Bassmaster Elite Series pro Cooper Gallant knows what anglers are dreaming of during the height of summer’s heat: the cooler temperatures, cooler waters and copious smallmouth coming to life on Bassmaster LIVE and FOX Sports during the Elite Series Northern swing. The Ontario native and two-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier says you don’t have to be a smallmouth expert to book a trip up North and have some fun, though. Instead, he offers a beginner’s guide to boating big smallmouth that anglers from across the United States can follow to a tee.
“I’m thinking about places like Lake Champlain, the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario,” Gallant says. “That’s home for me, and I get asked all the time how to catch fish up there in the