NAME --------------------- Noel Sell
DATE ---------------------- Sat. Feb. 24, 2001
TIMES --------------------- 7:00 am to 1:00 pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Pleasant
AREA FISHED ------------- Coves
FISHING METHOD ------- Jigging
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Jig and mousie
NOTES --------------------- Caught 40 or so perch with some bluegills mixed in. No real hog perch this week, but still decent. Best part of day was catching 24 inch 4 pound pickeral on jigging rod and 2 lb. test line. With the help of Joe and Fred (thank you) we got him out the hole.
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NAME --------------------- George & Daniel
DATE ---------------------- Feb. 20, 2001
TIMES --------------------- 11AM - 2:30PM
CONDITIONS ------------- Mild Temp 50's but 20mph steady wind
AREA FISHED ------------- Between Windlass and Halsey Island
FISHING METHOD ------- Tip-up and Swimming Jig
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Shiners
NOTES --------------------- Took my son out for a few hours of fishing in the warm weather. Problem was 20mph winds that whipped us with ice-cold air that came off the frozen lake. Not very comfortable at all!! Tip ups in 8 - 15 ft. of water yielded no fish. Jigging near the bottom in 5-8 feet of water produced a single perch. All in all not my best day of ice fishing.
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NAME --------------------- Noel Sell
DATE ---------------------- Feb 19, 2001
TIMES --------------------- 7:00 am -11:30am
CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny and some wind
AREA FISHED ------------- Coves
FISHING METHOD ------- Jigging
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Jig and wax worm
NOTES --------------------- Had another great time fishing my favorite lake. Caught 30 perch with some bluegill mixed in. Perch went to 12 and 1/2 inches. A friend Bob also caught at least 25 to 30 perch to 13 inches.
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NAME --------------------- Lou Marcucci, John Fernandez, Fred Nitek, Tim Clancy, Jim Archambault, Danny and his cousin
DATE ---------------------- 2/17
TIMES --------------------- 4-8pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Windy
AREA FISHED ------------- Sunken Island
FISHING METHOD ------- Tip-ups and jigs
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Shiners
NOTES --------------------- We got out before sunset and drilled our holes in hopes of getting into some walleye. We had the entire island covered by a grid of flags. The wind was beating on us like Mike Tyson. The perch were biting here and there and finally at around 6pm a flag went off with something other than a perch. We finally landed a walleye through the ice about 20 inches in length. Spirits were high but they dimmed with the daylight with no other flags for the night, just more wind. We tried the same thing the next night but only got more perch and a small pickerel.
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NAME --------------------- Larry Mazalatis
DATE ---------------------- 2/17/01
TIMES --------------------- 1PM - 4PM
CONDITIONS ------------- Windy & Cold
AREA FISHED ------------- Between Elbe Point & River Styx Bridge
FISHING METHOD ------- Tip-ups only
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Shiners
NOTES --------------------- Fishing was slow with only a few flags and two 2Lb. pickeral. This is not my first choice of places to fish but I have some family that lives on the lake here. I'm interested in getting out early Monday 19th (Presidents Day) in the morning but all my regular fishing buddies are working. If anyone is interested in joining me give me a call (leave a message) by 8PM Sunday night. I'm open to fish just about anywhere....Larry (973) 579-3363
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NAME --------------------- Noel and Warren Sell
DATE ---------------------- Sat. Feb. 17
TIMES --------------------- 7:00am to 9:30 am
CONDITIONS ------------- Overcast, very windy, snow shower
AREA FISHED ------------- Coves
FISHING METHOD ------- Jigging
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Jig and Waxworm
NOTES --------------------- Warren and I caught 30 plump yellow perch to 12 inches and one 18 inch pickeral jigging. Did not fish tip-ups. Ice is still 10 to 12 inches thick. Fish hit very early and then as the cold front came through everything stopped. We left at 9:30 when the bite stopped.
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NAME --------------------- Fred Nitek ---- Lou Marcucci
DATE ---------------------- Tues, Feb.13th
TIMES --------------------- 4:00pm to 6:00pm
CONDITIONS ------------- comfortable
AREA FISHED ------------- Lake Forest Y.C.
FISHING METHOD ------- Jigging
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Bad Dog Jigs
NOTES --------------------- Fred and I fished ten different holes catching about twenty fish in the two hours. Mostly Perch,but we both had a large Bass and several large Crappies.
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NAME --------------------- George
DATE ---------------------- Fri. Feb 9th 2001
TIMES --------------------- 10AM - 3 PM
CONDITIONS ------------- Overcast with no wind and mild temps (Mid 40's)
AREA FISHED ------------- Between Windlass Rest. & Halsey Island 5-15 feet deep
FISHING METHOD ------- Tip-ups & Swimming Jigs
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Shiners & Mousies
NOTES --------------------- Started putting out tip ups in shallow water and worked my way out to the deeper section, using shiners just off the bottom. Had just finished setting up my 3rd tip-up and was walking off to drill another hole when the flag went off. The air was calm so I knew it wasn't a wind flag". Turned out to be a 24 inch - 4 LB. pickerel. Great way to start the day! Unfortunately, it would have been a good way to end the day too. I stayed out till 3PM without any more fish on tip-up or jigs!
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NAME --------------------- Leslie and Shawn Aughey, Marlena and Donny
DATE ---------------------- 2/4/01
TIMES --------------------- 11:00 am-3:00pm
CONDITIONS ------------- favorable
AREA FISHED ------------- yacht club
FISHING METHOD ------- Jiging and tip up's
BAIT/LURES USED ------- shiners and jigs
NOTES --------------------- First i would like to thank Donny and Marlena for bringing us. The day started off a little slow, but soon after it started to pick up. We caught a small perch and a big pickerel at 2 lbs 15 oz. We caught a blue gill on the jig, and a golden shiner on a tip up. One more perch and a small pickerel were caught before we left. Thanks to web guy and pat lange for some great tips, and for drilling us a few more holes.(dad was having a heart attack) for my first time out on the ice, it was a very injoyable experience for me.
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NAME --------------------- Noel and Warren Sell
DATE ---------------------- Feb. 3, 2001
TIMES --------------------- 7:00 to 11:00 am
CONDITIONS ------------- windy and partly cloudy
AREA FISHED ------------- Coves
FISHING METHOD ------- Jigging
BAIT/LURES USED ------- jig and bait
NOTES --------------------- My son and I fished Lake Hopatcong on Sat, Feb. 3 and caught over 50 bluegill and perch combined. Perch were of good size. One hole produced over 15 for us. A friend, Bob caught a nice 13 inch crappie. Ice is 8 to 10 inches thick. Ice has a lot of snow in it, which will cause it to melt fast when we hit ice out period.
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