I got to the ramp about 5:30 on Nov 1st, there wasn’t a rig in Casino access lot. As I was getting ready to launch, I was a bit surprized to see another guy pull in to lot; The guy was Steve Dezurik of Dezurik’s Guide Service and he was doing some of his last ML guiding of the year. We talked for a bit; my plan was to head out and do my usual trolling of Indian Point. Steve was kind enough to offer me a suggestion if that didn’t work for me. He’s been hitting the fish pretty good and was confident I could get some in the area he suggested. He even showed me his hot lure this fall.
We both launched. While I headed out Steve was waiting for his clients to show. I then realized I forgot to grab my flashlight out of the truck, and I also noticed that my seat was wobbly. When I got back in, I found out that I left my flashlight at home, that the backlight on my Magellan GPS had gone out and couple of bolts came out of the bottom of my seat, not a great start to the night. Steve’s clients hadn’t shown up yet and he asked me what was up as I was skrewing in the bolts that came loose. I told him about the flashlight and GPS. Steve was kind enough to borrow me one of his head lamps so I didn’t have to just rely on my running lights to see.
I headed out to Indian and did about 5 passes but with no moonlight it just wasn’t happening, plus it was starting to get a little rough and I don’t have a big water boat so I left there and went to where Steve suggested. Sure enough his spot produced 4 Keepers, a 23″ and 4 dropped fish with maybe a couple of other quick hits that didn’t hook up at all.
I was making my last pass back when I saw Steve heading in and so him back at the ramp and gave him the headlamp back. His boat did better than me in both size and numbers, but I got a limit of eaters and really blew it with the one’s I lost.
When I was trailering Steve even helped me crank up the boat. He was not my guide, but he sure acted like it. I’d recommend him highly to anyone. Thanks for all the help!