HomeblogsJames Niggemeyer – New York Update Hey, it’s James Niggemeyer here and man, wow – it has been an eventful three weeks so far on the road out of six that I am going to be gone from home. Left home about three weeks ago and went up to the Bass Cat plant where we were a part of the Dealer Meeting there and they unveiled the new Bass Cat boats and the new designs and different things like that and they kinda made a big splash with their partnership; the fact that Bass Cat and Yarcraft are now one company. They build an incredible new walleye boat; it was really kind of neat to get on the water with those boats and the new Bass Cat models for 2013 and the new Yarcraft, which I really knew nothing about walleye boats to date, but now I am getting an education and it is pretty neat. After that I went up to Lake Cayuga for the Northern Open; it is really the only Northern Open that I fish, but since it was right before the last Elite event that I fish on Oneida I thought what a great deal to go up there and make a trip of it – since I am a competitive tournament angler for a living I thought; another chance to work and win some money. So I went up there and it worked out great! I finished up third there at Cayuga and then I finished 24th at Oneida so I had a great run in New York – New York has been pretty good to me – I like fishing New York waters whether it is Lake Champlain or Oneida and now Cayuga. They’ve got great lakes up there and basically my pattern is consistent – centered around the grass. The thing I have learned about grass fishing, whether it is hydryla and milfoil, like we have in the south or coontail, but there was a lot of coontail up there and I centered around the coontail and some other types of vegetation that I couldn’t even tell you what they were. You know, going north is a lot like fishing in Florida; so many different types of vegetation and trying to put a name to each one of them is difficult. But anyway, it was a great run; third there at Cayuga – I guess I was two pounds out of second and about four or five pounds out of first. It was great to have a great event; that was my highest finish event of the year so far. And obviously Oneida was a great one – finished in the money there and basically caught all my fish on a Strike King Rodent and threw a great Tungsten weight –and I did catch some big ones on a new bait called the Shell Cracker – So now, I have come back down south and we stopped; the whole family and we kind of had a little mini vacation for a day there. We stopped at the Creation Museum in Teetersburg, Kentucky and if anyone ever gets around that way, I highly recommend it – it was very educational and opened my eyes to a lot of stuff and I just really think it would be worthwhile and the whole family enjoyed it. I drove my through Arkansas through the hurricane Isaac and headed my way towards Fort Gibson for the last Central Open; which was my last shot at the Classic qualification. I finished 14th, which was good, but I sure would have liked to win it and get into the 2013 Bassmaster Classic. Next, I have got the PAA right there in Muskogee on the Arkansas River, and perhaps I can get into the TTBC. So, I’ve got a lot going on and then it will be roughly about two weeks until I return home, I will update you as we go along. www.jamesniggemeyer.com