><div>On 🎣&nbsp;</div><div>🍀</div>

<div>kodiak Custom Fishing donkey tubes.</div>

<div>Tony wanted to take his fishing buddy Derek out to catch a &nbsp;lake trout, before Derek reported to his army boot camp on Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>Mission accomplished.!!</div><div>🍀</div>

<div>Kodiak Donkey tubes &amp; Big Biat Baits paddletails</div>

Another angler catch’s his first ever lake trout 

Fish On!!

<div>Great having the Doc onboard today for some lake trout jigging to wrap up his Adirondack fishing tour. He definitely caught a bigger trout today than he did fly fishing on the Ausable in Wilmington.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>On Fish.</div><div>🍀</div>

Fishing Curse Deleted  

<div>Well Mel informed us prior to this trip that he had a fishing curse upon him. Stated every time he's gone fishing other people catch all the fish &amp; he goes home hungry..</div><div><br></div><div><div>We had a lot of fun with Mel on board this morning for some fast paced lake trout jigging with me.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Totally broke his fishing curse by putting him on some nice trout. Winner winner he’s bringing home dinner!!</div></div>

<div>Kodiak Custom Tackle Donkey Tubes.</div>

Small mouths bite is on fire!!

<div>Ernie was able to land his PB smallmouth on the 6 hour trip!! It was awesome to put him and his son on the fish.</div>

Great Lake Champlain 6 hr lake trout trip

<div>It was awesome to have Robbie on board again with his three amingos. Lads all boated fish on the the run which brought out the Fish Smiles!</div>

Great first run with Pete to scout my haunts out, for the up coming charters next week. He definitely out fished me today. He also caught the skinniest 32 inch lake trout I have ever seen. That fish must’ve been on weight watchers the entire winter!!!  We’re On 🎣 out of the gate!! Tight lines!!

<div>What a great morning run with April and the guys!! They definitely dropped the hammer on the fish this morning with several doubles!! Evan was able to wrap the morning up with a very nice double digit fish before we headed in!!</div><div><br></div><div>Another epic morning with fish smiles!!</div><div><br></div><div>Fish On!!</div><div>☘️</div>

<div>Ugly Stik GX2, phlueger spin, pro line.</div>

Doubled down Sunday

<div>Soon the small mouths on Lake Champlain will be 100% in the spawn mode. We're having great pre spawn runs with nice numbers of quality fish!!</div>

Small mouths 

<div>Our lake trout season is only going to get better as the thermocline sets up!!</div>

Lake Trout 

<div>Great Saturday on some really nice pre spawn smallies!!</div>

Small Mouths are on spawning grounds

<div>Great morning having Peter on board the new boat for the first time. Great fast paced action for the first couple hours with several doubles.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Mother Nature can turn up the thermostat at anytime!! 🥶&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Fish On!!</div><div>☘️</div>

<div>Ugly Stik GX2, Phlueger President, ProLine, ,&nbsp;</div>

Double Down Monday’s ROCK!!

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