NAME --------------------- Al Kanowitz
DATE ---------------------- August 28
TIMES --------------------- 10 AM - 3 PM
CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny and clear
AREA FISHED ------------- Bed Bug Island area
FISHING METHOD ------- Fished inside weedlines
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Purple worm and Gold spinnerbait
NOTES --------------------- Had a great day dead sticking a purple worm on the inside weedlines. Got 5 Largemouths. 3 on the worm, 2 on the spinnerbait.Largest bass was 5.2 lbs. All released. Water is very clear so use a quiet approach to avoid spooking them.
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NAME --------------------- Noel Sell
DATE ---------------------- August 28, 2001
TIMES --------------------- 6am to 11 am
CONDITIONS ------------- Partly Cloudy
AREA FISHED ------------- Coves
FISHING METHOD ------- Topwater Worming Jigging
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Plastics and Jigs
NOTES --------------------- Fished from 6 am to 11 am. Caught 4 LM Bass all at 14 inches. Two on topwater plug, one on a worm and another on jig and craw. Also caught at least 25 crappie to 10 inches and other assorted panfish. Water is down about 18 inches.
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NAME --------------------- dan o'donnell
DATE ---------------------- 8/22/01
TIMES --------------------- 7:00 pm till dark
CONDITIONS ------------- fair
AREA FISHED ------------- elba point
FISHING METHOD ------- spinning tacking
BAIT/LURES USED ------- jitter bug/ hoola popper
NOTES --------------------- had a pretty good night w/ top water baits - caught 3 respectable large mouth and a few I'm not proud of. Help!- I'm thinking about trolling for muskie for the first time this fall - can anybody out there suggest a few lures and/or techniques that have been known to produce- let me know @ vickyanddano@yahoo.com
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NAME --------------------- JOHN FERNANDEZ & LOU MARCUCCI
DATE ---------------------- WED. AUGUST 22, 2001
TIMES --------------------- 6:30AM TO 9:00AM ------- 2PM TO 4PM
CONDITIONS ------------- CALM MORNING, WIND UP IN THE AFTERNOON
AREA FISHED ------------- SHARPS ROCK A.M. EASTERN SHORE LINE P.M.
FISHING METHOD ------- LIVE BAIT A.M. TROLLING P.M.
BAIT/LURES USED ------- HERRING -------- 8 INCH REBEL WIND CHEATERS
NOTES --------------------- JOHN PICKED ME UP AT DOWS AND WE HEADED FOR SHARPS ROCK, FOUR OTHER BOATS WERE THERE, NOT MANY FISH. I HAD THE ONLY STRIPER OF THE MORNING ABOUT 7LBS. WE FISHED MY BOAT IN THE AFTERNOON AND STARTED AT THE WEED LINE BETWEEN THE ISLANDS HEADING TOWARDS NOLANS POINT, JOHN SUGGESTED WE PASS INSIDE THE MARKER AT NOLANS POINT AND BY THE TIME WE WERE IN FRONT OF THE J HOUSE THE MIDDLE ROD WE HAD IN THE PROP WASH WAS HIT. AFTER A TEN MINUTE BATTLE JOHN LANDED A 40 INCH 20 POUND TIGER MUSKY. WORKED OUR WAY UP TO THE YACHT CLUB WITH NO OTHER FISH.
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NAME --------------------- Jeff Loy
DATE ---------------------- Wednesday August 22, 2001
TIMES --------------------- 12:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
CONDITIONS ------------- post frontal- clear and windy
AREA FISHED ------------- Bertrand Island to Raccoon Island
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling and casting--mostly trolling, straggler fishing
BAIT/LURES USED ------- spoonplugs and jigs
NOTES --------------------- Not having been on the lake for 5 weeks, I had one heck of a time finding the fish. After checking shallow to deep repeatedly, I finally had a heavy strike in 30 feet of water. After a lengthy battle I slipped the net under a huge (and exhausted) hybrid beach towel...my first of the season! Whoever said you can't catch'm below the thermocline? I also managed to land a wayward seat cushion and a ski vest, both shallow up over the weeds. Finally at 5:30 p.m. I hooked and landed a yellow perch which clearly had a concussion from attacking a spoonplug twice its size. On the next two passes at 22 and 26 feet at the tip of Halsey Island, I landed a 4 lb. largemouth and a 12lb. 12 oz. hybrid musky. That's where the beach towel came in handy. The musky was suspended perhaps 15 to 20 feet off the breakline. That was the third musky of 10 lbs. or more that has come from that same spot for me. ALL FISH RELEASED! ALL FLOTSAM KEPT! All in all, a better day for salvaging than for fishing.
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NAME --------------------- Jim Archambault
DATE ---------------------- 8/15
TIMES --------------------- 5:30am-1:30 and 5:30-9:30pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Clear
AREA FISHED ------------- Byrum Bay to Barnes Ridge
FISHING METHOD ------- Drifting
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring
NOTES --------------------- Eleven hours of fishing produced eleven fish on weighted down rods and slip bobbers, mostly at 15 feet. It was nice to get out on the lake without the weekend traffic. Landed 6 pickerel from 20 to 26 inches, 3 brown cats, a 21 inch walleye, and a 5-1/2 lb. striper.
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NAME --------------------- dan mcerlean
DATE ---------------------- 8/6 and 8/7
TIMES --------------------- 6:00 till about 11:00 both days
CONDITIONS ------------- great
AREA FISHED ------------- sharps rock
FISHING METHOD ------- flat linning
BAIT/LURES USED ------- herring
NOTES --------------------- monday fished with slip bobbers and flat lines and boated 6 stripers all from 51/2 to 6#. tuesday same thing only 2 boated but well over a dozen by the 3 or 4 boats in the area. two good days as far as i am concerned.
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NAME --------------------- Rich
DATE ---------------------- Aug 3, and Aug 4.
TIMES --------------------- 8:00 pm - midnight both days
CONDITIONS ------------- Good
AREA FISHED ------------- Lakes end
FISHING METHOD ------- Worming, spinning, and poppers
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Poppers, spinners, grubs, and live worms
NOTES --------------------- With the poppers, we caught too many Bass to keep count of on both nights. With the Spinners we also caught a lot of bass, However, it was about half as much as the Poppers. My Daughter used the live worms, she caught many small crappies, and Bluegills, and a small number of Bass.
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NAME --------------------- Noel Sell
DATE ---------------------- August 3, 2001
TIMES --------------------- 5:30 am to 10:30 am
CONDITIONS ------------- breezy and mostly cloudy
AREA FISHED ------------- Coves
FISHING METHOD ------- Wormin and jigs
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Plastics
NOTES --------------------- Warren and I caught only 2 bass, one at 2 lbs. 5 ounces and another at 1 lb. 12 ounces. Bass were not hitting that great and I wanted to keep my 12 year old busy so we switched over to ultralights and caught 30 crappie at least as well as additional perch and big bluegill. That kept him busy.
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NAME --------------------- RON DUNSTER
DATE ---------------------- 8/2
TIMES --------------------- 6:30 am - noon
CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny, Hot, Breezy in late morning
AREA FISHED ------------- Henderson Cove, Racoon Island
FISHING METHOD ------- Casting, Flatlining Hering and Slip Bobber
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Black Rooster tail with gold blade, gold pheobe, herring
NOTES --------------------- PICKED UP HERRING FROM LAURIE, AND HEADED TO HENDERSON COVE. (WANTED TO BE THERE EARLIER, BUT...) FISHED WEED BEDS AND ROCKS WITH ROOSTER TAIL AND PHEOBE, CATCHING ROCK BASS, PERCH, CRAPPIE, ALL HAND SIZED. LOST ONE SMALLIE. HEADED FOR BACK SIDE OF RACOON ISLAND, AND HERRRING FISHING. BOATED FOUR SMALLIES, ALL BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 LBS, BY HAND SCALE. TWO WERE CAUGHT FLATLINNIG, ONE ON A SUSPENDED SLIP BOBBER (12 FEET) AND ONE STRAIGHT DOWN AT 15 FEET. PICKED UP 2.5 LB LARGEMOUTH BY FLOATING HERRING ON BOBBER JUST OVER ROCKS AT 5 FEET. FISH STOPPED BITING AT 11:00 AM. HEADED IN AT NOON. (HAVING TROUBLE WITH COMPUTER, HOPE THIS ENTRY MAKES IT, AS TWO OTHER QUIT WHILE TYPING)
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