NAME --------------------- Jim deLyon

DATE ---------------------- 6/29/01

TIMES --------------------- Early Evening

CONDITIONS ------------- Hot, hazy and humid. Choppy waters from wakes too.

AREA FISHED ------------- Great Cove off of dock.

FISHING METHOD ------- Casting.

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Medium sized blue/silver rat l trap.

NOTES --------------------- Caught two 1 lb. largemouth bass and had a couple of other fish on that spit the lure. I couldn't believe the amount of boat traffic that infiltrated the lake this weekend. Plus, with the unbearable heat, it was that much more annoying. I guess I should try the weekdays. Tight Lines!

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NAME --------------------- Noel Sell

DATE ---------------------- June 28, 2001

TIMES --------------------- 5 am to 10:30 am

CONDITIONS ------------- Hot Sunny Slight Breeze

AREA FISHED ------------- Dropoffs

FISHING METHOD ------- Jigging

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Jigs and Plastics

NOTES --------------------- Caught one smallmouth and then gave up on the bass. Fished good areas I know and got zip. Water temp. might have jumped up to fast, not looking for excuses, but it helps. So I did the panfish thing with jigs and ultralight and slaughtered the crappie. Must have caught at least 40. Fish ranged from 8 to 11 inches. To me these fish are so much fun and really not that easy to catch, being they suspend and hit very light. Keep up the great work Knee Deep by sinking those bruch piles. To the guys who sunk the brush piles I have some areas that would benefit the crappie by having the brush piles placed there. Next year if you drop some trees I will come up and let you know the locations.

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NAME --------------------- thomas facciola

DATE ---------------------- 6 28 01

TIMES --------------------- 700 am

CONDITIONS ------------- clear

AREA FISHED ------------- byram cove

FISHING METHOD ------- trolling

BAIT/LURES USED ------- thomas spinner

NOTES --------------------- while trolling i hooked into an 18 lb tiger musky. after fighting it for 15 minutes i landed it barely. i only had on 6lb test and didnt think i was ever going to land it. it will be on my wall in about 9 months.what a thrill!

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NAME --------------------- Kevin LaPolt

DATE ---------------------- 6/26/01

TIMES --------------------- 7:00am to 12:00am

CONDITIONS ------------- Clear Skies

AREA FISHED ------------- Main Lake

FISHING METHOD ------- Live Lining

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring

NOTES --------------------- I went out hoping to catch some stripers but nothing. I did catch three fish, one trout 14" long, Tag #0833, released to get bigger. The other two were a Catfish about 15" long and a perch that was about 10". What a beautiful day!!!!!!!!!

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NAME --------------------- Mike Santoli

DATE ---------------------- 6/25/01

TIMES --------------------- 4 to 8pm

CONDITIONS ------------- sunny light winds

AREA FISHED ------------- Main lake

FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling

BAIT/LURES USED ------- everything

NOTES --------------------- Went everywhere tried everything and got no strikes.

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NAME --------------------- Noel Sell

DATE ---------------------- 6/25/01

TIMES --------------------- 5:30-11:00am

CONDITIONS ------------- Blue Skies Sunny

AREA FISHED ------------- Coves

FISHING METHOD ------- Wormin and jigging

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Plastics and tube jigs

NOTES --------------------- Caught 4 bass, most pound and a half fish. One 24 inch pickeral, 20 nice keeper size crappie, 8 yellow perch. Caught fish wormin and panfish on tube jigs. Weather was beautiful! Largemouth guit early. I may be wrong, but the panfish are still in the shallows. Longer than I have ever experienced. I hope they stay there and not suspend in deeper water. Good fishing to everyone.

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NAME --------------------- Thomas Karner

DATE ---------------------- 6/24/2001

TIMES --------------------- 7-9pm

CONDITIONS ------------- calm, except for the wakes, see below

AREA FISHED ------------- Bertrand Island to River Styx

FISHING METHOD ------- trolling

BAIT/LURES USED ------- rapalas

NOTES --------------------- New member, wish my first posting had better news. Those with scuba gear take note- there's a brand new Cannon downrigger on the bottom about 60-70 yards off the southwest corner of Bertrand Island. The quick release mounting must have been defective, I was hit by a wake, and away she went, rod and all.
tkarner@optonline.net

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NAME --------------------- Larry Maz

DATE ---------------------- 6/23 - 6/24

TIMES --------------------- Fished approx. 26 of 33 tourney hours

CONDITIONS ------------- All (including the rain)

AREA FISHED ------------- Mostly Shoreline 8-15 ft water

FISHING METHOD ------- herring, herring, herring

BAIT/LURES USED ------- 

NOTES --------------------- Total tourney tally was as follows: 29 yellow perch, 6 white perch, 1 Smallmouth, 5 Largemouth, 10 pickeral (Largest was 3-14), 9 Walleye (4 over 4Lbs. largest was 4-10), 12 Crappie, 1 rock bass, 2 baby stripers, 3 Channel Cats (Largest was 6-14), and one brown cat 1 1/2Lbs. Friends caught many fish in the shallows as well most notably being a club record 4Lb. White Cat. Almost got skunked very early Sat. morning by Sunken Island and in deep water before moving into the shallows and it paid off. Also, witnessed a bass fisherman catch a striper in 10ft. of water right near the dock on a crankbait approx. 7Lbs! Good tourney. . . .

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NAME --------------------- "Dockside" Dan O'Donnell

DATE ---------------------- 6/24/01

TIMES --------------------- 5-10 am

CONDITIONS ------------- light wind / partly cloudy

AREA FISHED ------------- Elba Point

FISHING METHOD ------- from Dock

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring

NOTES --------------------- Caught several white perch, a channel cat, a crappie, and a large Walleye (4lb 1oz) I submitted the walleye for the Stew Lant contest and was pretty excited until I reviewed last years results. Good luck to all, including those who entered walleye.

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NAME --------------------- Jim deLyon

DATE ---------------------- 6/23/01

TIMES --------------------- 10:30am-1:00pm

CONDITIONS ------------- Heavy rain w/periods of just overcast skies.

AREA FISHED ------------- Great Cove off of my grandparent's dock.

FISHING METHOD ------- Casting with Fenwick rod and Shimano Curado baitcasting reel.

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Medium sized Blue/Silver Rat L Trap

NOTES --------------------- I was looking for a pickerel or largemouth bass to attack my lure, but I only got some yellow perch and a couple of rock bass. Overall, not a great day of fishing but since work has been keeping me from getting out, it wasn't all that bad. Tight Lines!
Jim

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NAME --------------------- Mike Santoli and Bob Neals

DATE ---------------------- 6/21/01

TIMES --------------------- 4to8pm

CONDITIONS ------------- Overcast medium wind

AREA FISHED ------------- main lake

FISHING METHOD ------- trolling

BAIT/LURES USED ------- rappalas,thundersticks,phoebes and DAM spoons

NOTES --------------------- Was going to troll herring but need a calm day to try. We trolled for trout. Caught 4 trout all on rigger 12 to 15 feet. One on black and silver rappala and another on smallest salt water rappala in a color I found in Australia. Never seen the color before. When Bob saw the lure he said it would catch and it did. Other 2 trout on jr thunderstick in black and silver. We lost 3 other fish we had on. All fish hooked in mouth. There goes my theory on the idea of not swallowing the bait but hitting the bait and coming back to eat.

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NAME --------------------- Mike Santoli and Bob neals

DATE ---------------------- June 19,2001

TIMES --------------------- 4:30 to 8:30 pm

CONDITIONS ------------- light breeze water 75 little boat traffic

AREA FISHED ------------- main lake middle

FISHING METHOD ------- trolling

BAIT/LURES USED ------- rappalas

NOTES --------------------- Decided to troll trout. Tried lots of lures only black and silver rappalas worked. Caught 2 trout on rigger at 13 and 15 ft. Lost 2 trout at boat same depth. Also caught 1 bullhead the same way. Lost at least 10 strikes on riggers. Half the time felt the fish on. All fish caught and the 2 lost had hooks in head or side. I believe fish are hitting the bait and then coming back to eat instead of just swallowing the bait. This is how schools of fish attack the bait. Will try trolling live bait next time maybe.

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NAME --------------------- Fred Nitek / Lou Marcucci

DATE ---------------------- Sunday June 17th

TIMES --------------------- 1:30pm to 3:30pm

CONDITIONS ------------- Cloudy then Sunny

AREA FISHED ------------- Main Lake Chestnut to Elba

FISHING METHOD ------- Downrigging

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapala

NOTES --------------------- Fished after the rain, the lake was quiet, the three Trout we caught were all at fifteen feet down. as the day cleared up the normal sunday crowd showed up and we left.

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NAME --------------------- Jim Salerno & Ken (The Pie) Killi

DATE ---------------------- Friday, 6/15/01

TIMES --------------------- 1:00 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.

CONDITIONS ------------- Mostly sunny and hot, water temp to 80 Deg. F.

AREA FISHED ------------- Sunken Island & Henderson Bay.

FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling.

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapalas & Phoebes.

NOTES --------------------- Caught 1 Rainbow Trout & 2 Brookies and then the BENNIES came. . . Over. . .

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NAME --------------------- Craig Wheeler

DATE ---------------------- June 15, 2001

TIMES --------------------- 7am-330pm 630pm-8pm

CONDITIONS ------------- hazy then sunny

AREA FISHED ------------- Elba, Racoon Island, State Park

FISHING METHOD ------- Casting

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Crank Baits and Shiners

NOTES --------------------- Boated over 30 fish today. 22 were Rock Bass the rest were Perch. The majority of the activity was in the morning with Haze thick. The afternoon bite was pretty much non existant. Activity picked up after 6 pm. Fishing the shady banks worked best. ALL FISH WERE RELEASED.

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NAME --------------------- Dennis Lenihan

DATE ---------------------- 6/12/01

TIMES --------------------- 5:30 pm to 8:00

CONDITIONS ------------- Overcast

AREA FISHED ------------- Byram Cove

FISHING METHOD ------- Anchored

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring

NOTES --------------------- Fished in 22ft. of water, baits down around 14ft to 17ft. It was slow until 6:30 and then the fish turned on. Final results 6 Walleye all from 3-4lbs. the largest being 6.5lbs. and one nice 3.5lbs. golden trout stocked by the club. All fish were suspended on drop-offs, #10 hooks, 6# lo-vis green line, and strike guards are a must. Surface temp. was 77 degrees. Overcast days during the week means no pressure equals fish. All fish were released.

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NAME --------------------- Noel Sell

DATE ---------------------- Thurs. 6/14

TIMES --------------------- 5:30 am to 11:30 am

CONDITIONS ------------- Fog and haze

AREA FISHED ------------- Coves

FISHING METHOD ------- Wormin

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Plastic worms and panfish jigs

NOTES --------------------- Caught 4 LM bass to 3.2 pounds, one crappie, four perch, one 18 inch pickeral, and 2 rockbass. Caught the bass on plastic worms and panfish on jigs. Bass seem to be spread out, not schooled up. Surface water temp is 73.2 degrees. I like to fish for the cycle(variety of fish) when I fish Lake Hopatcong.

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NAME --------------------- Jeff Loy at the Center for Animal Behavioral Research

DATE ---------------------- Thursday June 14, 2001

TIMES --------------------- 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

CONDITIONS ------------- pre-frontal(3rd day), hot, humid and hazy--excellent conditions

AREA FISHED ------------- Van Every Cove to Henderson Bay

FISHING METHOD ------- trolling and casting

BAIT/LURES USED ------- spoonplugs, rapalas and jigs

NOTES --------------------- If Monday's (6-11-01) conditions were excellent, then today's were better yet! Fellow fishermen, please do everything in your power to get onto the water in the next few days before the next front comes through. When I hit the water I made a cast off the sharp break on Chestnut Point and popped a 2 1\2 lb. pickerel. Further casting produced no fish so hoping the movement was ahead of me and not behind me, I trolled up the lake checking the short bars as I went along. At 10:45 a.m. as I headed up towards Henderson Bay I picked up a 2 1\4 lb. largemouth and anchored up. During the next hour I enjoyed the best movement I've experienced so far this spring. 30 additional fish from one anchoring position. By 12:00 noon it was over. The final damage: 22 largemouth bass, only one slightly under 2 lbs., most in the 2-2 3/4 lb. range, with 6 of them between 3 and 3 1\2 lbs. 4 more pickerel and 5 perch. The speed was fast. The slower presentations (worms and jigs) did not seem to produce during or after the activity period. The school seemed to be sitting in 12 or 13 feet of water. I believe that any of the short bars connecting to the bay and spawning areas will produce equally well. Check your speeds carefully and get the lures near the bottom. I wish I had had one of you with me to share the fun! I can't get out for awhile so I hope someone finds this information helpful. Enjoy! ALL FISH RELEASED.

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NAME --------------------- Jeffrey J. Loy at Animal Behavioral Research

DATE ---------------------- Monday June 11, 2001

TIMES --------------------- 12:00 noon-4:00 p.m.

CONDITIONS ------------- pre-frontal, dead calm and no boat traffic

AREA FISHED ------------- Halsey and Raccoon Islands,Byram Cove,Chestnut Pt.

FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling and casting

BAIT/LURES USED ------- spoonplugs, rapalas, rattletraps, jigs, spinnerbaits

NOTES --------------------- The fish were already moving when I arrived on the water. The first trolling pass produced a fish, as did the reverse pass. A marker was thrown, an anchoring position taken, and thereafter nearly every cast produced either a strike, a follow, or a fish. All speeds seemed to work equally well. I spent a lot of time experimenting with many different lures. You know the ones I mean. The ones that sit in the far corners of your tacklebox and never get used. They all produced as long as they could get near the bottom in 12-14 ft. of water(Halsey Island breakline). The movement abruptly ended at 1:45 p.m. Totals: 6 largemouths(3 fish from 3 1\4 to 3 1\2 lbs.& 3 fish from 2 to 2 1\2 lbs.). 8 decent pickerel, 5 perch and 1 baby hybrid, all from one spot. The conditions were excellent. ALL FISH RELEASED.

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NAME --------------------- Kevin Dempsey

DATE ---------------------- 6/8/01

TIMES --------------------- 2 pm -8 pm

CONDITIONS ------------- Perfect

AREA FISHED ------------- Windlass to Halsey Is, Davis Cove, and Henderson area

FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapalas

NOTES --------------------- Started with 6lb 12 oz striper and a walleye at bonaparte point. Picked up at least 20 fish including 2lb plus smallie between 6:30 and 7:30. Great evening.

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NAME --------------------- "Dockside" Dan O'Donnell

DATE ---------------------- 6/9 & 6/10

TIMES --------------------- 5am -8:30am 7pm-9pm (both days)

CONDITIONS ------------- sunny ,high pressure,light wind

AREA FISHED ------------- davis cove

FISHING METHOD ------- spinning tackle from dock

BAIT/LURES USED ------- herring, shiners, night crawlers

NOTES --------------------- The bite seems to be slowing down a bit but Jessie, his son Alex and myself managed to land a few nice fish: a few walleye up to 4lbs, 2 channel cats, several perch ( yellow and white) a pick, and a few Largemouths. Congrats to Alex on his first walleye ( a valuable lesson about keeping one's bail open was almost learned the hard way.

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NAME --------------------- dan mcerlean

DATE ---------------------- 6/8/01

TIMES --------------------- 6:00 am till 9:30am

CONDITIONS ------------- clear

AREA FISHED ------------- sharps rock and davis cove

FISHING METHOD ------- flat linning herring

BAIT/LURES USED ------- 

NOTES --------------------- statred at sharps rock no luck for me, a few other stripers caught. tried inside of davis cove and got 2 small stripers and called it a day. marked few fish and even less bait.

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NAME --------------------- Donna & Jeff Burrell

DATE ---------------------- 06-08-01

TIMES --------------------- 6am- 3pm

CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny high pressure, early light NW breeze increased to steady 10-15 NW with gusts

AREA FISHED ------------- Byram Cove to Henderson Bay, River Styx mouth, Woodport

FISHING METHOD ------- Pitching tubes & spinnerbaits to docks, points and weed edges

BAIT/LURES USED ------- crawdad texas-rigged tubes; charteruse & black/chartreuse spinnerbaits

NOTES --------------------- Moderate success. Tough boat control in Woodport due to wind. Ended up with a handful of small LMB, rockbass, yellow perch and small pickeral with the highlights of the day being a hefty pickeral around 24-25" and a feisty smallie that went 19", 3lbs..Nice day till the jet ski crowd arrived. Tight Lines All !

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NAME --------------------- Jeffrey Loy at the Center for Animal Behavioral Research

DATE ---------------------- Friday June 8, 2001

TIMES --------------------- 6:00-8:30 p.m.

CONDITIONS ------------- post frontal(first day), bright, clear and windy

AREA FISHED ------------- Mt. Arlington to Prospect Point

FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling and casting

BAIT/LURES USED ------- spoonplugs, rapalas, spinnerbaits and jigs

NOTES --------------------- Most of the fish were taken trolling in water less than 15 feet deep. The speed was moderate casting and trolling. It was pure straggler fishing, with one fish here and another there. I had to cover a lot of water. No big fish, the largest being 2 1\2 lbs. 10 pickerel, 2 largemouths, 1 perch, 1 trout. ALL RELEASED! I briefly checked some of the deeper areas for hybrids. No luck.

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NAME --------------------- Jeffrey J. Loy at the Center for Animal Behavioral Research

DATE ---------------------- Wednesday June 6, 2001

TIMES --------------------- 5:30-8:00 p.m.

CONDITIONS ------------- 2nd day after the front. More haze, less wind.

AREA FISHED ------------- Lee's Cove to Halsey Island

FISHING METHOD ------- Spoonplugging - trolling and casting

BAIT/LURES USED ------- spoonplugs, rapalas, spinnerbaits and jigs

NOTES --------------------- Fishing has changed in the two weeks since I was last on the water(May 20). A slow, steady pick of stragglers, with no more than 3 fish coming from any one small spot. Most of the mature fish caught showed signs of having spawned. 3 largemouth bass(2 lbs.,2 lbs. & 2 lbs. 5 oz.), 1 walleye(3 lbs. even) and 10 pickerel ( 4 lbs., 3 lbs. 6 oz., 3 lbs. 2 oz., 3 lbs. even and the rest were smaller stinkers). The fish were all caught between 12 and 15 feet deep and the speed was fast. ALL FISH RELEASED!

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NAME --------------------- Mike Santoli and Bob Neal

DATE ---------------------- 6/6/01

TIMES --------------------- 4 to 8 PM

CONDITIONS ------------- Light wind

AREA FISHED ------------- Main Lake

FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Everything

NOTES --------------------- Caught 2 perch and 1 state trout. Tried everything at lots of speeds. Not a lot of luck. All fish on the same black and silver rappala.

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NAME --------------------- Mike Santoli and Bob Neal

DATE ---------------------- 6/4/01

TIMES --------------------- 4pm to 745pm

CONDITIONS ------------- light wind

AREA FISHED ------------- Main Lake

FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rappalas, new and old Thunderstick Jr. , Phoebes, and Australian special

NOTES --------------------- Caught 3 trout. One on top(australian special). Other 2 on rigger using a black and silver rappala. Same speed around 3 mph.

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NAME --------------------- "Dockside" Dan O'Donnell

DATE ---------------------- 6/2/01

TIMES --------------------- 6:30pm to 9:00pm

CONDITIONS ------------- partly sunny, calm

AREA FISHED ------------- elba point

FISHING METHOD ------- from dock- spinning tackle

BAIT/LURES USED ------- herring

NOTES --------------------- Fished with non club member ( I'm working on him) A. Kamenitzer. didn't catch anything for the first hour then things got crazy: all four rods went off at the same time and the action continued for about 45 minutes and then stopped as quickly as it started. In total, we caught 3 walleye ( one of them a monster) two good sized largemouths and a few cats ( all caught when herring tire out and sink to the bottom) swing in tight and say hi.

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