| Winning Bass Fishing Trip Well let me first start by thanking USOC for having a great program. When I first joined I had my doubts about winning, till I received a phone call from a friend who convinced me to join, only to tell me he received a phone call from Jim Hanlon and Dan Leonard informing him that he won an Ohio Bow hunt. 6 months later I received a call from the guys informing me that I won a 2 person guided bass trip to N.Y. I got this call the beginning of January 2011. I Immediately asked my son Matt,if he wanted to join me and then I contacted the guide Randy Yager, and was told that opening day was not till June18th. It was a long and anxious wait. I began making reservations for hotels and camping cabins only to find that they were booked solid for June and into July. I was getting worried I would not find a place. Finally I got reservations at the Stonefence Inn. Finally the day came and Matt and I drove to upstate NY, for our much anticipated trip. Once we arrived we called Randy for a time and place to meet. GUIDED BASS TRIP ALWAYS FREE ISSUE NO. 17 LOREM HIGH SCHOOL / SPRING_SUMMER 2009 / VOLUME 01 We agreed upon meeting at 7 AM at the Log Cabins not too far from where we stayed. Upon arrival Randy had us board the boat and off we went. That morning was a slow start with few bites. Randy had asked if we had done much fishing and I said we had done some Striper fishing and Cod fishing a couple of saltwater boys. After awhile we bagan getting bites and Randy tried to break me of the habit of letting the fish run and setting the hook deep. Seems I kept pulling the bait right out of the fishes mouth. Matt on the other hand caught on quite quickly and had landed several fish early. After some coaching from Randy, I learned that I only needed to lift the rod slowly and let the fish do the work. We had moved a couple of times, trying different favorite locations that Randy often frequented. I have to say that we caught a fair amount of fish that day considering it was one of the hottest days of the year for that region. It seemed that Randy did not want to go home we fished from 7 AM till 5 PM with only about a 45 minute lunch break in between. Randy had taken the boat over to the only restaurant on the lake that had air conditioning and it was much welcomed. We agreed to Fish the ST LAWRENCE RIVER the next day and again agreed to meet Randy at 7AM. When we arrived at the ramp Randy had the boat in the water and was waiting for us, we arrived at 7 on the dot. We had to pack a lunch as there aren,t any places to eat along the ST LAWRENCE. We headed out immediately and began catching fish right away. We tried a different technique as Randy explained that with the current and the wind fishing would be a bit of a challenge. We again tried several locations and even though they were not producing like Black Lake produced Randy moved in and around several rock piles, jetties, and other structure that Randy favors. even though the fishing was not as productive as Black Lake in terms of numbers some of the fish were larger. Again it was about 4:15 PM and my son Matt said he was wiped out. Randy said let’s try one more spot before we call it a day. Randy gave us 2 full days of fishing without a doubt, and again dropped us off at 5PM. I would like to thank Randy for a fine trip and I posted his website above so Please look him up. i hope you have as much fun as we did. We both renewed our memberships last month. Thanks USOC Fred and Matt LaCorte Quincy Mass. |
