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Brandon with the two smallmouth brought home for supper with Molly the beagle looking on.

I have had the chance over the years  to fish Payne Lake located just outside of Oxbow New York. If your looking for some exciting small mouth bass fishing, this lake will fit the bill. My brother-in law, great friend and hunting partner decided for fathers day that he would like his whole family to go fishing on the lake.

From what I am being told, Kyle caught the largest one but as she got it next to the boat, it bounced off the side of the boat and got away. Well Kyle...we call that catch and release and you still get credit for the largest fish.

I didn't get a chance to ask what they were using (it may have been a fishing secret) but for the times I have fished the lake with great success, I used a weedless rubber worm set-up in the shallows and as I fished the deeper waters just added a slide weight to the front of the worm.

Access: New York State has a great public boat launch

Location: Between Oxbow and Theresa... look for the NYS Sign on left as you are headed toward Theresa.

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The fish are all filleted and now headed for the frying pan.

If you want a good sense of how a family is suppose to operate, Brent and Kitty are the shinning model. They way they have raised their two kids (Brandon and Kyle) with patience and love is what all of us parent strive for.

Brent was brought up in a family (The McAdams) that worked together and stuck together during the good times and bad. They still do and their the first ones to volunteer to help anyone do anything without looking for anything in return with the exception of a handshake and a thank you.

Why did I write the above? One of the main reasons for the site coming into being was to get family's back involved with each other to enjoy the outdoors together. Do you realize there are so many places you can go fishing, camping and other activities and have it cost only your gas monies and groceries?