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The reason I put the school together was to teach others the "How-To's" of bass fishing and to help potential anglers from making mistakes and spending enormous amounts of money they were spending foolishly (we've all been there right?) I got the idea about putting the bass fishing school together from two charter clients from Kentucky that had hired me for three days of fishing. To make a long story short, after the third day of fishing with these fellows one of them stated to me that they learned more in the last three days fishing with me than they had in the past ten years of bass fishing (because I am one that likes to explain and help others.)
So, the more I thought about what the fellow from Kentucky said to me, I started thinking to myself "what a great idea!" so I decided to put a bass fishing school together to help other bass anglers (or potentials) learn the "how-to's" of bass fishing.
I wish that I could have had someone to teach me when I first started bass fishing many years ago. I can remember the uncounted times that I would spend money on things that looked good on the shelves just to find myself not really knowing how to use these baits (but they looked good!) as well as years of buying gas and oil for my boat (not really knowing where I was going to fish), and buying just about everything that I could afford that I saw advertised, but still not catching but a very few bass (if any at all.)
Just like today, you normally will see the same anglers cashing in checks from bass tournaments (or placing in the top 10), but if you were to ask them where and how they caught the bass they won't tell you (in fact, most of them will tell you exactly the opposite!) it's not that they're any better or worst than you may be, but it's because they have more of a understanding or general knowledge of what, where and why they're fishing the way they do.
Anyway, being the founder and President of Pro-Tec, and after putting Pro-Tec together, our first month of advertising brought a ton of inquiries of anglers (and potentials) that just wanting to learn, or gain a better knowledge of bass fishing. But like many partnerships that has their ups and downs, the original partnership that I had put together had gone sour so I resigned and relinquished my shares back to the Pro-Tec School of Bassin', Inc. (which I understand have since closed down) and now have put together a 3-Day "On-Water" Bass Fishing School designed to give the personal instruction an angler really needs to learn properly (kind of like OJT or "on the job training", hands-on, etc..) and since my relocation back up to the Lake Champlain/Lake George area in upstate New York. I have taught many anglers (and potential anglers) how to save money, time, and even helped some of them on their way to becoming bass pros.
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