NAME --------------------- Chris A
DATE ---------------------- April 28th
TIMES --------------------- 11:30am
CONDITIONS ------------- Cloudy
AREA FISHED ------------- St Park area
FISHING METHOD ------- Jigging
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Night Crawler
NOTES --------------------- Caught and Released 2 (18",22") Walleyes, large crappie, several tiger perch. Wish it was May 1st.
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NAME --------------------- Sol P.
DATE ---------------------- 4/29/00
TIMES --------------------- 8-5
CONDITIONS ------------- windy, a bit cool
AREA FISHED ------------- State Park
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling live bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- large shiners
NOTES --------------------- Fishing for 2 hours with nothing, my younger brother fought and lost a 35 inch tiger muskie (ultralight tackle). Caught a 16 inch largemouth and 3 small pickerel. All in all, a good day despite the wind.
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NAME --------------------- Carl Platvoet @ Bill Haase
DATE ---------------------- 4/21
TIMES --------------------- 9PM-1Am
CONDITIONS ------------- clear
AREA FISHED ------------- Byram @ Bradys Bridge
FISHING METHOD ------- casting
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Bombers and Swim'n Image
NOTES --------------------- We went out to see if the bait barges were out. No barges so we fished points, we got 6 Walleye the bigest 3 1/2 pounds.
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NAME --------------------- Joe Tekula
DATE ---------------------- 4/27
TIMES --------------------- 6:30am -3:00pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Overcast, no wind
AREA FISHED ------------- all over
FISHING METHOD ------- live bait and trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- shiners, silver phoebe's, black/silver and firetiger rapala
NOTES --------------------- Fished with my grandson Cameron and nephew Stephen. Started out with shiners in Kings Cove. Caught 2 pickerel. Moved to west side of Racoon Island, 2 more pickeral. Trolled the rest of the time from Racoon around Great Cove and worked our way back to state park. Cameron caught a 14" brown on a rapala in deep water off of Racoon Island. Stephen hooked what looked like a striper out in front of Dow's on a firetiger rapala and lost it when lines became fouled. Picked up 3 more 15-18" pickerel on phoebe's. Cameron hooked a muskie on firetiger rapala, got it right next to the boat and the swivel broke. Looked to be about 5-6 lbs.
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NAME --------------------- Webguy
DATE ---------------------- 4/26
TIMES --------------------- 6-8pm
CONDITIONS ------------- A bit chilly
AREA FISHED ------------- Windlass to Henderson
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapalas and Pheobes
NOTES --------------------- Trolled for an hour without a hit then got a brown trout about 11 inches long about 7pm (no tag, but split dorsal). A little later a trout jumped out of the water right in front of my boat and shortly after that, at sunset, I boated a 2lb. 5oz. rainbow that was 18-1/4 inches long (KDC-00 tag) which I tried to revive and let go but he couldn't stay upright on his own. Fortunately Lou Tarascio got Buck-N-Bass on board as a KDC weigh station, they were the only one still open so I could weigh it in.
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NAME --------------------- Daniel O'Donnell
DATE ---------------------- 4/22
TIMES --------------------- 1-4 PM
CONDITIONS ------------- cloudy - intervals of light rain
AREA FISHED ------------- Davis cove from private dock
FISHING METHOD ------- bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- live shiner/ small split shot
NOTES --------------------- Caught one 3lb Walleye - my first. thanx guys
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NAME --------------------- Joe Tekula
DATE ---------------------- 4/24
TIMES --------------------- 7:00am to 12:30pm.
CONDITIONS ------------- overcast, some sun, lots of wind out of the northeast
AREA FISHED ------------- all over
FISHING METHOD ------- live bait and trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- shiners and asst. lures
NOTES --------------------- Fished with my grandson, Cameron Schott and nephew Stephen. Started with shiners in Woodport behind Flash Marina. Water temp 53 degrees. Not a touch. Moved to west side of Racoon Island. Temp 49 degrees. I caught a small pickerel on a shiner under a slip bobber 3 feet under in 15 feet of water. Cameron caught a 2.9 smallmouth on a free swimming shiner. Spent the rest of the time trolling with silver phoebe's, rapalas and madura's with no hits.
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NAME --------------------- Joe Tekula
DATE ---------------------- 4/22
TIMES --------------------- 3:00 to 6:00 pm.
CONDITIONS ------------- Overcast with some sprinkles.
AREA FISHED ------------- state park to chestnut point
FISHING METHOD ------- Flat line trolled
BAIT/LURES USED ------- silver phoebe and purple/silver madura stickbait.
NOTES --------------------- I was with my nephew, Stephen.Caught a 1.6 lb brook trout and a 3 lb largemouth on phoebe in Ingram Cove in approx 9 foot of water.
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NAME --------------------- Webguy and Doug
DATE ---------------------- 4/22
TIMES --------------------- 11am-4pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Overcast and breezy
AREA FISHED ------------- Elba Point to Brady's Bridge
FISHING METHOD ------- flat line trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapalas and Phoebes
NOTES --------------------- Weather wasn't too bad, a little rain and wind. We boated 2 decent 14 inch rainbows (both had KDC-00 tags) and 2 browns about 12 inches (one was a KDC fall 99, the other had a split dorsal from losing a tag). Also got 6 pickerel and a largemouth bass. Great day! I also made it out on Easter Sunday for 3 hours in the morning (cold and windy) and my punishment for not going to church with my wife and kids was that I got skunked!
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NAME --------------------- Bill Galese and Mike Golabek
DATE ---------------------- 4/20/00
TIMES --------------------- 9-12 am
CONDITIONS ------------- great sun and no wind
AREA FISHED ------------- Great Cove
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling and casting into shore
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Panther Martin, Rapalas, and Phoebes
NOTES --------------------- Bill got his first trout, state fish, small tagger, released. Also one perch, one pickerel. Missed many hits on pheobes. Highlight of the day was Mike catching two three pound walleyes casting between docks. Nice start for the season!
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NAME --------------------- Kevin Dempsey
DATE ---------------------- 4/16/00
TIMES --------------------- noon - 5 pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny and calm
AREA FISHED ------------- All over in 4-10 ft
FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapalas
NOTES --------------------- Highlight was a 4 lb walleye that hit when dark clouds moved in just before the heavy storm. Also caught 5 pickerel throughout the afternoon. Conditions were perfect. Not bad for my first time out.
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NAME --------------------- Jim Salerno
DATE ---------------------- 4/14/00
TIMES --------------------- 11:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny, and breezy.
AREA FISHED ------------- River Styx Bridge to Castle Rock
FISHING METHOD ------- Flat line trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapalas & Phoebes
NOTES --------------------- Fishing with Co-member, Jim DiSilvestro, we caught 20+ Pickerel and 2 Trout. One of which was a fall stocked (F99 tag) KDC Brown, silver-sided. The consistent action started in early afternoon and lasted the rest of the day in the 50 to 53 degree areas, in 5' to 8' of water. It was the best day out, so far, this year.
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NAME --------------------- David Larsen,George Massaker
DATE ---------------------- 4/8/00
TIMES --------------------- 8am-10:30am
CONDITIONS ------------- foggy and warm early..wind kicking up later
AREA FISHED ------------- State Park
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapalas(fire tiger)
NOTES --------------------- Area not too crowded for opening day..trolled first fish after 5 minutes,a 14" pickerel. All in all got 10 pickerel,one about 24" and over 4lbs lost one even bigger at the boat(my fault,no leader used!!!!),2 crappies,2 small largemouth,2 perch and a 14" brook trout. The wind kicked up very hard and due to lack of control of boat we called it a day early. But even with the wind shortened day it was probably the best day fishing on the lake I have ever had!
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NAME --------------------- Buddy T
DATE ---------------------- 4/5/00
TIMES --------------------- 11:30-1:30
CONDITIONS ------------- COLD! Snow & windy
AREA FISHED ------------- shallow flats
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapalas
NOTES --------------------- Decided to try my luck, first pass- 1 largemouth,about a pound, a BEAUTIFUL KDC stocked Brown trout about 16"( fought like a bulldog)and a pickerel about 18". Second pass a pickerel about the same as the first- jumped 3 times. Hooked a third pickerel that broke off on the jump. Got tired of fighting the wind so we headed home.
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NAME --------------------- Doug and Jim
DATE ---------------------- 4/2/00
TIMES --------------------- 9am-3pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Windy, fair
AREA FISHED ------------- State Park to Bedbug
FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Stickbaits
NOTES --------------------- We trolled for 45 minutes before the club's trout stocking (some beautiful fish) and got 2 pickerel and a walleye. After the trout stocking we fished for a few more hours and got 8 more pickerel (2 doubles) and a largemouth bass.
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NAME --------------------- Jim Salerno
DATE ---------------------- 4/1/00
TIMES --------------------- 7:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny, breezy and beautiful.
AREA FISHED ------------- State Park to Prospect Point
FISHING METHOD ------- Flat line trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapalas & Phoebes
NOTES --------------------- Fishing with a sure to be, new KDC member, we caught 11 Pickerel and 1 Largemouth Bass. The action started just minutes after throwing the 1st lure at 7:35 A.M. in front of the State Park and was pretty consistent the rest of the day in the in the 47 to 52 degree areas, in 6' to 9' of water. My guest, Ken (a.k.a. Pie-Eye), for the day had a great time and will be joining our Club as a result of his zest for fishing, uninterrupted stogie smoking and my "Overview Presentation" of the Knee Deep Club.
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