NAME --------------------- Mike Santoli and Bob Neals
DATE ---------------------- 6/28/00
TIMES --------------------- 12:30 to 4pm 7 to 8:45pm
CONDITIONS ------------- light winds
AREA FISHED ------------- main lake and great cove
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling and bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- phoebes, thundersticks, yozuri and rappala
NOTES --------------------- trolled everything at all speeds and only caught a small pickerel. trolling did not work. picked up Bob and used bait between Lauries barges. caught crappie, pickerel and catfish. I think we should have set up on drop in deeper water for walleye and striper will try next. Used bottom bouncer and bait died in deep water. worked by barges.
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NAME --------------------- Chris Anderson
DATE ---------------------- 6/25/2000
TIMES --------------------- 5:30am till 2pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Overcast in am / sunny warm in pm
AREA FISHED ------------- Shoreline / Barnes Ridge
FISHING METHOD ------- casting / drift
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Topwater/plastics/herring
NOTES --------------------- Shoreline for weekend competition was slow. Only small fish, spent to much time there.In final hrs of competition made change to go out into deep water( over 15 ft) around barnes ridge with herring on jig heads, assorted colors and at 11:30am between boat traffic tagged a 6lb 1oz Hybrid Striper, number 2 for the year,but not heavy enough to take third. Congrats to all the winners.
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NAME --------------------- Pat Lange and Webguy
DATE ---------------------- 6/22/00
TIMES --------------------- 6-9pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Light wind, partly cloudy
AREA FISHED ------------- main lake points
FISHING METHOD ------- bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- herring
NOTES --------------------- We boated a 17 inch brown trout (KDC-00 tag), a perch, a pickerel, a brown catfish, and 3 crappie. Fished bait straight down in rod holders and out with slip bobbers, both at around 15 feet down gearing up for the weekend's contest.
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NAME --------------------- Mike santoli and Bob Neals
DATE ---------------------- 6/21/00
TIMES --------------------- 10am to 12:30pm 2pm to 5pm 6:45pm to 8:45pm
CONDITIONS ------------- cloudy very windy
AREA FISHED ------------- main lake
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- phoebes, thundersticks, rattletraps, rappalas and yozuri
NOTES --------------------- Fished 10 to 12:30 trolled main lake lost 2 trout, 1 rainbow couldn't get in my net. Estimate to be 7lbs plus. lost a large brown also. Fished 2 to 5 and caught 2 hybreds and 2 trout. all on silver and blue 1/2oz phoebes. All on rigger 11 to 20 ft. Same speed 3mph. Fished evening with Bob. So windy could only troll. No hits. Evenings seem to be hard is it weather or boat traffic. Good luck to all and report to you soon
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NAME --------------------- mike santoli and bob neals
DATE ---------------------- 6/14/00
TIMES --------------------- 8:30 to noon, 3:45 to5:30, 6:45 to 8:30
CONDITIONS ------------- cold cloudy foggy
AREA FISHED ------------- main lake
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- phoebes, thundersticks, yozuri
NOTES --------------------- caught 4 trout all on rigger 8 to 20 ft. caught 3 stripers on wire line with clown jr. thunderstick. put my boat in lake and fished with bob and caught nothing. i believe boat traffic causes poor fishing until after dark. going to try for smallies next. all trout on 1/2 oz phoebes 3 on gold 1 on silver and blue. my e mail address is E.SANTOLI@WORLDNET.ATT.NET if you want to talk.
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NAME --------------------- Buddy T
DATE ---------------------- 6/9/00
TIMES --------------------- 10PM-2AM
CONDITIONS ------------- breezy,warm
AREA FISHED ------------- main lake points
FISHING METHOD ------- casting
BAIT/LURES USED ------- topwater
NOTES --------------------- started off slow, 1 small rock bass on a jitterbug, lost nice smallmouth when it jumped at boat, 3 lb largemouth bass on jitterbug but highlight of trip was 4.5 lb walleye on the j-bug. All in all not bad for the first night out, definately not the last.
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NAME --------------------- mike santoli
DATE ---------------------- 6/7/00
TIMES --------------------- 11:00am to 3:30pm
CONDITIONS ------------- partly cloudy, windy, water temp 64 to 65
AREA FISHED ------------- main lake
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- phoebes
NOTES --------------------- caught first fish 12 ft down knee deep rainbow 19 inches 2lbs 10oz on a 1/2 oz gold and red phoebe. caught close to chestnut point. caught 4 hybreds on silver and blue 1/2 oz phoebe 15 to 20 ft down between the ridge and chestnut point. caught a state brown trout by glass house on gold phoebe 20 ft down. caught a knee deep brown on gold 1/2 oz phoebe 10 ft down in middle of lake between chestnut and pickerel points.got 5th hybred on gold phoebe 15 ft down by glass house in 40ft od water
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NAME --------------------- Doug and Jim
DATE ---------------------- 6/3/00
TIMES --------------------- 5-11:30 am
CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny but breezy and cool.
AREA FISHED ------------- Deep water
FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Pheobes and Rapalas
NOTES --------------------- Flat lines and downriggers were both working. We got 5 rainbows from 10-13 inches and a 14 inch brown trout. Three state fish, 2 club fish, and one without a tag.
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NAME --------------------- Larry Mazalatis
DATE ---------------------- 6/1
TIMES --------------------- 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
CONDITIONS ------------- Warm / Partially Cloudy
AREA FISHED ------------- Beach Club across from Pickeral Point
FISHING METHOD ------- Live Bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring
NOTES --------------------- Caught one pickeral and a few perch early, nothing for an hour or so and then a few brown catfish and one small (2Lb.) channel cat. Overall, I was not too unhappy but I'd really like to get out and learn how to fish with downriggers for some trout. If anyone would like to teach me, let me know when you would like to go out and I'll be there (973) 579-3363 or Mazalal@basf.com
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