I was on the lake for less than an hour and was working my Rapala Skitter Pop across the surface in 30 feet of water. One tip I had before my arrival was that Lake Joseph's big smallmouth love to feed on suspending ciscoes.

Fishing New York's Lake Oneida for the First Time How Two Canadian Bassmasters Figured It Out!
On June 12, 2010 my regular tournament partner Gerry Heels and I left for Lake Oneida, near Syracuse NY for a much anticipated bass fishing trip. 

It's mid March 2010 and Gerry Heels and I just finished driving up to Sudbury, Ontario where we would stay overnight at his daughter's place before we left early the next morning for an ice fishing vacation neither of us will forget about anytime soon.

After years of talking about it, the stars and planets were finally in their proper alignment and I was about to make my first trip to the legendary Tree, or Kogluktualuk, River in Nunavut