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Post by schodackbassman on Feb 11, 2012 22:05:23 GMT -5
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Post by UPS VT on Feb 11, 2012 22:41:31 GMT -5
With all that information, we won't be able to stop you when you join the club  One of new members Wayland Smith is supposed to be down there too. Maybe you will meet him this weekend. |
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Post by schodackbassman on Feb 11, 2012 23:04:00 GMT -5
I will keep an eye out. Lots of folks from Maine, NH,Mass, and even Canada. Some guys from Rochester but haven't seen anyone from Vermont. What does he look like?
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Post by UPS VT on Feb 12, 2012 8:39:07 GMT -5
Go into new member north lake thread and he has a picture of himself in there.
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Post by rvq on Feb 12, 2012 15:00:15 GMT -5
Brian, Are you standing on a box in these pictures?
I know that you will share your notes with me ;D
Bob
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Post by UPS VT on Feb 12, 2012 15:49:00 GMT -5
Bob, not everyone is as vertically gifted as you are ;D
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Post by rgang4 on Feb 12, 2012 19:22:44 GMT -5
I was hoping to see some pic's from the Mardi Gras or at least a detailed report.  |
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Post by schodackbassman on Feb 12, 2012 20:33:50 GMT -5
Nope Bob, no box. Neither Ike or John are very big and John was much younger then I expected. I ended up with 24 pages of notes and have some more pictures with Gary Klein and Mark Davis. I'd post tonight but I'm plum beat. Couple long days and a 2 hour drive into that 30 mph head wind has done me in.
I didn't get a picture with Pete Gluzek who was super. He has fished Champlain and the Hudson down by me so was fun to chat with him. The break out sessons are sometimes as informative as the formal sessions.
I'll share my notes with Bob cause he promised to pick up my MG bill. Bob, it might have been cheaper to drive down and go to the BU!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Brian on Feb 13, 2012 10:30:09 GMT -5
It looks like you had a great time at "school". Get a degree? ;D Any free tackle goodies? A friend of mine drew David Walker in a pro-am at Champlain. He had a great time fishing with him. Mardi Gras?  ?  |
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Post by schodackbassman on Feb 13, 2012 12:15:48 GMT -5
Fishing with Walker had to be a ball. He was fun southern boy who doesn't own a spinning rod!
He spent some time on driving a bass boat in 10-12 waves on Ontario and how to drive the troughs. Not sure I'd have the nerve to do that. Told the story of having a co-angler and told him night before what to expect out on the water. Asked the guy "you OK with going out in that". Guy says he was on an Aircraft carrier in Nam and went though a typhoon with waves breaking over the bow of that. Walker says "OK, my kind of partner and away they went". He has had breakers bust over the top of his boat and literately filled his Ranger. Said that's when he appreciated Rangers level float feature! What he learned was every loose piece of plastic in your boat will find the bilge pumps..... He carries a spare industrial water (gas run) pump when he goes out on big water like Ontario after that cause his slowed to a trickle which wasn't going to help. Note to self, never sign up to be co-angler to fish on Great lakes!
Mark Davis told some great stories too, very entertaining and informative. Gary Klein spent more time on mental side of fishing and doing what you like/know. THAT was good to hear because if you don't like fishing a certain way chances are you are not going to be very good at it but you should at least try it before coming to that conclusion. Sooooooo........ We will be trying a drop shot, shakey head (power not finesse), and more jig fishing. BTW, when it came to jigs (Walker's session but also applied to Bower, Biffle, others) the color choices were 95% black and blue, black and blue, and black and blue in dirty or clear water. It just works and keeps things simple. Concentrate on areas, presentation, and size was the message.
Hearing Ike and Crews make fun of Biffle and the way he acts/talks plus how he claims water was funnier then all get out.
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Post by schodackbassman on Feb 13, 2012 13:16:10 GMT -5
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Post by rgang4 on Feb 13, 2012 17:05:29 GMT -5
Nope Bob, no box. Neither Ike or John are very big and John was much younger then I expected. I ended up with 24 pages of notes and have some more pictures with Gary Klein and Mark Davis. I'd post tonight but I'm plum beat. Couple long days and a 2 hour drive into that 30 mph head wind has done me in. I didn't get a picture with Pete Gluzek who was super. He has fished Champlain and the Hudson down by me so was fun to chat with him. The break out sessons are sometimes as informative as the formal sessions. I'll share my notes with Bob cause he promised to pick up my MG bill. Bob, it might have been cheaper to drive down and go to the BU!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D Those are gonna be some costly notes for rvq! Good report! Glad you had a good time. |
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Post by vtbassin on Feb 13, 2012 18:14:57 GMT -5
Looks like you are having a great time Brian! I wish I was there with you!
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Post by rvq on Feb 14, 2012 8:19:49 GMT -5
Hey Brian, great report and pictures. My wife told me that I was a dope not to go. Of course, she doesn't know about the Mardi Gras.  Great group of instructors. Mark Davis instructed at the last one that I attended. Had some very good discussions with him in between sessions. All of the pros go out of their way to be helpful. Bob |
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Post by schodackbassman on Feb 14, 2012 10:23:59 GMT -5
Definitely worth the trip. Learned a lot of new things but also got reinforcement that a lot of things already doing was the right thing. (Fishing your own way, using techniques you are good at and enjoy). The break out sessions are informative not to mention entertaining. Met some good people too and made some connections by offering help when folks come to Champlain (EVERYBODY wants to come) and have a standing offer to fish central Maine if I want. They have huge SM too. I ended up with 24 mostly full pages of notes I will refer to for years. I still have my notes from the one I attended 7 years ago.
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Great group of instructors. Mark Davis instructed at the last one that I attended. Had some very good discussions with him in between sessions. All of the pros go out of their way to be helpful.