Posted
by lastcastme on 2002 PM:
Basha Kill Bash!!
Well we all met at the
diner at
Had a good breakfeast,and
met a great bunch
of guys!Then off to the water we go.
All got launched by
The bites were a little slow,but
it did'nt matter.
I was on the water and thats
the best part.
I finally put on a black/green worm,not
weight.
First cast I got a Pickerel about 12"
That was it for me!I left
about
Headed down to Croton Res.Got another Pickerel
(I guess they like me)Left about three for home.
Thanks to all that showed up.Thanks to Scott for
putting it all together.
I hope the rest of the guys did better than me!
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Posted
by bobn on 2002 PM:
i don't know what the final count
in attendance was but our presence was felt--pete l
and i apparently took a wrong turn and didn't get to
fish the better part of the marsh as did the others, but pete
being the superior fisherman managed a couple of pics
and some surface bite--i did nothing--nada--windy but
beautiful day--thanks scott for the effort--bobn
Posted
by bobn on 2002 PM:
miked and theole--did you guys take
the tappan zee??did
you hit that traffic backup--it was horrendous-pete
and i left about
Posted
by Pete L on 2002 PM:
As usuall , anothetr
sucessfull NYBASS outing !!!!!!!
Thanks Scott for putting it together!!!!!!!! And thanks to BOBN
for the ride up and on the water>
Truthfully , the fishing could have been better BUT
Not the friendships !!! This is what NYBASS is all about.
One of the best parts of these things is meeting a few new people at each one.
And hopefully some of us will fish again together.
Butch -- Hope you picked up your radio from Scott.
Took a few pictures as we were putting the boats in and will try to post them
soon!!!!!
Fish or no fish , i hope
everyone enjoyed thier day .
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by bobn on 2002 PM:
even though i
got blanked, i had a good time--i
always enjoy good comraderie and time on the water--bobn------ps pete
my pleasure
Posted
by Scott E. on 2002 PM:
Just
a tough day for all except HalfBassed
Well you either kill'em at the kill or it leaves you with a little skunky smell but not total skunksville.
Mike was the first on the boat to have a fish, a small slimy pickerel, the last
that would be seen for a few hours, but we had many follows and missed fish,
finally I boated another small pickerel.
On most of the other boats as with Lastcast it was
the same story, 1 singular pickerel per person.
Rob(theole34) and his dad's boat, Rob managed to catch
a small bass and I believe a couple of small pickerel(I am sure Rob will come
on with his report later).
BobN with Pete L riding shotgun put one fish in the
boat, also a pickerel.
I just got HalfBassed's report via cell phone, still
there at 
I will let him tell you the numbers and what he used.
HVbassmaster was on HalfBassed's
boat but had to leave early so I did not get a report from him yet, maybe he
will be on to tell us what he did.
Everyone struggled today to find a pattern, all the pickerel were shallow, Mike
D's pickerel came on a senko early in the day and
mine on a 4" straight tale worm T rigged weightless. It was a cold windy
partially overcast day with weird April weather, a few days ago summer heat,
cool to seasonable temps and tonight dropping into the teens with a high
tomorrow in the 30s with snowcussin
Sorry guys things got a bit confused for the semi-live report but out on the Bashakill most peoples cell phones could not get a signal
so there was little communication.
Thanks guys for coming, great seeing the guys I have met before and great to
meet the guys I met for the first time today.
Next time we spank that place rather than being spanked!!!
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Posted
by Pete L on 2002 PM:
Just to be differant ,
i got both my pickeral on a
Snoozers 6" Rat Tail Thrassher.
First time i tried this bait !!!!
Damn thing smells worse than the tubes.
Pete
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by theole34 on 2002 PM:
thrashers, fin-s, split tails....
ok here goes...
my day started out at
bashakill.... weeds with
water around them! wow! and
it is not even overgrown yet. we launched my dads
canoe, and moved out to the channel. we chose to
proceed north.
i threw senkos,
senko knock offs, senko
knock off - knock offs, spinnerbaits, inline spinners,
worms of all sizes shapes and colors, shallow, and medium divers, snoozer tubes. of all these
combos.. snoozer tubes got
bites, and nudges... that's it. my dad got a pickerel
on a snoozer black red flake. 12" and furious,
but we smelled like fish.
when all else fails for me i
usually size down to a small jig spinner to play around, and locate
pan/baitfish. color, type, and location help me figure
out what i want to do.
small jig spinner made by a friend helped me land my
first fish of the day on the second cast, a 12" pickerel. some more casts and one more short picerel
a little bit later.
moved on to a spot where we spooked a ton of baitfish.
started throwing a senko
knock off, and bagged a bass... pic below. what a beauty. played the same game
for a while, thinking i was on because halfbassed was in same type of area, and he caught a bass
at the same time. no good.
moved back towards the launch throwing the jig spinner
the whole way.. on 13" pickerel. no pattern, just mind numbing, relentless cast and retrieve.
about 20 yards from the launch i
started throwing a snoozer thrasher. got slammed, and i mean like a
freight train, by a slightly larger pickerel. he threw
the last snoozer pearl thrasher i
had, so i switched to a similar bait in a gold shiner
color. i got hit hard by
another two pickerel.. almost back to back casts. i then recv'd
a message on my phone the mets had lost to
traded a few stories, and words with scott e, and mikeDinNYC then
split. Thanks for the water to fish scott
e. thanks for the fish GOD. thanks for the sandwiches
mike. thanks for putting this site together frank.
hearing pete l got the
thrasher bite too... might have been the ticket. and i want to know what all the damn norwegian
hollering was about up river!!! how'd you do halfbassed?????
my big bad bass for the day .... lol.
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by theole34 on 2002 PM:
bernies rig....
i dig bernies new rig. nice and stable. built in livewell and wiring. front motor
plug. carpeted casting decks. pedestal
seats. resettable fused
link. nice deal bernie. enjoy...
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by theole34 on 2002 PM:
victory.....
"gimmie a Vee!!"
mikeDinNYC. he was happy to be on the water. a
great day out with scott e.
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by theole34 on 2002 PM:
scott edwards and mikeDinNYC
on the water. we hung with these two guys most of the
day, and compared very short fish lists, and what was not working. drop in temps about 30 degrees overnight didn't help us too
much.
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by theole34 on 2002 PM:
bobn - yes.. traffic.. pallisades to CrossBX
worked
bobn - yes.. traffic.. pallisades to CrossBX
worked
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Posted
by HugeFish4 on 2002 AM:
Sounds like you guys had
fun meeting up. Sorry that the fishing wasn't better for all, and I wish I
could have met some of those I haven't met before. Maybe next
time. I did manage to "sneak" out on some 
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by Dean on 2002 AM:
Sounds like fun even
though the fishing wasn't better. Thanks for the pics
Rob.
Posted
by mikeD in NYC on 2002 AM:
Thanks scottE for putting the gig together...as usual, he is great
company to fish with!... i
had a terrific time seeing everybody and meeting some new members.. scott pretty much summed up the fishing in his report, but
hey, we caught fish!...it's better than being skunked!...and the scenery was equisite... a bald eagle put on a show for us(no, not robbie...a real eagle!) and it was a riot watching halfbassed get slammed next to us on his little red worm
(not what you're thinkin )...
bobn...yeah, the traffic was the worst i've ever seen it... it took me 1 1/2 hours to get to basakill and 3 hours to get home... at least i had some tapes of my favorite long island wedding band to
listen to
robbie...i forgot to
mention that i love your NYPD/trolling motor
hat!...where do i get one?
anyway, a great time with friends and i can't wait to do it again!
now...for the illustrated adventures:
http://www.nybass.com/images/bashakill2002.jpg
the file is large, so i am linking it instead of
putting it on the page so that it won't slow down the thread.
Mike de Avila
Posted
by hvbassmaster on 2002 AM:
It was a fun day Butch
was a good host on the boat.
I wish I could have fished longer the mind was willing but the body had other
plans. I could not shake the cramps out of the legs and well had to call it a early day.
Halfbass had some early blow-ups runnin
a dark colored worm (black , or maybe june-bug with a
char tail) over the lilly pads, had a couple of bites
but no hook sets. He was useing 6# test and that
might have been the ticket.
I got a couple of nibbles on seikos and on a baby
pork rin but nothing to ste
a hook on
It was "reel" fun puting faces to names and
I had a blast with Butch.
Thanks for a good mornig out nad hope to do it again soon.
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by earthworm77 on 2002 AM:
Robbie sized
bass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Robbie am I going to have to
decrease the size of bass allowed to be weighed in our tournaments???? ROBBIE
SIZED BASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by theole34 on 2002 AM:
a little time in the marsh may have
humbled even you. the day before was a different story
my friend. click here for your instructions
earthy.
beware of the angry fat guy!!! 
lol
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by earthworm77 on 2002 AM:
LOL
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by Rob J in WNY on 2002 AM:
Glad
everyone had a good time!
I gotta
tell you guys, Butch (HALFbassed) has skunked me out
twice this year already! Yeah, I've had my moments of glory over him in the
past, but you know what they say:
"He who laughs last, laughs best!"
I'll say this about Butch. His simple, uncomplicated approach to fishing stands
in stark contrast to the attention that many of us pay to details. Yet, the guy
still gets results. 
Way to go, Butch and everyone. I loved the pictures,
and I sure hope that I can get downstate for a NYBass
Get-Together this year for some of that nice action out there.
Tight Lines...
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Posted
by Bass Rat on 2002 AM:
Rob
What happened the day
before?
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Posted
by judge66 on 2002 PM:
Those photos are great
I had a great time even though I caught NO fish but, hey the company was great
and anytime on the water is but than time at work. Hope we have another get togather again real soon.
Joe
Posted
by lastcastme on 2002 PM:
Nice Pics !!!!!
Those are some nice pics.guys.
I wish I had'nt forgotten my camera.
Once again,I had a great
time with all you guys
and I hope we can do it again soon!!
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Posted
by HALFbassed on 2002 PM:
Sorry it took so long to
get this post up , my wife has been occupying the puter w/homework.
Well the day started out with
I got picked on a little for throwing a lure from shore before anybody else
could get there poles out. But I wanted to get something right there! Showing
off a little I guess. Kevin and I got started and on our way out and I hooked
into a LARGE pickerel on the second cast. He was easily 25" but he cut the
line in about 10 seconds. That was on a black worm with a chartreuse tail. I
thought that was my only one. Over the next couple hours the hits came few and
far between. Then I found another black w/chart....... worm,I put it on and wack. The
first bass of the day or so I thought.He had another
idea though he turned ripped the worm in half and waved bye with his tail. Taking with him the only bait that the fish really wanted.
Kevin was not doing to well in the canoe. (he was
cramped) His ankles and knees were bothering him, and he was leaving at 2
anyway so he decided to spend the rest of the day with his family. But I really
enjoyed having him in my boat. He is welcome back any time. I would like to get
to know him better since his trip was cut short.
The afternoon was a completely different story though. Since I was by myself I
decided to hit the weeds head on. I found a spot that I knew had fish, and literaly tried everything I had. I got to a small red worm
that I picked up at the outdoor show this year. On the first cast I had a fish
follow. He followed it FOUR MORE TIMES then he got it. It was a small pickerel
14" long but it was a fish and thats
all that mattered.
Several pickerel later I made my way towards Scott E. Then I got my first bass
of the day. he was only 13" and .9 lbs but he
felt good because I was using my Pinacle Ultra Light
set up.I was getting hits on fast retrieves skipping accross the top of the water w/no weight. And the red worm
was the best color of the day. I shared my "secret" with Scott E and
he started catching fish too. The pic of me on Mike D`s link is the first Bass of the day.
After several more bass We saw a VERY LARGE fish come
out of the water. Best guess 32" . Scott and Mike
saw it too. I didnt hook it but it was a treat to
see. A little while later I drifted over a HUGE FISH, it may have been the same
one, but I am not sure. Even though the water was very clear I could not acurately tell what it was.It was
large and green and the right shape for a bass but I couldnt
see his head ,This fish was definately
36" long and 6 or 7 "s accross the
back!!!!!!!!!!!! A monster I tried to dangle a worm in front of his face with
no results. Then I tried to put the biggest spinner I had on to snag it in the
mouth as soon as it barely touched him he was gone. Pushing a
large wave in front of him.WOW that was cool.
Scott and Mike left to check on the others and then I moved towards the dead
trees standing behind the island. There are alot of
fish back there. I spent the rest back there. The fish were all around me, and
I finally figured out that if the fish followed the lure you keep reeling untill you see the open mouth then stop. Once I got that
down I got alot more hookups.
So to sum up the count stands at 16 bass all of which were 1lb or less. And 8
pickerel all shorts.There could have been more
pickerel because I didnt pay as much attention to the
# of picks. But it was at least 8.
It was a great day. Great friends, and great fishing
what more could you ask for.
P.S. I will let the pictures Mike put in tell my story because I didnt take that many, and the ones that I did are of my
hand as I was alone in the boat.
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Posted
by JOHN G on 2002 PM:
Guys, if I was in town, I
would have been with you...great job, even with the conditions....got some more
people to meet like Last CAst and HV......and Butch,
you better get on here and reveal your secret!!! JOHN G
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by HALFbassed on 2002 PM:
My
secret
I already did! This is
Butch! HALFbassed! One and the
same. And I would enjoy the chance to fish with you, John. And I did
give away all my secrets. The most important one is persistance.
But it does feel good to have caught so many fish on a day that so few people
caught anything at all. So hopefully everybody will remember this when the
tables are turned. And I know the tables will turn because there are plenty of
days when I come home empty -handed.
I look forward to the next time we get together. And maybee
next time John will come out in the Stealth Basser
with me.It is a very stable canoe. You can ask Scott
E. I was rowing and casting all while standing in the canoe.
Well thank you again Scott for organizing everything.
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Posted
by Rob J in WNY on 2002 PM:
Re: My secret
quote:
Originally
posted by HALFbassed
So hopefully everybody will remember this when the tables are turned. And I
know the tables will turn because there are plenty of days when I come home
empty -handed.
Nawwwhhhh........ That has NEVER happened to ya, before, Butchy!
So glad you had a great time, bud! I knew that you'd be on fish, you dog! Like
I said before, I've rather silently admired your simple approach to fishing.
Always have. Always will...
I'd sure love to have a day where you and I finally go fishing and BOTH of us
either come a way with a bass-o-rama or we BOTH catch
the skunk! :P
Can't wait to get back down there.
Tight Lines...
P.S. Remember this fish, buddy?
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Posted
by Rob J in WNY on 2002 PM:
quote:
Originally
posted by HALFbassed
And maybee next time John will come out in the
Stealth Basser with me.It
is a very stable canoe.
Hmmmm.....
So, you have named your
Cool name - very appropriate.
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Posted
by Northbass on 2002 PM:
Rob,
You look like you are 14 in that picture!!! LOL!
Posted
by pistol pete on 2002 PM:
I
actually made it!
Hey guys, sounds like you
all had a blast. I also made it to the Bashakill (I
was fishing by the bridge on
pistol pete
CHEERS!
Posted
by Scott E. on 2002 PM:
Pete,
Now if I had known it was you I probably would have stopped, you should have
Waved us down NYBasser's will always stop to talk to
another NYBasser it is just our nature.
From now on if you see that old blue and black chevy
van again with a boat hanging out the rear you'll know it is me (it's actually
the NYBass News van, like the Channel 7 Eyewitness
news van only uglier and not all the gadgets)
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Posted
by lastcastme on 2002 PM:
Hey ScottE,
That van carries around the most important piece of equipment around.YOU!!!!!!!!!
Thanks again for the trip and for that nice picture of me!!!
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by HALFbassed on 2002 PM:
Hey Pistol Pete,
I see that you are from
I didnt go by the Haven road bridge so you and I didn`t meet. I am probably going to be stopping every day
this next week. So if you see a little blue old `77 Honda Accord there thats me. If your not sure who it
is I`ll be the one with the painters clothes on.
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by HALFbassed on 2002 PM:
Sorry something came up
for next weekend I wont be goin.
But there will be plenty of times that I will go there this year. See you next
time. I will stop during the evenings this week though. I will give reports if
there is decent action.
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Posted
by Gr8tSacandaga on 2002 PM:
sounds like it was a fun day! Sorry I
missed it! 
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by theole34 on 2002 PM:
i wouldnt mind another day on bashakill. let me know thet deal. i
can come with or without the canoe. i'll
strap it to the roof of the honda. see
what happens. scott, i can get the canoe in places the gamefisher
won't go.
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by HALFbassed on 2002 PM:
I will definately be going back to Bashakill.
I will let you guys know for sure when I know a little more. But I may wait
till the weather warms up a little.
I am going to post some pictures of some of the fish I have caught so far this
year. Look for the thread Bass, Crappie, Perch, and more.
If there are plans to go before I make some PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
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by HALFbassed on 2002 PM:
Sorry about the size. I
thought I got it small enough. Well at least it makes it look bigger than it
really was.LOL.
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by lastcastme on 2002 PM:
HalfBassed,That looks at least 3lbs.!!!!!LOL
Keep us posted about another trip.
I for one would like to try again.
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by pistol pete on 2002 PM:
Bashakill
This Weekend is a tough
one but I am planning to get back next Saturday (May 11th?), Then
it's off to
the other Pete
Posted
by HALFbassed on 2002 PM:
Munch
a bunch
The Bashakill
was hot today but I am not talking temperature.
I'll stop for a couple minutes I told myself and two hours later I had
conquered the Bashakill once again. FORTY-SIX bass in two hours and not a single pickerel among them.
They were very active despite the cool water temp 52deg the fish would follow
almost every thing that I threw, but I couldnt get
them to latch on.
After fifteen minutes I got a little frustrated and lifted a rock picked up a
worm and threaded it on. It had barely hit the water when the bass broke the
surface. The first one was 1.4 lbs not a bad start! A few dinks and a few more
around 1lb and I hit paydirt! At first I thought I
had gotten snagged then the snag started to fight and WHAT A FIGHT. I had 4lb
test flourocarbon line not what I want to fight a
large fish with especially with the amount of weeds that are there.I finally got him to shore and weighed him in at 4.5
lbs. I put him in my portable livewell and brought
him home to take a pic. ( He
was released again unharmed) Wow what a day that was a real good time.
By the way the water level is up 3 feet from the day we were out on it!
I may be able to get out there next weekend I will try to make arrangements for
that. Things are pretty confusing right now so I will try.I
will know more next week.
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Posted
by JOHN G on 2002 PM:
Butch, what a day! Are
you launching from the same spot where the two outings were held, or a
different one? you are following the channel, right?
JOHN G
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Posted
by mikeD in NYC on 2002 AM:
great day butch!...so are you saying
you caught all those bass on live worms?
Posted
by pistol pete on 2002 PM:
Bashakill
Holy Moses! Sounds like
you found some action. I'll have to make sure I bring some worms the next time
I go. Where is the boat launch that you use? I drove around all over and
couldn't find the spot. I've fished from the so called launch off of 209 but
that spot is tough to get anything in.
pete
Posted
by HALFbassed on 2002 PM:
Yes, I did catch all
those fish on worms!!
John to make things better they were all caught from shore!!!!
Besides the Bashakill is so flooded right now that
the channel is almost invisable. You cant see any of the weeds. Well except the dead ones from
last year.
I tried fishing from all four parking areas, 2 off 209, the bridge (thats where I caught the largest #
of fish), and the Back road boat ramp.
I am going to try to arrange to go this next weekend. If somebody is going out
for stripers on the
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by lastcastme on 2002 PM:
Hey Guys,
When is the next BASH?????????
I would like to get up there with the water a little higher.HalfBassed,you have to teach me some of your tricks for
fishing those weeds!!!
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by pistol pete on 2002 PM:
DA BASH
I was planning on going
this weekend but it looks like I will be in
cheers!
Pete
Posted
by HALFbassed on 2002 PM:
If you want to do it the
weekend of the 18 th then sunday is the only day I have available that weekend. The
following weekend will be better but then the weeds will probably be up again.
The only "secret" I used was hooking the worm weedless
casting and cranking as fast as I could. Thats it . Thats
all I did why doesnt anybody believe me?
P.S. here is a pic of the Bald Eagle on her nest.
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