Alex Champagne Outdoors

Alex Champagne Outdoors Your everyday hardworking man out here turning dreams into reality. Deep passion for the outdoors.

Had to go back and check the spot yesterday and sure enough there was a few that got left behind. Not much else happenin...
05/09/2025

Had to go back and check the spot yesterday and sure enough there was a few that got left behind. Not much else happening in the other areas I've checked.

This afternoon's hike paid off! After walking thru the marsh in shin deep water to get to the piece of woods I wanted to...
05/06/2025

This afternoon's hike paid off! After walking thru the marsh in shin deep water to get to the piece of woods I wanted to walk through I was a bit worried when I stepped foot into the tree line and saw the woods weren't looking like they were quite ready yet. But there was no turning back now so I wrapped along the bottom of the south facing ridge until I came up on this little valley that was looking nice and green. The area was looking promising but the only problem was I wasn't seeing much of the right trees in there. Finally came across a tree that had a few small grey morels underneath it. Was a little disappointed thinking I was going to find some nice morels to pick especially after that miserable walk thru the marsh. Checked the area a little bit more for more sign of life with no luck. Continued to wrap around the ridge until the woods became bare again. Decided to turn around and double check the area I found the small greys in. Got back to the area the morels were at but just alittle bit further down the hill and as soon as I stepped over a log I almost stepped on a nice big black morel. Took a second to process what I was seeing as this was the first time ever finding black morels. They seem to be pretty rare in this part of the state don't see many reports of them being found around here. As soon as I realized what was sitting in front of me I looked up and black morels started popping out of the leaf litter everywhere I looked! Man do they blend in with the surroundings! Crazy thing is, I was about 10 yards from all these mushrooms the first time I was in the area and never saw them! They didn't seem to be associated with any trees like the other morels typically are. They were scattered up and down the whole ridge in nice sunny open areas which made it hard to gather them all up. Im sure there's still some sitting out there! Never know what you'll find out there!

Today started off promising with a triple on the first pass. But as soon as the sun went away so did the bite. Still gri...
04/23/2025

Today started off promising with a triple on the first pass. But as soon as the sun went away so did the bite. Still grinded out a few fish to finish off the day. Can't complain when you are reeling in nice fish like these! Big fish of the day was this nice 27". Back on the search tomorow

Slow and steady bite for the 1st day on Lake Erie. Found a giant pod of fish right away in the morning and continued to ...
04/22/2025

Slow and steady bite for the 1st day on Lake Erie. Found a giant pod of fish right away in the morning and continued to pick thru them all day long. Dad reeled in this beauty 26" walleye still holding eggs. We reeled in a couple more 26"-25" to go along with it throughout the day. Hopefully more to come this week!

The weather made things a little bit tougher out there but managed to put a couple fish in the boat. Still nice to get o...
04/06/2025

The weather made things a little bit tougher out there but managed to put a couple fish in the boat. Still nice to get out on the open water for the first time this year. Lost a nice one at the boat yesterday. Hooked into something else heavy that I never saw as well. Hopefully back at it after next week, on the hunt for one(or 2) of those gaints!

First Battle on Bago winter edition for me is in the books! Had a good time out there chasing around some fish with the ...
02/16/2025

First Battle on Bago winter edition for me is in the books! Had a good time out there chasing around some fish with the old man. Slower bite for us today but yesterday morning was on fire! We were reeling in white bass and perch all morning including a couple doubles and even a few triples with the dead stick. Both of us had multiple fish just a spot or 2 away from winning something. My biggest white bass was just 4 spots away from a $10,000 prize! Can't wait to do it again next year!

Brrr! Still trying to thaw out from a very cold week of fishing. The weather sure did make it tough to get anything done...
01/24/2025

Brrr! Still trying to thaw out from a very cold week of fishing. The weather sure did make it tough to get anything done out there and didn't have the fish in a good mood either. But yesterday and this morning made up for all struggles and effort this week. Got rewarded with some Mississippi River jumbos. Still on the hunt for that 15"+ but came pretty close a couple of times. Only a matter of time!

Brought in the new year in the northwoods with the old man. Took a little bit to get things figured out but finally land...
01/03/2025

Brought in the new year in the northwoods with the old man. Took a little bit to get things figured out but finally landed on some of the fish we were after. Managed to pull up a couple decent crappie and a nice 13.5" slab with a bonus walleye.

Lake Erie did not disappoint once again. Despite battling some tough conditions with heavy winds and big waves most of t...
11/09/2024

Lake Erie did not disappoint once again. Despite battling some tough conditions with heavy winds and big waves most of the week while trying to learn some new areas, we still put a ton of fish in the boat. Had a couple 14+ hour days spent on the water fishing well into the night just couldn't find one of the big girls we needed to weigh in. Landed a nice 26" 8lbs fish the other evening just an 1" or 2 and another pound or so more and we would have had a weekly contender. Hopefully going back out for another chance in a couple weeks if not I know we'll be back next year and ready for more! Preston Anderson

08/22/2024

Hard to believe summer has pretty much already come and gone. Still lots of fishing I'd like to do but with the cooler temps and trail camera action starting to heat up it's tough not to start thinking about hunting. 3 weeks until it's time to go sit up in a tree. Hopefully run into one of these guys this year!

A few more big girls did indeed hit the deck! After not being able to make it up to Green Bay this spring this trip sure...
07/17/2024

A few more big girls did indeed hit the deck! After not being able to make it up to Green Bay this spring this trip sure did make up for it! Fishing wasn't as fast and furious as we would have liked but can't complain when you are pulling in the quality of fish we got. Felt like spring with how chunky all these fish are after gorging on baitfish over the past month or so. Just wish it would have been spring like temperatures! Had some tough conditions with the heat and little cloud cover or wind but we kept grinding it out over the last couple days and we were (almost) rewarded with what we were after. Had a little bit slower morning yesterday but once the temps heated up so did the fishing! Around midday we landed 2 27" back to back and shortly after got the fish of the trip in the boat all within 20-30 minutes. The fish measured out at 29 3/4" just a 1/4" short of our goal of getting a 30"! Hard to beat a couple days of fishing like that! Looking forward to next time!

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