Adirondack Bass Club

This thurs meeting is ZOOM only. Please pm me for invite.

Yesterday turned out to be a windy but beautiful day until the very end. Several chose to run south and put a beating on their boats while several stayed north and picked the lake apart. The results? A mix of Smalls and Large with the North taking the cake. First Place goes out to Mr. Russ LaChapelle who co-angled the northern end of lake to a 13.21 lb bag with a 4.86 lb largemouth for lunker. Second Place with 10.34 lbs goes to Luke Musto who despite Titanicesque equi...pment issues made it back to the launch after a full day of fishing. Third Place goes to Mike O'Brien with 10.00 lbs even, scoring some much needed points after a frustrating season. Final Payout in fourth place goes to outgoing Tournament Director Brian Welch with 9.13 Lbs. As you know this closes out our 2020 points series. The Adirondack Bass Club would like to congratulate Rich Ortiz who won Angler of the Year for 2020 with 490.37 points!! First year in the Club and the man gets quite a bit of hardware!!!! Awesome Job! Six Man Team will be sorted out shortly, however top six anglers are as follows Rich Ortiz, Russ LaChapelle, Brian Welch, Luke Musto, Mike O'Brien, Logan Hansen. Of course keep in mind that members must meet club requirements to qualify for State Team and choose to go. We will get this roster squared up at the next meeting. Congrats to top six!! We have our Club open on October 4 at Ticonderoga. Look forward to a great turnout!!

Changes to tomorrow Points event. Check your email for update!

Meeting is on 7pm vfw. Bring a mask. See you all there. Mike

Yesterday was the 3rd points tourney for the year. We fished out of Port Henry. Weather was on everyone's minds as we blasted off on that cloudy morning. By noon rains were around and that wind was howling. Fishing was pretty good overall and a few guys really caught em. In fourth place young Logan Hansen got the job done with 13.84 lbs. In third place, Russ LaChapelle wieghed in at 14.55lbs. Russ is on a tear this season finishing in the money every tournament... I believe. 2nd Place goes to none other than Joel Marcotte taking a .25lb penalty for a dead fish weighing a bag after penalty of 17.14lbs. Once again, our resident music man Rich Ortiz took another victory with 17.17lbs enough to eek out a victory! Great Job Mr. Ortiz!!! Lunker goes to Jeff Haines who had lunker with 4.86lbs. Great job Jeff. Next stop Schroon Lake! See more

CTC 2020 team. 9 place day 1.

Big congratulations go out to the team of Luke Musto and Corey Di Lorenzo both ADKB club members who took 2nd in the NH Bass Federation 2 day summer team open. Weighing in at 59.11 lbs for the 2 day event. Great job guys!

Rich Ortiz with 2 Cossayuna 5+lbers!!

We had a terrific showing today at Cossayuna Lake. 17 boats showed up and got down to business. In the end one man, Rich Ortiz put on a clinic for the crowd with a solid bag of 22.81lb. Rich also brought down the hammer on lunker with a 5.55lb largemouth. Congrats Rich! I believe this gives you the lead in AOY standings. John McDougall came in second with a great bag of 17.02lb. Great start for John in the points series. Third place goes to a local favorite P.J. Cl...ark. P.J. scraped together a bag of 15.52. 1st place non boater went to Darren Duell who showed up and caught some fish. Great day! Thanks to all members who participated today. Our next stop is Lake Champlain Aug. 2nd out of Port Henry. See you there!

Time to send in your registrations. Forms available at adirondackbassclub.com You may also reg starting at 430 am ticonderoga launch.

Yesterday kicked off the Adirondack Bass Club points series for 2020. As you know we had to relocate in haste as our permit was revoked by Vermont due to out of state quarantine requirements. Our Tournament Director worked quickly to figure out a plan B and we had a great turn out and interesting day of fishing. Thank you as always to Brian for the work you put into the tournament season. Now to the results. We expected 20 anglers and met that number. A great start! ...Weather was less than ideal with wind, cold, clouds, and rain. Not all the time but most of the time. 1st place non- boater goes to Russ LaChapelle who is on fire with a 10.92 lb bag. 3rd place boater goes to Kelby Truax with a 11.74lb bag. 2 nd place goes to Rich Ortiz who came in swinging with a 14.31lb bag. And our winner and lunker goes to none other than Luke Musto, our Jedi of Lake Champlain with 16.98 lbs of bass. Not his biggest bag for sure but got it done. Lukes lunker was a 4.54 lb greenback. Results are posted here and will be on website soon. Our summer open is Jun 28th. Mark your calendars. Mike

Ok Gents, Tomorrow is the Toga. We have a good group expected. Please come if you said you were. We are even on boats and co anglers. It is really important. Looks like a great day. Dont forget to read the Covid info at Adirondackbassclub.com. Bring some extra dough for a chance to win a $100 bass pro card. See you tomorrow. Blast off at 6

Hi all, this will be a long and wordy post but it is important. Please read carefully. Sunday we are planning on having our second paper tournament of the year. Obviously it is with some trepidation that we proceed. We have received guidance from BASS to help us maintain a safe socially distanced event. It will be cumbersome for sure but doable. There has been a lot of interest as of late regarding participation in this event. I want to clarify some important details ...for anyone who is thinking of participating. ****Please go to adirondack bass webpage and view the BASS Covid 19 guidelines. Right side of main page*** 1. This is not an open tournament. It is Adk Bass Club members only. New members are welcome. Dues must be paid prior to the blast off that morning. Dues are $60 if you have no affiliation with another BASS club in the area. $10 otherwise. 2. This is a boater/ non boater event. Pairings will be random draw. IF THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH BOATS NON BOATERS WILL BE SENT HOME BASED ON WHEN THEY PREREGISTERED. 3. PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. If you are definitely attending, go to the adirondack bass club website and preregister by friday night 9 pm. If you are linking with another member non boater please indicate that. Non boater that is linked need not register again. 4. If you do not preregister by 9pm friday. You risk not being able to participate as we will try to have only paired boats fishing for fairness and verification. 5. IMPORTANT: we usually run this with club issued scales. Due to the potential for more boats than expected we may switch to bump board measurements. Golden Rule or other rule verified against club rule will suffice. If we have 11 or less boats we will run scales. 6. Tournament is 40 bucks. Payouts are determined by number of boats. 7. Please make sure you bring proper face masks and hand sanitizer. 8. Please do not approach the tournament director with money or anything else until there is clear access. We will establish a reg line allowing for 6 feet plus spacing 9. BE EARLY. Boaters will be required to launch their own boat and park there vehicle. No exceptions. This will also be the case for haul out. Will be frustrating on a sunday afternoon. We know that. It's the rules. I'm sure we will have more announcements as we get closer. New membership will open the door to our summer points series. Schedule can be found on our facebook page. We would love new members. I will post the rest of the summer schedule tomorrow. Live Long and Prosper, Mike

MARCH Meeting is cancelled. Due to obvious Covid 19 issues. Think spring.

Its beginning, wont be long before we brush off the rigs and fire up them engines.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HANUKKAH TO ALL.

Last night was elections for the 2020 officers. Congratulations go out to all elected. A Major League thank you goes out to our outgoing President Ben Grieco. 2020 Officers will be as follows: Pres: Mike O'Brien... VP/Acting Secretary: Corey DiLorenzo Treasurer: Russ LaChapelle Membership: Darren Duell Tournament Director: Brian Welch January 16th will be our Holiday Party and Awards. It is a Potluck and members and there family's are encouraged to attend. An email will be sent out shortly with more info. Don't forget we are now accepting dues for 2020. Happy Holidays to All!! ADK Bassclub

Yesterday saw 11 boats brave a rough north wind and chaotic sea state on Lake George for the 15th annual Walter J. Bujanowski Memorial Tournament. Big congrats go out to Luke Musto/Corey DiLorenzo with a 1st place finish weighing in 18.23lbs! The dream team also won lunker with a 4.60 lb smally. Gratz guys! 2nd Place goes to the team of Welch/LaChapelle with 13.51lb! Terrific bag fellas,!... The day also featured a 50/50 winner, free jig and lure raffle, and of course our Kayak Raffle. Thank you to Bass Pro Shops for the kayak donation. Thank you to Money Maker Jigs for the donation of numerous jig heads, skirted jigs spinner baits, etc. Check them out at https://moneymakerjigs.com/shop?olsPage=products

FYI. Sunday, September 29th, 2019 Lake George (Million Dollar Beach)... **PLEASE PLAN AHEAD - Boat Wash and Lake Permit** $100.00 ENTRY FEE PER BOAT (Maximum of Two Anglers) Optional $10 Lunker -- ( 100% payback on Lunker Pool) REGISTRATION 5:30 A.M. - 6:30 A.M. (Million Dollar Beach Launch) TOURNAMENT HOURS 7:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. SHARP 5 FISH LIMIT PER BOAT

This could be fun

2019 Classic Results. Gratz again to Ralph Iorio and P.J.Clark coming in with 12.97lbs squeaking out a victory over the formidable team of Welch and Hansen who weighed 12.24 lbs. Logan Hansens rookie season has been impressive. He is one to watch next year. Coming in 3rd was O'Brien and Field. Followed by Beekman and Duell and the team of Girard and Haines. Thanks to all the guys that made the points series this summer. Can't believe its over.

10 anglers competed in the Adirondack Bass Club Classic on Brant Lake this past Sunday. Congratulations to the team of Ralph Iorio and P.J.Clark for the squeaker of a victory. All in all a nice day of fishing had by all. Weigh in details will be forthcoming.

The 2019 Final Standings for ADK Bass Club.

Its official, 2019 points series is in the books. Cossayuna today offered tough fishing, beautiful weather, and rewards to a select few fisherman. A very big congratulations go out to Corey DiLorenzo. Corey not only came in 1st place today with a big bag of 15.68 lbs, he also secured AOY for 2019!!!!! Way to seal the deal Corey! 2nd place goes to Ralph Iorio. Ralph utilized a "secret bait" to secure 2nd place with a respectable 13.41 lbs. Great job Ralph! 3rd... place goes to veteran Adk Bass member Russ LaChapelle with a 11.01 bag. Way to go Russ. Russ also ran into a very big bass but still missed Lunker. More on that in a minute. Finally, 4th place goes to none other than Mr. Brian Welch, our tireless tournament director with a 9.92 lb haul. So, Lunker this tournament was also one of the biggest bass taken by this club in a few years. Brian Welch caught a 5.63 lb pig to round out his nearly 10lb bag with 5 fish. ???? You do the math. It was a tough day. Nonetheless, this truly awesome fish landed Brian lunker for today and Lunker overall for 2019. Way to go Brian! Great achievement! I would like to mention Russ was Brian's non boater today and landed a 5.12 lb bass as well. These guys found the honey hole for bigguns!!! Thank you for all that participated this year, looks like a good six man team for 2020. More on that later. If you qualified. See you at the Classic. If not, dont forget our open at the end of September on Lake George.

Last points tournament of the season is this sunday. Cossayuna will be the battle ground. 6 AM. Blast off. Dont forget to pre register at adirondack bass club website. See you there. Below is the current rankings without drop. Good luck to all!!

11 boaters and 5 non-boaters showed up at Schroon this morning. Unfortunately, the fish seemed to take the day off. It was a very tough day on a typically tough lake. Big congratulations go out to Ben Grieco with 12.5 lbs for the win. That's right, the win! FYI. Ben has won this stop two years in a row now. 2nd place goes to Corey DiLorenzo weighing in at 10.46lbs great job Corey. Joel Marcotte wraps up third place boater with 9.83 lbs. Lunker went to Mike O'Brien with a 4.46lb Largemouth. 1st place Non-boater goes to Schroon Lake resident Jeff Haines with 8.74 lbs. Difficult day indeed. Last points tournament of 2019 will be in 2 weeks on Cossayuna.

Some pics from today. Send em if you have em.

Just a reminder we have the 2nd to last stop on our 2019 points series at Schroon Lake this Sunday. If you haven't pre registered on the ADK Bass website please do so. Blast off is at 6AM. Horicon Boat Launch. See you there.

Brian Welch had the fish on speed dial today at our PORT Henry Points Tournament. Small group today got it done. Gratz to Brian with a 16.44 lb bag and a 4.79 kicker to grab the 1st and lunker! Ralph Iorio got it done in second place with 14.32lbs, and Joel Marcotte in 3rd with 13.23 lbs. 1st non boater goes to none other than Bill Beekman using 1 arm in a 3 man boat to catch 13.53. Way to go Bill! Hope to have you and your boat back soon! Thanks to everyone for a great day. See you at Schroon!

Reminder: Port Henry points tourney tomorrow. We are blasting off at 5:45 AM. If you haven't registered on website, try to do it so we have a boater/ non boater head count. See you tomorrow!

NOTICE: July 28th, We will be blasting off out of Port Henry at 5:45 am. It appears there is a 2nd club going out of same launch at 6. We have coordinated with NEBassin and will blast off first. Don't forget to sign up on the website so we have an idea of boaters/nonboaters.

CTC Boater Division 7/13-7/14/2019 St Lawrence River

Way to go Russ LaChapelle with an 8th place non-boater finish.

Fishing new water is never easy. Every day brought new conditions and bait requirements. We gave it our best. Terrific fishery and good time had by all!

Tough bite today. Got on some quality fish just not enough. Looking for a solid finish.

Some catches from practice.

Adk Bass Club 6 man team Looking forward to competition tomorrow.

Beautiful Day on Lake George despite the forecast. 10 Anglers showed up to Mossy Point and found fish in a variety of stages. Congratulations to Tom Girard for a 1st place finish with a 15.69lb bag! 2nd place goes to Corey DiLorenzo bringing 13.89lbs to the scale. 3rd place/boater goes to Mike O'Brien with a catch of 11.12 lbs. Our newest member Logan, who travelled all the way from Catskill that morning, took 1st place Non-Boater with 11.85 lbs. Great start Logan! Lunker goes to none other than Russ LaChapelle with a 3.41lb bass. Shout out to our Tournament Director Brian Welch for once again selecting and organizing another great event! It's a ton of work and very much appreciated. Tournament trail takes a break. See you all at the end of July at our 3rd points tournament in Port Henry.

CLUB BOATERS NOTICE! This Sunday is our 2nd points tourney out of Mossy Point on Lake George, you must have a Lake George Permit. You can pick one up at the park commision office. Additionally, your boat should be clean and sealed by a Lake George Inspection Station prior to tournament morning. Please remember to take care of these details. Blast off at 6 AM. See you there!!

The 2019 Summer Open was a success! 30 boats participated hauling in just under 400 lbs of fish. Big congratulations go out to the team of Musto and DiLorenzo with a 1st place haul of 21.55 lbs. Way to go guys! 2nd place goes to the team of Paddock and Paddock with a nice bag weighing at at 20.96 lbs including a 5.76 lb largemouth to seal the LM lunker prize!!! ... 3rd place props go out to the team of Daubert and Kail with a 20.13 lb bag. 4th place goes out to the team of Lyons and Winchell with a heavy bag of 19.86 lbs. Great showing fellas! 5th Place and the last prize payout slot goes to the team of Breckner and Yund with a total weight of 19.10 lbs. Solid bag in any tournament fellas, great job. Smallmouth lunker was a split at 4.26lbs! The teams of Adams/Adams and Price/Goldfam split the pot! Great fish. All in all it was a beautiful day with largemouth being the predominate target. We will be hosting our fall open out of Million Dollar Beach on Lake George Sept. 29 at 6:00 AM. Hope to see you there.

For our summer open. We will be launching at the ti boat ramp on Champlain. See you Sunday. Registration begins at 4:30 am

Last call on Jerseys for members. We have a big order. So now is the time. PM Mike O'Brien to get your order in. 55 long sleeve 50 short.

A second Jersey order is being put together. Please PM Mike O'Brien for details. This will be the last order this year. You probably have seen them at the Tournaments. They are really great.

Beautiful Day on Lake St. Catherine. 13 Anglers participated. 1st. Mike O'Brien 2nd Joel Marcotte 3rd Corey DiLorenzo. 1st NB Darren Duell. LUNKER Joel M. Gratz to everyone and let's hope the weather for the summer open is just as nice

Registration for the first points tournament is up on the website.

The Adirondack Bass Club is selling $10 raffle tickets for a Bass Pro Shops Ascend 128T Sit-on-Top Fishing Kayak (see link below). The drawing will take place at our open tournament on 9/29/19. You DO NOT have to be present to win. Contact a member to get raffle tickets.

Gratz to Ben Grieco 1st, P.J. Clark 2nd and Lunker, and Ryan Constantino 3rd. Chris Wilson 1st non-boater. Way to go guys!

Wow! What a tournament today. Great turnout with 14 anglers braving the torrential rain. Weather cleared and we dried out. Results to follow.

If you haven't already. Make sure to sign up for the Saratoga paper tournament at www.adirondackbass.com.

Anyone fishing Sunday? We are looking to try a live leaderboard "MLF" style. To make this work, download the FishDonkey App on your smartphone if you have one. If you have any questions or concerns contact the Tournament Director or send a private message.

Club members check your email or contact the tournament director regarding upcoming Tourney at Saratoga whether your a boater or non boater. Important info.

This weather is awful, anyone else finding the fishing to be less than enjoyable? Think

Congrats to Jeff Haines first place today 17.36 Lbs! Congrats to Lou Z, Patrick C, and Jeremy S for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th respectively. Tough day, grueling conditions. Great to be on the water. LUNKER- Jeremy S. 5.06 LBS

Looks like a cool and breezy day tomorrow. No matter, we will enjoy it!

Saturdays weather. Add a fresh west wind. "Jacket on Jacket off, Jacket on Jacket off... #%@^$& ! See you Sat.

Please make sure you get copies of your B.A.S.S number, Boat Insurance, and dues to membership. You can always bring it to Cossy.

Registration for first event is up. http://www.adirondackbassclub.com/tournament

All you non 21 footers, dont forget: All persons on board a recreational vessel less than 21 feet in length (including canoes, kayaks, and rowboats) must wear a USCGapproved PFD from November 1 to May 1.