What's New !!
2026 Fall Camping & Fishing 5/11 - 5/18
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2026 Bantam Lake Spring Camping
Another year has gone by and the 2026 Spring Camping / Fishing (??) is just 2 weeks away. Unfortunately, the New York Rangers are out of the playoffs this year (AGAIN) but we should have an interesting matchup between the Yankees and Mets starting on May 16th. The events schedule is updated!!! Unless a miracle occurs, I don’t see anyone catching 32 lbs. 2 oz from the shore so the world’s record at Bantam Lake will live on with Big Daddy Grip, the only member in the 13 lb. Northern Pike club. In lieu of fishing we will feature a major Corn hole tournament and bird watch guided tour sponsored by the self-serving morons on the White Memorial Board of Directors that ruined the Bantam lake Camping / Fishing experience enjoyed by hundreds of happy campers over the years by instituting new rules to discriminate against fisherman and mobile home users that have graced the campground and paid the salaries to keep the site open. See you in 2 weeks
2025 Fall fishing /Camping
Records are made to be broken and this year that were totally smashed. Big Daddy Grip set the tone early with a 13.7 record Northern pike only to top it the follwing day with a 13.11 pike. Also broken was the 3 fish total weight of 23.9 set in 2006 by big Daddy Grip with a new record catch 32 pounds 2 ounces . John B. aslo caught a monster pike of 11.5.
2025 Spring Winner
Big Daddy Grip is the new 2025 Spring Champion, dethroning Tommy K and avoiding an unpresidented three-peat. Kenny takes the lunker.
2024 Spring Winner
12.2 lb Northern Pike
2024 Rockwood HW277 Camper
Does anyone recognize this person?
Dock modifications
TommyK - Here are truck ramps I told you about for possible dock mod: Perhaps they can be fashioned into lengthening the doc? Tom Z
Party Time!
Pack Up Your Fishin’ Gear It’s the best time of the year It’s taken too long to get here But now it’s Party Time! Load up the trucks with coolers and tents Pack it up tight that load is dense By 5 o’clock nobody’s making much sense ‘Cuz now it’s Party...
We need Wood..
The guy that has been bringing wood can't make it this year because he is too busy with cleaning up storm damage. Tommy K. is going to look around for someone new in the Torrington Area.. Any ideas ??????
Close Call at the Middlebranch !!
Two tornados went through Carmel / Lake Carmel last night and almost took out my boat on the Middlebranch . Unfortunately these boats, that were next to mine, didn't make it..
Wonder what Captain Kenny did last weekend?
SECONDS before Death (totally unaware). WARNING! GRAPHIC BOATING PHOTO. THIS IS A PICTURE OF A MAN WITH JUST SECONDS TO LIVE
Let the fun begin
Me and Johnny B. went to the Middlebranch Reservoir and guess what we caught. SONNNNNNNN. The Bantam Lake fishing champion, Captain Frank and his fishing mate Johnny B, caught these nice size large mouth bass within 10 minutes of each other to start off the 2018...