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Staff Writer Overview : Craig De Fronzo |
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Craig
De Fronzo grew up in Hauppauge NY on Long Island. Very
early on he became interested in bass fishing as he lived
in the middle of what he terms the Western Suffolk Big
Bass Belt. This was a series of lakes that were all located
in close proximity to each other. Fishing on Blydenburg,
Millers Pond and Lake Ronkonkoma, Craig became a power
fisherman and took what he learned on these lakes to Florida
every Spring during his youth. Craig cut his teeth fishing
Floridas famed big bass waters such as West Toho, Lake
George, St. Johns River, Suwanee River , Lake Osbourne,
the Everglades, The Big O, Kissimmee and others. In the
early nineties Craig took a trip to the Ocala National
forest and caught a 13.9lb bass on 6lb test. This was
the turning point in his young angling career as he switched
over to the realm of finesse fishing.
 Craig
began to adopt all of the "New" West Coast methods
and re applied them to his fishing here in NY. Not only
did he discover he could get more bites when scaling down
his tackle, he saw that he was catching far more large
fish as well. He has documented through the NYDEC Diary
program an outlandish number of bass over 5lbs all on
light tackle. To date he has landed 21 bass over 7lbs
on LI including 3 bonafide nine pounders. When he is not
chasing largemouth bass, he can be found out in Montauk
looking for big stripers.
 Nicknamed
"The Surgeon" by several of his friends and
club mates, for his meticulous eye for detail and scientific
approaches, he was selected to be on Owner Americas field
staff in 1995. Craig has written articles that appear
regularly on NYbass.com, River Smallies.com, The Michigan
Fishfinder, Bronzeback.com, Bassininny.com and several
for the Fisherman magazine and NYDEC Sweetwater Angler.
He has had 18 articles published within the last 24 months.
Craig has given several presentations on light tackle
jig and tube fishing for the South Jersey Bass Busters
and Suffolk County Bassmasters. He is known for his technical
approach to fishing and finding patterns. He is currently
a police officer in NYC and was part of the Harlem Outreach
program which taught inner city kids how to fish in Central
Park. He worked with this program for the 5 years. In
the Fall of 2001, Craig helped form the East End Bass
Assassin's, a small boat club that fishes Suffolk county
waters exclusively. In the clubs inaugural season Craig
had 4 first place and 4 second place finishes in qualifying
events. He won the EEBA Classic, Team Angler of the year,
Club MVP, and overall Angler of the Year. Craig believes
that confidence and his unorthodox approaches often give
him the advantage out on the water. He is part owner of
Micro Munch Tackle and is sponsored by Green Eyes Worm
Works, Ronkonkoma Outfitters and Mr. B's Tackle. He is
on the staff of NYbass and is a field writer for RiverSmallies.com. |
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| Angling
Accomplishments and Achievements |
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2002 4
victories at Forge, Swan, Maratooka and Upper Mills.
2002 4 second place finishes, Zone 1 Peconic, Swan, Forge,
Hither Hills.
2002 co-Team Angler of the Year.
2002 overall EEBA Angler of the Year.
2002 EEBA Club MVP.
2002 EEBA Classic Champion.
2001 Helps establish Green Eyes Worm Works and Wicked
Tubes, hand poured baits
2000 Forms Micro Munch Tackle
1995 Invented the proto type of the Micro Munch Jig
1995 co-Founder Harlem Outreach Fishing with Inner city
Kids Program
1995 Runner Up Big Bass World Championship for NY 8.16lbs
1994 Runner Up Big Bass World Championship for NY 7.34lbs |
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| Field
Test & Pro Staff Affiliations |
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- BASSIN'
USA™ http://www.bassinusa.com/
Bass fishing information about largemouth bass, smallmouth
bass, tournament bass fishing, fishing tackle and
equipment, and fishing destinations, reports, guides,
techniques, magazines and books and a whole lot more.
- Mr.
B's Bait and Tackle
- Ronkonkoma Outfitters
- Green Eyes Worm
Works
- Micro Munch Tackle
- Nybass.com
- Riversmallies.com
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Stats : |
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Largest
Largemouth Bass 13 pounds 9 ounces Ocala National Forest
Largest NY Largemouth Bass 9 pounds 14 ounces Wildwood
lake
Largest NY Smallmouth Bass 6 pounds 2 ounces Hudson River
Catskill Creek
Largest LI Largemouth (2) 9 pounds 3 ounces Largemouth
Bass Peconic River both Zone II
Largest 5 bass total 22 pounds 14 ounces Mahopac NY 2000
Largest LI 5 bass total 32 pounds 4 ounces Millers Pond
1991 |
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