NAME --------------------- Mike Santoli and Bob Neal
DATE ---------------------- 5/31/01
TIMES --------------------- 4:30 to 7:30 pm
CONDITIONS ------------- windy
AREA FISHED ------------- main lake
FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rappalas and phoebes
NOTES --------------------- Caught 2 browns on rappala and thunderstick on riggers. Used an australian trout lure and caught 38 inch tiger muskie on top.
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NAME --------------------- Donna & Jeff Burrell
DATE ---------------------- 05/30/01
TIMES --------------------- 10am to 3pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny,high pressure, very windy NW 15-25 mph, water temps 60-64 degrees, water mostly clear - slightly stained around weedbeds
AREA FISHED ------------- main lake shore near sunken island, Woodport weedlines and shoreline
FISHING METHOD ------- casting/pitching docks and weedbed edges
BAIT/LURES USED ------- spinnerbaits, tubes
NOTES --------------------- Fought the winds and hugged the protected shorelines, casting and pitching to inside and outside weed edges. Landed 4 pickeral to 25", a few yellow perch, a few big rock bass and 6 LMB up to 3 lbs. QUESTION: Saw alot of beds, big ones, some with bluegills occupying them. Have all the LMB and SMB completed spawning already? Looks like thats the case, but the water temps are still on the low side and fluctuating alot. I was off the water from the last week in April till May 21st due to motor problems so we might have missed the aggressive pre-spawn/spawn period I guess. If you have thoughts on this please e-mail me at MICP1991@aol.com.
Thanks.
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NAME --------------------- Mike Santoli and Bob Neal
DATE ---------------------- 5/28/01
TIMES --------------------- 11am to 3pm
CONDITIONS ------------- windy and lots of boat traffic
AREA FISHED ------------- main lake
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- rappalas and phoebes
NOTES --------------------- Caught 2 trout in first hour. B oth on black and silver rappalas. Sail boats made it impossible to fish main lake. Triesd other areas and had no hits. Both fish caught on rigger at 8 and 12 feet.
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NAME --------------------- "Dockside" Dan O'Donnell
DATE ---------------------- 5/28/01
TIMES --------------------- 5-8 am 7-9 pm
CONDITIONS ------------- sunny/warm - light wind
AREA FISHED ------------- Elba point
FISHING METHOD ------- light spinning tackle - from dock
BAIT/LURES USED ------- live herring
NOTES --------------------- Caught two walleye ( one looked to be 4lb+ ) several perch and picks, 1 brook trout that slipped out of hand before I could read the tag, a few large mouth up to 2 lbs and a catfish.
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NAME --------------------- Clint, Pat, and Jim
DATE ---------------------- 5/26/01
TIMES --------------------- 12:30-5pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Rain
AREA FISHED ------------- Deep water
FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Pheobes and Rapalas
NOTES --------------------- Fishing started out slow on the Lunker Limo with only a perch on the downrigger for the first 3 hours or so then things started to happen. We landed 4 rainbows and 2 browns. Downriggers to 20ft, planer boards, and flat lines all took trout.
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NAME --------------------- Mike Santoli & Bob Neal
DATE ---------------------- 5/24/01
TIMES --------------------- 4pm to 7pm
CONDITIONS ------------- sunny light winds
AREA FISHED ------------- main lake
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- rappala, phoebes and knots lures
NOTES --------------------- Just came back from Australia. Fishing was great. Slow day caught 1 rainbow 18 inches looked like hold over so let it go. No tag. Caught on #9 black and silver rap. Happened by glass house. Caught another rainbow 16 inches in river styxx area on gold phoebe on top. First fish at 8ft on rigger. Only other fish 1 perch and 1 pick.
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NAME --------------------- Kaz Ota
DATE ---------------------- 5/20/2001
TIMES --------------------- 7:30AM to 6:00PM
CONDITIONS ------------- mostly cloudy,chilly wind from northeast & east
AREA FISHED ------------- Hurd Cove;Prospect Point;Henderson Cove;Venetian Canal
FISHING METHOD ------- skipping docks,spinnerbaiting,topwater
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Yamamoto Senkos,1/2oz Crystal S tandem spinnerbaits(white),Zara Spooks
NOTES --------------------- It was a chilly,cloudy day all day with northeast wind blowing. slow start with few postspawn bass on Yamamoto Senkos under docks located near main lake weed flat. few bass also exploded on my tuned Heddon Zara Spooks, but could not set the hook on them. Later in the day, moved to shallow & weedy Henderson cove and caught an aggressive feeding bass with fast moving spinnerbaiting near surface. Although most of the bass are non-aggressive due to fatigue from spawning, I found out that there are some bass already recovering from spawning and are in an early-summer pattern.Looks like most of the aggressive ones are shifting to main lake weed flats from shallow spawning areas. Can't wait till few more weeks when real topwater season arrives! Zara Spook rules!!!
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NAME --------------------- Webguy
DATE ---------------------- 5/20
TIMES --------------------- 5am-4pm
CONDITIONS ------------- cloudy
AREA FISHED ------------- main lake
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapalas and Pheobes
NOTES --------------------- The cloud cover made for a great day of fishing for the KDC trout contest. We boated 8 trout(6 browns and 2 rainbow) and lost 2 more. The biggest trout we got was a 15-1/2 inch brown that weighed 1lb.12oz. Also landed 2 stripers one was 7-1/2 lbs pictured here.
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NAME --------------------- Doug Enslen & Jim Archambault
DATE ---------------------- 5/8
TIMES --------------------- 6-10pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Cool
AREA FISHED ------------- Brady's to River Styx
FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapalas
NOTES --------------------- We started out in deep water gunning for trout and got zip until we almost ran the downrigger balls into a drop-off and got a pickerel/perch double. The sun set and we went to flat lining for walleye and got 2 - 21 inchers between the Windlass and Brady's Bridge. At 9pm we motored back to River Styx and landed a 19 incher and a 4lb. 22-1/2 incher pictured below.
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NAME --------------------- dan mcerlean
DATE ---------------------- 5/8
TIMES --------------------- 6:30 am to 9:30 am/ 6:30 pm to 8:45 pm
CONDITIONS ------------- cold in the am nice pm
AREA FISHED ------------- byram cove state park am/ state park pm
FISHING METHOD ------- flat lining herring
BAIT/LURES USED ------- herring
NOTES --------------------- started in byram cove nothing going on, moved to the state park and finally had a few run offs, landed a 6 1/2 striper, 3 1/2 walleye half dozen pickerel and half dozen perch.it was nice to boat the first striper of the year. fished the state park with my wife in the pm she boated a small pickeral and lost 4 other run offs none of which was a striper. with the first striper caught the 5:00 am trips to the lake will now start. good luck to all and see you on the water.
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NAME --------------------- JOHN FERNANDEZ / LOU MARCUCCI
DATE ---------------------- MONDAY MAY,7TH
TIMES --------------------- 7:30PM TO 9:30PM
CONDITIONS ------------- COOL
AREA FISHED ------------- DAVIS COVE TO BEG BUG THEN KINGS COVE
FISHING METHOD ------- TROLLING
BAIT/LURES USED ------- MADURA CRANK BAITS, THEN SWITCH TO STICKS
NOTES --------------------- PICKED UP ONE PICKEREL ALONG THE HOPATCONG SHORE LINE ON THE CRANK BAITS. SWITCHED TO THUNDER STICKS AND RAPALAS IN THE COVE, SURPRISED NO ONE ELSE WAS FISHING. JOHN HAD THE ONLY FISH IN THE COVE A 20 INCH WALLEYE. NO STRIPERS.
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NAME --------------------- Kaz Ota
DATE ---------------------- 5/6/01
TIMES --------------------- 7:30AM to 6:00PM
CONDITIONS ------------- mostly sunny,northeast wind
AREA FISHED ------------- prospect point,Brady's Bridge
FISHING METHOD ------- spinnerbaits,jigs,poppers,jerkbaits
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Crystal S Spinnerbait(designed by Norio Tanabe)
NOTES --------------------- I thought the fishing would be slow due to northeast wind, but what a turnaround!! I caught 5 largemouth (mostly pre-spawn,all released)all on 1/2oz white tandem Crystal S spinnerbaits in shallow bank near weed flat. Did not fish for bedding bass in these areas(did not observe beds around here & we were'nt intending to fish for bedding bass anyways). The key was to fish for pre-spawn bass in areas near weed flat which had slightly lower water temperature than shallower coves. Bass even exploded on my brother's Megabass Pop-X popper!He also caught bass on jig and bomber long A jerkbait.Another key was to locate baitfish. There were tons of baitfish in the little pocket near the weed flat.
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NAME --------------------- Jim Salerno & Ken (The Pie) Killi
DATE ---------------------- Sunday, 5/6/01
TIMES --------------------- 6:30 A.M. to 1:30 P.M.
CONDITIONS ------------- Mostly sunny, very windy.
AREA FISHED ------------- Davis Cove, Northwood, Castle Rock & Bertrand's Island.
FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling.
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapalas & Phoebes.
NOTES --------------------- Caught 2 Rainbow Trout & 4 Pickerel. Overall, a slow, windy day. Seems like every weekend has been very windy. Maybe putting the rain gear on immediately, next time. Over!
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NAME --------------------- Jim Salerno & Jim (Neighbors) Di Silvestro
DATE ---------------------- Saturday, 5/5/01
TIMES --------------------- 5:30 P.M. to 11:30 P.M.
CONDITIONS ------------- Mostly sunny, calm turning windy.
AREA FISHED ------------- Davis Cove, Northwood, River Styx & Great Cove.
FISHING METHOD ------- Casting drop-offs early, then trolling.
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapalas & Phoebes.
NOTES --------------------- It was a mixed bag. Caught a 2 Lb 8 Oz. Largemouth, 3 Lb. 2 Oz. Walleye, a 25" Muskie (true strain), Crappie and several Pickerel. Over!
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NAME --------------------- james marino
DATE ---------------------- 5/5/01
TIMES --------------------- 7:00 TO 1:30
CONDITIONS ------------- CALM
AREA FISHED ------------- BRADEY'S BRIDGE
FISHING METHOD -------
BAIT/LURES USED ------- HERRING
NOTES --------------------- Had a great day - again. Kevin Mack wacked a 6 1/2 lb. channel cat and I caught a 7 lb. channel cat. I also caught a 5 lb. and a 2 lb. channel cat. We then caught 5 walleyes, from 3 to 5 lbs. And 1 pickeral and a couple mud cats.
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NAME --------------------- Jim Salerno & Ken (The Pie) Killi
DATE ---------------------- Thursday, 5/3/01
TIMES --------------------- 5:30 P.M. to 10:00 P.M.
CONDITIONS ------------- Mostly sunny, into beautiful evening. Water temps reaching 70 Degrees F.
AREA FISHED ------------- State Park, Sunken Island, Davis Cove
FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling early, then casting drop-offs
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapalas, Hot Stuff & assorted Hooley Gooleys
NOTES --------------------- It was a fabulous night to be on the lake. Caught some small Pickerel, trolling early, and then started casting at dusk. Nailed three nice Walleye, 2 of which were over 3 Lbs. "Too Many" ran like a champ, all night, thanks to Capt. Ken (The Pie), who guarded the gas line all night! Over!
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NAME --------------------- Chris and Quick Rick
DATE ---------------------- May 2
TIMES --------------------- 5-9 pm
CONDITIONS ------------- sunny,warm
AREA FISHED -------------
FISHING METHOD -------
BAIT/LURES USED ------- jerk baits
NOTES --------------------- we had a great day.By 6pm quick Rick had about 6 average sized picks. Also caught about 2 largemouths about 1lb in size. I had only caught 1 small largemouth by this time. These were all caught by fishin the docks and shorelines. As the sun went down we headed toward home and anchored in the channel. Quick Rick wacked a 17" walleye right off the bat. Then caught a 1lb. largemouth. As he got the bass to the boat I hooked into an averaged sized bass. Finally, at 8:45pm I got a 16" walleye to end the day. We had a great day! Hopefully will have another day like this again soon.
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NAME --------------------- Webguy
DATE ---------------------- 5/2
TIMES --------------------- 5-9pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Warm - light winds
AREA FISHED ------------- Deep water - Brady's Bridge
FISHING METHOD ------- Downriggers and flat-line
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapalas
NOTES --------------------- Trolled with downriggers until the sun went down and got a 12 inch brown trout 10 feet down on a No.7 Clown at 3.5 mph and got nothing on the flat lines. At sunset I flat line trolled the Brady's Bridge area and picked up a 19 inch walleye on a No.11 Firetiger at 2 mph.
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NAME --------------------- Carl & Bill
DATE ---------------------- 5/2
TIMES --------------------- 4 PM - 10 PM
CONDITIONS ------------- sunny & breezy
AREA FISHED ------------- Byram to State Park
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling with plainer boards & riggers
BAIT/LURES USED ------- phobies, stickbaits
NOTES --------------------- We trolled the shoreline from Byram to State Park. We did nothing the first 2 hours then at 6:15 we got a 2lb 15 oz Rainbow Knee Deep 01 and a 10 " State stocked Brown. We also got one small Pickeral and just at dark we got A 14 " Walleye. The state is going to stock again 5/3.
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NAME --------------------- John Hogan, Larry Maz Jr. & Sr.
DATE ---------------------- 5/1
TIMES --------------------- 6-9:30PM
CONDITIONS ------------- Calm & Warm
AREA FISHED -------------
FISHING METHOD ------- Live bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring
NOTES --------------------- Caught 5 pickeral up to 4Lbs. for the largest, 1 3Lb. Walleye, a perch and two catfish. The slow Striper bit started around 7:30 and was over by 9PM during which time John caught a 8Lb. and a 6Lb. Striper. My father and I were not as lucky. I saw the Pres. and a few other Knee Deepers out trolling and fishing w/ bait but I'm not sure how well they did. Lets try posting some more reports.....
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NAME --------------------- Noel Sell
DATE ---------------------- May 1, 2001
TIMES --------------------- 7:00am-2:00 pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny, just beautiful
AREA FISHED ------------- Coves
FISHING METHOD ------- Jig
BAIT/LURES USED ------- twister tail
NOTES --------------------- Caught 4 pickeral to 20 inches, 6 crappie, and a bunch of big perch and bluegill. All fish in about 5 to 6 feet of water. Got into a big school of yellow perch. Could not find the crappie schooled or bunched up. Maybe in spawn mode.
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