NAME --------------------- Rich
DATE ---------------------- July 30, 2000
TIMES --------------------- 6:30AM - NOON
CONDITIONS ------------- Rainy
AREA FISHED ------------- River Styx and Elba point
FISHING METHOD ------- Live bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Shinners, worms, rubber grubs
NOTES --------------------- Caught too many Large Mouth bass to keep count of. Also caught a lot of perch, and sunnies. The largest bass was caught on a Rainbow colored grub on a Jig. The rest of the fish was caught on worms. The day ended with a 2 1/2 Trout caught with a worm. Some times a little bit of luck doesn't hurt.
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NAME --------------------- Tim Clancy
DATE ---------------------- July 30th
TIMES --------------------- 1 pm- 3 pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Overcast light boat traffic for a Sun.
AREA FISHED ------------- Nolans Point
FISHING METHOD ------- Down rigging
BAIT/LURES USED ------- 5" Rattlin Rapala
NOTES --------------------- Bound and determined to catch a summer trout and dragged a variety of lures from 8-18 feet off of Nolans Point. Just about ready to give up because boat traffic was getting a little tough when I got a 4 lb 4 oz Walleye at 18 feet. Not the trout I was hoping for, but still a nice fish.
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NAME --------------------- Noel Sell
DATE ---------------------- July 28, 2000
TIMES --------------------- 5:30 am -10:30 am
CONDITIONS ------------- Overcast, fog
AREA FISHED ------------- Coves
FISHING METHOD ------- Worming
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Plastic Worms
NOTES --------------------- Got into a very early bite of 5 LM bass to 2 pounds and 4 crappie and then fishing died. Fishing worms for the LM bass and jigs for the crappie.
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NAME --------------------- Vern
DATE ---------------------- 7/26/00
TIMES --------------------- 7-9:30pm
CONDITIONS ------------- RAIN !
AREA FISHED ------------- River Styx
FISHING METHOD ------- Bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring
NOTES --------------------- The rain kept most people off the lake but it wasn't too bad. I fished in 15ft of water and got a walleye, then 3 catfish, an 8lb striper, another catfish, and a largemouth bass to end the evening. The striper made a few runs around the boat and tangled with a few other lines before I landed and released him. It took a while to re-group!
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NAME --------------------- Mike Rokosh
DATE ---------------------- 7/20 and 7/25
TIMES --------------------- Evening
CONDITIONS ------------- Fair and slightly breezy
AREA FISHED ------------- Coves
FISHING METHOD ------- Worming
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Plastic worms
NOTES --------------------- I purchased President Lou Marcucci's old tin boat recently. I swear I could hear the fish saying "Psst! Lou's here! Watch out!", on my initial outings on the lake! After they realized it was me they let their guard down. OK, maybe I'm just learning the lake. If Lou knew how I'm catchin' em now he'd want to buy it back!. Anyway, was out with my fishin' buddies, Jr Club members John and Andrew Gottberg of Long Valley. On the 20th, John did a great job landing a hard fighting 3lb Largemouth, working it out from under the boat and netting it by himself. On the 25th younger brother Andrew had an equally impressive experience. A Bucketmouth buried itself in the weeds. As I watched Andrews pole bend to the breaking point and then was amazed at how the drag exploded, I tried to calmly tell him not to "muscle" it out. Keeping tension and letting it come out of the weeds slowly resulted in a 4lber. Probably a bigger thrill for me than them. Watch for these two guys on the Jr leader board. They're not finished yet.
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NAME --------------------- Laurie Greener
DATE ---------------------- 7/22/00
TIMES --------------------- Dark
CONDITIONS ------------- Calm
AREA FISHED -------------
FISHING METHOD ------- Home Made Bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Old family secret recipe
NOTES --------------------- What a great night for catfishing!!! My 4 year old nephew Edwin Patrick Byk pulled in his first Channel cat weighing 1lb 10oz. He said he had to really use his muscles! It was his first channel and a first of our many to catch this night. His Mom was just as happy when she pulled in a 2 1/2 lb channel. We ended up with 1/2 dozen channels and about 50 Bullheads. We were getting warmed up for the Catfish contest. We entered both at ALL Bait and Tackle for the weekly contest. We hope to hearing from them soon about the results.
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NAME --------------------- Larry Mazalatis
DATE ---------------------- 7/22
TIMES --------------------- 5:30 AM - 10:00 AM
CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny & Warm - Windy Later
AREA FISHED ------------- Pickeral Point & Chestnut Point
FISHING METHOD ------- Flat Lining
BAIT/LURES USED ------- shiners
NOTES --------------------- Fished with my brother and a friend using mostly Shiners (no herring available). Caught 2 crappie and around 6 perch early off of Pickeral point as well as one 1 1/2Lb. pickeral all off of the live bait. Also caught one 4Lb. 7Oz. walleye casting a Yazuri while at Pickeral point. Our first mistake was moving to fish near Bertrands Island, our second was moving again to fish between Racoon and Halsey Islands because we were skunked in both spots. Later we fished off of Chestnut point and got somewhere around 6 more perch before the wind and rough water wore us down. I'm looking for someone to give me a few pointers on fishing for channel cats. If your feeling generous (especially if your name is Byk) please give me a call or drop me an e-mail. (973) 579-3363 or Mazalal@Basf.com
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NAME --------------------- Rich
DATE ---------------------- July 22, 2000
TIMES --------------------- 5:45am - 11:30am
CONDITIONS ------------- good
AREA FISHED ------------- Elba point
FISHING METHOD ------- live bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- shinners,worms
NOTES --------------------- fished with my brother. Between the two of us, we caught too many Large mouth bass to keep count of. we also caught alot of sunnys, and perch. The bass were all caught on shinners. The rest were caught on worms.
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NAME --------------------- Noel Sell
DATE ---------------------- July 17, 2000
TIMES --------------------- 5:30am-12:00pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Partly Cloudy, Very Little Wind
AREA FISHED ------------- Coves
FISHING METHOD ------- Worming, Jigging
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Plastic Worms and Jigs
NOTES --------------------- Just got back from Lake Hopatcong. Caught 8 LM bass to 1 and 1/2 pounds all on worms. One 24" pickeral, 10 crappie, and a bunch of perch and bluegill. Caught the panfish on tubejigs. Found one spot where crappie were schooled up. Talk about a diverse fishery. This lake has it.
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NAME --------------------- Doug
DATE ---------------------- 7/16/00
TIMES --------------------- 5:30am-4pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Overcast/partly sunny
AREA FISHED ------------- main lake
FISHING METHOD ------- Live bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring
NOTES --------------------- I fished with Webguy and entered the KDC Pickerel Contest. We fished various locations along weed edges and boated 17 fish of different species (large and smallmouth bass, catfish, walleye, perch, and pickerel). Best fish was a 3lb.12oz. pickerel that took second place in the contest. It was a great day on the lake!
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NAME --------------------- Noel Sell
DATE ---------------------- July 14, 2000
TIMES --------------------- 5:30 am -10:30 am
CONDITIONS ------------- Cloudy and overcast
AREA FISHED ------------- Coves
FISHING METHOD ------- Worming
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Worms
NOTES --------------------- Fished Lake Hopatcong with my son Warren, who is 11 years old. Caught 10 LM Bass and 1 Smallmouth Bass, fish ranged from 1 pound to 2 and 1/2 pounds. Warren caught 4 of the fish. The kid knows how to fish a worm real well. Rigged the worms texas style and slider head riggs. Found one area where fish were schooled up big time. Good fishing to all!
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NAME --------------------- dano mcerlean
DATE ---------------------- 7/13/00
TIMES --------------------- 5:00am till 7:30
CONDITIONS ------------- calm and clear
AREA FISHED ------------- bertrands and yacht club
FISHING METHOD ------- flat line herring
BAIT/LURES USED -------
NOTES --------------------- started out with a 6 or 7 pound striper right away and thought this was going to be a good day but nothing for the next 1/2 hour till we saw them splashing in front of the yacht club 2 more in the boat lost one best one 8 pounds then nothing the rest of the morning
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NAME --------------------- Doug Enslen and Webguy
DATE ---------------------- 7/8/00
TIMES --------------------- 5-11am
CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny
AREA FISHED ------------- Weed edges
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling and bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapala's and herring
NOTES --------------------- Targeting pickerel as a warm up for the contest, we tried trolling the shoreline and weed edges around the main lake for a few hours at first light. A little slow, we only got one pickerel about 20 inches then switched over to bait. Bait fishing was much more productive with 8 fish caught in about the same amount of time as the one trolling. Total was 4 pickerel (biggest was 22 inches), 3 yellow perch, a largemouth, and a walleye. As an aside, the brown trout are still hitting, Pat Lange got one on herring this morning.
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NAME --------------------- Jim Salerno
DATE ---------------------- 7/5/00
TIMES --------------------- 6:30 P.M. to 9:30 P.M.
CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny, breezy, some white caps early.
AREA FISHED ------------- Barnes Ridge and Racoon Isl.
FISHING METHOD ------- Mostly anchored w/Live Bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring
NOTES --------------------- Fishing with co-member, Jim DiSilvestro, we caught 1 Pickerel 22" and 6 Catfish, one of which hit a Rapala suspender. The action started at the Ridge then slowed. Moved to Racoon and did well in 15 feet of water. Surface temps around 79 degrees. It was a gorgeous night out as the waters calmed and the stars shined down on us.
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NAME --------------------- Dan O'Donnell
DATE ---------------------- 7/2
TIMES --------------------- 4:00 to dusk
CONDITIONS ------------- calm / sunny
AREA FISHED ------------- elba point
FISHING METHOD ------- from dock
BAIT/LURES USED ------- live shiners
NOTES --------------------- A beatiful evening on the lake. Plenty of hybrids schooled up tight and hitting everthing that moves - all small fish: a good sign I guess. Also a small channel cat.
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NAME --------------------- Jim Archambault
DATE ---------------------- 7/1/00
TIMES --------------------- 5-10am
CONDITIONS ------------- Nice and calm
AREA FISHED ------------- Sunken Island to Byram
FISHING METHOD ------- Bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring
NOTES --------------------- Drifted, using electric trolling motor for control, from 10 to 20 foot water depths with weighted bait straight down from boat and also used slip bobbers out from boat. I got my first 5lb. walleye and got a small largemouth, smallmouth, and perch.
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