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Hello,
Just wanted to drop a quick note here to introduce myself to the forum as I hope to be a contributor here soon. I came into fishing while in college at Oneonta State where I took a fly fishing course with David Brandt. He taught me quite a bit about being a smart fisherman, learned how to tie flies, cast correctly, and land some serious trout. My buddy back home has been an avid fisherman and we go out together from time to time on Long Island, however he and I are both pretty novice. I love to learn about how to improve my strategy, learn about new lures and tricks, and apply them to reap the rewards. I should mention college was about 5 years ago and I'm just now diving head first back into my love for fishing.
In the past couple months I've visited about every body of water on Long Island I could find and made a trip up to Lake Cossayuna in Washington County. I'm dead-set on learning how to be an efficient angler while using only lures, however my luck, and patience, are being tested toughly this summer. I hate to admit it, but the only fish I've caught since June this year have been on night crawlers.
I've got a pretty decent tackle-box covering members of all major categories. Learned how to rig them, and fish them through reading articles on bass resource, watching video's, talking with anglers on the lakes, etc. My biggest challenge has been finding confidence in the spots I fish, battling the foliage, and obviously nailing a decent catch.
Any tips or tricks would be appreciated as I don't plan on quitting any time soon. I live right near twin lakes in wantagh and spend one or two early days a week before work there, around 530am and usually a few hours on Saturday or sunday. I suspect these waters have been over-fished as there are a lot of anglers there over the weekend and no one seems to be pulling anything in. I hope to earn my keep here and become privy to some LI tips and watering holes to explore. If anyone wants to take on an apprentice, feel free to reach out and plan a day of fishing with me.
Thanks!
Russ
Just wanted to drop a quick note here to introduce myself to the forum as I hope to be a contributor here soon. I came into fishing while in college at Oneonta State where I took a fly fishing course with David Brandt. He taught me quite a bit about being a smart fisherman, learned how to tie flies, cast correctly, and land some serious trout. My buddy back home has been an avid fisherman and we go out together from time to time on Long Island, however he and I are both pretty novice. I love to learn about how to improve my strategy, learn about new lures and tricks, and apply them to reap the rewards. I should mention college was about 5 years ago and I'm just now diving head first back into my love for fishing.
In the past couple months I've visited about every body of water on Long Island I could find and made a trip up to Lake Cossayuna in Washington County. I'm dead-set on learning how to be an efficient angler while using only lures, however my luck, and patience, are being tested toughly this summer. I hate to admit it, but the only fish I've caught since June this year have been on night crawlers.
I've got a pretty decent tackle-box covering members of all major categories. Learned how to rig them, and fish them through reading articles on bass resource, watching video's, talking with anglers on the lakes, etc. My biggest challenge has been finding confidence in the spots I fish, battling the foliage, and obviously nailing a decent catch.
Any tips or tricks would be appreciated as I don't plan on quitting any time soon. I live right near twin lakes in wantagh and spend one or two early days a week before work there, around 530am and usually a few hours on Saturday or sunday. I suspect these waters have been over-fished as there are a lot of anglers there over the weekend and no one seems to be pulling anything in. I hope to earn my keep here and become privy to some LI tips and watering holes to explore. If anyone wants to take on an apprentice, feel free to reach out and plan a day of fishing with me.
Thanks!
Russ