Posted
by JOHN G on 2002 PM:
Jeff's Wampus barbecue
a great thing!!
Just got back, have to
catch a little nap this afternoon as I have only had 2 hours of sleep in the
last 36 hours......
Jeff had a real feast after a good morning of fishing, tons of burgers, dogs
and sausages, chips, beer and soda galore and lots of the usual laughs and comraderie......
AS to Wampus, I thought it was kind of slow by it's
usual standards.....Gregg and I along with MikeD and
the Senko Baron were able to get out at
Gregg and I put 18 into the boat, however the Senko Baron and Mike topped that
with about 24, the other guys will have to come on and say how they did, I know
they struggled a bit, most of them, however, Gregg and I were the only ones to
leave after lunch, and the rest are still out there fishing...
Paul Mattie and PeteL joined us for the lunch and I
believe Pete was going to rent a boat and continue on also....so perhaps they
can all come on later and explain more details of what they did...
Our tactics were varied: topwater was sugoi splash/pop r.....followed by a few senko, a few Yammie
Lizard , some quality t-rig worming and the usual dependable brewer's grub...
fish were primarily off deep weed edges and beyond......
just a great little gathering, something we will have to do more often on there
as it lends itself so nicely to that kind of thing...
Gregg will post some pictures......mucho thanks to the Baron for bringing so
many vittles, as well as the other guys who brought along additional suds and
beverages and whatever.....
JOHN G
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Posted
by Pete L on 2002 PM:
Another great NYBASS get
together.. Had a chance to stop and see everyone for a
while. Thanks Jeff for the lunch. The timming could
not have been better. Also got to see the rest of the usual
suspects , and met MarkG for
the first time. Was able to get out on the water with Mark for about an hour , and nailed 1 bass off the lillypads.
Hope to see everyone at another get together soon!! Pete
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by Gregg on 2002 PM:
Really was a nice day.
The key was getting out early we had 7 fish the 1st hour. A variety of baits
caught us fish and we almost had a double on topwater
till I lost mine. Jeff pack a hell of a BBQ even if I
had to eat with a bunch of reprobates. 
LOL
"lets goto the video tape" well some
pictures anyway.
"The Head Honcho"
Had a couple of bigger one but this is the one I have a pic
of
Fall Fisherman & dodgeguy
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Posted
by JeffLang BVS on 2002 PM:
Perfect Day
Mike and I got to wampus at
Jeff BVS
Posted
by bass 64 on 2002 PM:
Gregg
I see you have the american flag bass shirt. I have
it too. Isn't it the greatest shirt?-joe
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by Gregg on 2002 PM:
When I wore it to the
Mahopac get together 2 other people had it on 
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Posted
by dodgeguy on 2002 PM:
noel and i got on the water after the hot bite.we
still managed to boat 11 fish.noel got 3 and i got 8.neither one of us could put a pattern together.he caught fish on a brewers grub and a crankbait.i caught fish on texas
rigged power worms in 7 inch purple color,carolina
rigged wild thang in watermelon color in 15 feet,rattlin rapala 1/2 oz. shad
pattern in 15 feet,black spinnerbait
3/8 oz gold colorado blade,and
last but not least as it caught a few fish,a manns baby minus 1 in shad pattern.i
only caught 1 senko fish off the dock.the
rest of the time i could'nt
buy one on a senko!!!lunch
was great and baron von stick o crap is the man!!!got to meet mike d. from n.y.c.
for the first time.what a cool dude!!!i somehow just had a feeling he was a nice guy.i was right!!!as far as i know everybody caught fish today.also
met mark g. for the first time.another great guy.glad to see pete l. make it
if only for a short time!!!it was a great day for my
first time on wampus.i think i
managed to do allright having never fished it before.my largest fish was 3lbs3oz with 2 more just shy of
3 by 2 oz.these get togethers
are always fun.i wish i
could attend them all!!!
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Posted
by Falls Fisherman on 2002 PM:
It turned out to be fun
day even though I would have liked to have done better than I did. Dodgeguy and I got to Wampus at
Dodgeguy actually caught 9. 8 Largemouths and one Falls Fisherman. I was wearing
my life vest when Dodgeguy Put a Crankbait
dead into the right sde of my chest. If not for the
vest Dodgeguy would have needed a larger scale. Dodgeguy did really well and I always enjoy fishing with
him. We both enjoyed the day and the lunch was great as was getting together
with the other guys and shooting the breeze.
I won't elaborate about Dodgeguys fish because I am
sure he will want to tell you about it himself. I will only say that he caught
some very respectable bass. We called it a day at 3:00 pm.
Good company, Good weather, A Good lunch and, fish
caught. I couldn't have asked for a better day ( except
maybe to have caught more fish. OK so I'm greedy )
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Posted
by HugeFish4 on 2002 PM:
I think that everyone
posted pretty good numbers considering that boat control must be a little tough
when you have to row. The quality of the fish in that place seems good as well.
Sounds like all had a blast! Nice.
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by mikeD in NYC on 2002 AM:
ok...regarding the senko thing... i have decided to
start an organization made up of believers...some will call it a religion...it
will be modeled after "Scientology" and I think i'm
gonna call it "Senkoism"...Jeff
Lang BVS will be the L.Ron Hubbard figure....i've already filed for not-for-profit status with the
federal government and jeff is working on the
manuscript now...i'll be in touch with details
later...
anyhow....
GREAT DAY!...i was torn about missing the EEBA BBQ,
but i really wanted to attend this one to meet some more
members and fish with my pal L.Ron Snoozer tube... we were not diappointed!...we
had a steady bite from 5:30 till we stopped at 11:30... 24 bass and 1 pick... i had some early topwater action
on a sugoi splash, then got a fish on the salty
sinker before i switched to the BVS special(5in watermellon w/black
flake senko)...john gave us a good ribbing for
staying with our beloved salty snack, but hey.... it produces!... we caught
most of the fish off the deeper weedlines with a few
shallow fish thrown in...like jeff
said, most were quality with a couple of nice 3-4 lbers
thrown in...
the BBQ was just in time as we wolfed down the greasy meats and chatted... it
was great to meet dodge finally and i am intent on
fishing with this guy!..i can tell we share the same
brand of humor and look forward to a one-on-one so he can show me some of his
tactics... also nice to meet falls fishermen: a good natured guy with a genuine
enthusiasm for NYBASS and the sport... and Mark G: a really, really nice
guy!... good to see my man vicyankeesrule and his bro
out there with vic nursing a 24 hour flu(or something
he caught from a keg of beer)...john and gregg with
the usual teasing and john giving us a live broadcast of his fishing throughout
the day(you can hear this guy talk from the other side of the lake!) 
...
also great to see peteL and paul
mattie(or paul at home...i'm still not sure what to call this guy)...paul showed me where he caught his biggest bass ever...and
it was on Wampus!...go figure!
what a great group of guys...just an awesome time and great weather to
boot...oh yes, we'll be doing this again...
i have video also!... it may take a couple days cause
i am super busy at work this week...stay tuned to
NYBTV for drama, laughs and big senko fish!
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Posted
by Mark G on 2002 AM:
I too had a great time.
This was my first get together and it was a blast! Jeff had all
the food going, and there was plenty of sausages, burgers, dogs, chips,
drinks, etc. I got there at ! What a fun guy
to be around. Noel is also a great guy who shares a penchant for the Brewer's
grub with me. I saw Jeff and Mike as well as John G and Gregg out on the water
and John G was nice enough to take the time to row over to the dock and shake
my hand. Good to finally meet you, John! Gregg I had already met, but it was
good to see him as well.
The boat rental guy finally showed up and we finally got out on the water. I
managed two fish in the morning session. First was on a laydown
on my second cast. I had to pull up anchor and row over to get him after he
wrapped up in a branch. It was a lot of work for a 14" bass, but at least
I wouldn't get skunked. I struggled to find a pattern until I got to a spot
near the outer edge of a weedline and got a nice 2.5
largemouth, and lost what I bet was a pickerel since my line snapped right
after the hookset. Both fish were taken on a 5"
watermelon senko. I was having a tough time with the
Before I knew it, I saw all the NYBass guys on shore
at the BBQ pit and I headed in to get some grub. It was there that I met Vic (Yankeesrule) and his brother. Vic was nice, despite wearing
a Yankees hat while I had all Mets gear on 
. It was also
great to meet MikeD, who was as genuine as his posts.
I briefly got to shake Paul's hand and say hello to him as well.
Finally, I invited Pete out on my boat, since I was rowing solo, and we hit the
water for about an hour. He was great to fish with! I don't get much chance to
fish from a boat much, and he ended up doing much of the rowing, despite my
earlier insisting that I would do it. We spent much of the time in the gak, pulling weedless topwater baits over the muck. Pete mananged
a small bass and I missed a shot after a nice blowup on my Snagproof
Weed demon. Pete told me some history about NYBass
and unfortunately the fish didn't interrupt us much.
All in all it was a great day. I only managed 2 fish, but I didn't get skunked
and met lots of great people. Thanks again to Jeff for putting this thing
together!
Mark
Posted
by Scott C on 2002 AM:
We were thinking about
you guys yesterday at our EEBA BBQ !!!
Glad to see you guys did well.......
I would love to meet some of you guys.......even the one's with MikeD's humor !!!
we had good representation yesterday from our NYBASS
staff.....you guys had JohnG and MikeD
and we had FrankJ !!!
Very cool !!!!!
SC
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Posted
by Gregg on 2002 PM:
Scott glad you guys had a
good time too!
How come no one posted about it ?
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Posted
by Gregg on 2002 PM:
I found it !!!!!
have to remember to check fishing reports more
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Posted
by mikeD in NYC on 2002 PM:
scott...i was thinking about you guys
also... we have to try to organize these things so there aren't 2 get-togethers
the same day!...hopefully that won't happen again...
this
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Posted
by Scott C on 2002 AM:
its event tougher than ever with the
water levels as low as they are. absolutely NO
shoreline cover. Structure is hard to come by and there are just too many damn
white perch feeding everybody. This fall they are dumping in a hefty amount of
stumps they dug up from a highway project out east. I think this will really
help the fishing as they will have distinct places to congregate.
We'll see
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