NAME --------------------- charlie g
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DATE ---------------------- 5-30-02
TIMES --------------------- 8am - 12pm
CONDITIONS ------------- overcast then NICE
AREA FISHED ------------- cowtongue - ferry crossing
FISHING METHOD ------- herring on drop bobbers
BAIT/LURES USED -------
NOTES --------------------- Great morning . Had lots' of hits letting the wind blow the baits over the drops near cowtounge . 5 largemouth and many perch . If perch got to ten pounds or more swimmers could in danger . Anyway some skiiers came and that was that . Moved over by the ferry got 2 more bass . The weeds are heavy there . Remember I was sick today .
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NAME --------------------- Jim Salerno
E-MAIL --------------------- loveme2x@msn.com
DATE ---------------------- 5/19/02
TIMES --------------------- 5:00 - 3:00
CONDITIONS ------------- Calm A.M. becoming windy P.M.
AREA FISHED ------------- Main lake, Henderson Bay
FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapalas and Phoebes
NOTES --------------------- Fished in 2002 KDC Trout Contest. Caught 3 Trout (2 Rainbow and 1 Brown), but none big enough to qualify for entry. Jim (The Gorton Man) DiSilvestro accompanied me in my boat, and we had a fun-filled day of friendly competition. I also got a 3 Lb., 19" Walleye. Congratulations to the winners!
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NAME --------------------- Larry Mazalatis, John Hogan, David Birks, & Craig Pozsonyi
E-MAIL ---------------------
DATE ---------------------- 5/16/02
TIMES --------------------- 6-8pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Windy
AREA FISHED ------------- Bertrams Island, Pickerel Point
FISHING METHOD ------- Drop bobbers and flat linning
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring
NOTES --------------------- Very windy conditions, tried to fish the calm areas. Caught 3-1/2 lb Largemouth, 1-1/2 lb Crappie, and some Perch. A large fish ran with the bait, we thought it was a Striper, but it turned out to be a record 8-1/2 lb Tiger Trout caught by Craig Pozsonyi(see below). After weighing the fish in at Dow's, we went back out and caught a 3lb pickerel, a largemouth, 4 walleye, one of them being 5 lbs, and of course, some perch were caught as well. Overall, a pretty good night of fishing. Later that evening, we checked with another boat we went out with. Mike Frame and Jeff reported catching five walleye, two over 5 lbs, and 10 largemouth ranging up to 3-1/2 lbs.
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NAME --------------------- Jim Macaluso
E-MAIL --------------------- jmacmetro@aol.com
DATE ---------------------- 5/16
TIMES --------------------- 7:30AM-3:30PM
CONDITIONS ------------- windy, sunny
AREA FISHED ------------- North half of the lake from Halsey Island
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- rapalas, stickbaits, phoebes
NOTES --------------------- Put a lot of time in today, and had fairly good results. Netted a nice rainbow and a bigger brown and missed 3 more. Also caught a my first tiger muskie, about 34" and a big pickerel not much smaller. Had action with assorted smaller pickerel and perch.
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NAME --------------------- Mike Santoli And Bob Neals
E-MAIL --------------------- e.santoli@worldnet.att.net
DATE ---------------------- 5/16/02
TIMES --------------------- 4:30 to 6:30 Pm
CONDITIONS ------------- windy mostly sun
AREA FISHED ------------- cow tongue, byram,between island,bonaparte point,chestnut cove,yachtclub and river styxx
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- rappalas,phoebes and thunderstick jr
NOTES --------------------- Moved around to see where we could troll in this wind(different direction than Tues). We caught 1 walleye, 1 tiger trout and a crappie. Went a lot of places but iddn't find fish.
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NAME --------------------- Jeff Loy
E-MAIL --------------------- abr@gti.net
DATE ---------------------- Thursday, May 16, 2002
TIMES --------------------- 2:30 P.M. - 4:30 P.M.
CONDITIONS ------------- Post frontal, extremely windy
AREA FISHED ------------- State Park
FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling and casting
BAIT/LURES USED ------- rapalas and spoonplugs
NOTES --------------------- 5 largemouths (to 2 lbs.) and 6 pickerel (had they been any smaller I was going to put erasers on one end, put them in a tin cup and stand on a street corner while wearing a pair of dark glasses). All the fish took the lures at a fair clip, casting and trolling over the weedy flats. ALL FISH RELEASED.
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NOTES --------------------- laurie turned off the fan for a few hours for us today.i caught 3 two pound browns and bill galese caught a 16 inch acrobatic rainbow.1 bass 3 pickerel and a perch.wind realley kicked up around 11 which made trip back in very wet.i found a long billed yozuri lure with a lot of line attached floating on surface of the lake.bad news was sharp yozuri treble hook wound up in my wrist past the barb.ouch!!!!! aes ay ekim
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NAME --------------------- LOU MARCUCCI
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DATE ---------------------- THURS. 5/16
TIMES --------------------- 8:30 TO 12 NOON
CONDITIONS ------------- SUNNY & WINDY
AREA FISHED ------------- MAIN LAKE
FISHING METHOD ------- TROLLING FLAT LINE & RIGGERS
BAIT/LURES USED ------- PHOEBES
NOTES --------------------- THOUGHT I HAD ONE OF THOSE BIG TROUT WE PUT IN THIS PAST WEEKEND, TURNED OUT TO BE A 5LB. 8OZ. STRIPER THAT HIT A PHOEBE BEING FLAT LINED OFF CHESTNUT POINT. HAD TWO OTHER SMALLER TROUT 5 FOOT DOWN ON THE RIGGERS.
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NAME --------------------- DOM BIZZARI & LOU MARCUCCI
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DATE ---------------------- WED. 5/15
TIMES --------------------- 9AM TO 12 NOON
CONDITIONS ------------- SUNNY & WINDY
AREA FISHED ------------- MAIN LAKE HOPATCONG SHORELINE
FISHING METHOD ------- FLAT LINE TROLLING
BAIT/LURES USED ------- PHOEBE
NOTES --------------------- TRIED TO STAY AS CLOSE TO THE SHORE AS POSSIBLE, THE WIND WAS FIERCE. CAUGHT TWO SMALL RAINBOWS & AND A TWO POUND BROWN.
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NAME --------------------- Jeff Burrell
E-MAIL --------------------- micp1991@aol.com
DATE ---------------------- 05-14-02
TIMES --------------------- 0600-1600 hrs
CONDITIONS ------------- Water temps from 54 at dawn up to 56-57 after some afternoon sun. Cloudy early, occaisonal shower, mostly sunny later - windy early, VERY windy later from the west
AREA FISHED ------------- western shorelines River Styx, Bonaparte Point west to Pinetree Point, Byram and Henderson
FISHING METHOD ------- Casting/pitching to shoreline & structure
BAIT/LURES USED ------- finesse size crawdad color tubes
NOTES --------------------- The water level is excellent, above normal by a little bit it appears- finally! Fought an annoying west wind early and a nasty wind later in the day. A 16' aluminum vs that steady 15-30mph blow gave the trolling motor quite a workout. Attempted to stay along western shorelines and worked shorelines and inside edges. Tried spinners, spinnerbaits, minnowbaits and jigs. Got results finally on tunes after the water temp came up a few degrees (from 55 to 57/58 degrees). My brother and I finished with several smallmouth and largemouth up to 3lbs, a nice 3lb Walleye and a trunkload of rockbass. Get out there and enjoy our lake before the real crowds arrive! Good luck all!
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NAME --------------------- Mike Santoli
E-MAIL --------------------- e.santoli@worldnet.att.net
DATE ---------------------- 5/14/02
TIMES --------------------- 10 to 1 & 2 to 3:30
CONDITIONS ------------- very windy cloudy some sun
AREA FISHED ------------- Bewtween islands, Boneparte point, Henderson,and Byram
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rappalas,thunderstick jr, phoebes and paddys
NOTES --------------------- The wind today made fishing hard. Tried places I caught before but, were out of main wind. After first 30 minutes with no hits I found an old way of fishing that worked. This year we have been catching close to the boat. The lines back further have not been as productive. Today I thew a 1/4oz gold phoebe as far back as I could. I had caught 4 and lost 3 before another rod had a hit. By 1 pm I had 8 trout in the boat(4 browns released). Went to Dows to wiegh a brown. Today I caught a 3 lb 6 oz brown. I also lost a bigger fish I never saw. Both these fish on the same rod but the second one took drag from the starte. Went back out the wind was killing me. Tried Bonaparte point area and caught 2 more( brown 15inches 1 1/2 lbs state tag #c2222). Holdover was released but the rainbow was kept. Total 7browns,2rainbows and 1 brookie. 5 browns released. Can anyone tell me when my holdover was stocked.
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NAME --------------------- Tom Fulton
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DATE ---------------------- May 11, 2002
TIMES --------------------- 7:30 - 11:30
CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny, cool early then warming
AREA FISHED ------------- River Styxx, Halsey Island and other
FISHING METHOD ------- spinng tackle
BAIT/LURES USED ------- 3" Sassy shad. Black back yellow body 1/4 head.
NOTES --------------------- Picked up about a dozen fish. Nothing for first 1.5 to 2.0 hours. Caught for largemouths, largest was 15". Watch a much bigger one approach my lure, open her mouth and then I watched myself pull the lure out of her mouth. Probably went 5lbs. Caught eight pickeral. most around 20" largest was 26". a few rock bass and a crappie. I am a new member. Joined in the early fall of last year.
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NAME --------------------- Mike Sntoli
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DATE ---------------------- 5/11/02
TIMES --------------------- 7 to 9 am
CONDITIONS ------------- very windy
AREA FISHED ------------- main lake, byram, henderson
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- rappalas,thunderstick jr and phoebes
NOTES --------------------- Hard to fish the wind. Took 1 hour to find fish. Hard to fish with weeds and wind. Caught 2 state browns. Lost 2 more. All on riggers because of weeds. Saw schools of trout but got tired of fighting the conditions.
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NAME --------------------- DOM BIZZARI & LOU MARCUCCI
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DATE ---------------------- FRI. 5/10
TIMES --------------------- 12:30PM TO 3:30PM
CONDITIONS ------------- BRIGHT SUN & WIND
AREA FISHED ------------- GREAT COVE & BYRAM
FISHING METHOD ------- FLAT LINE TROLLING
BAIT/LURES USED ------- PHOEBE & STICKS
NOTES --------------------- A COUPLE OF SMALL STATE TROUT IN GREAT COVE, A 3LB SMALLMOUTH AT PINE TREE PT. WAS THE FISH OF THE DAY.
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NAME --------------------- JOHN FERNANDEZ & LOU MARCUCCI
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DATE ---------------------- TUES. 5/7
TIMES --------------------- 7:00PM TO 9:00PM
CONDITIONS ------------- NICE NIGHT
AREA FISHED ------------- MAIN LAKE & LANDING
FISHING METHOD ------- TROLLING & CASTING
BAIT/LURES USED ------- PHOEBES AND STICKS
NOTES --------------------- 7 TO 8 TROLLED FOR TROUT, JOHN HAD A TROUT HIT'EM & SPIT'EM. 8 TO 9 CASTED STICKS BAITS AROUND THE STRUCTURE IN LANDING, WE BOTH HAD TWO WALLEYE,JOHN HAD THE LARGEST AT 4 LBS.
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NAME --------------------- Kevin Dempsey
E-MAIL --------------------- dempman@earthlink.net
DATE ---------------------- May 7, 2002
TIMES --------------------- 2 to 7 pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Perfect - 75 and calm
AREA FISHED ------------- All areas of main lake
FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling and casting
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapalas and phoebes
NOTES --------------------- Best fish was a 2+ pound smallmouth. Also got my first tiger trout on a cast gold phoebe. Also caught 6 pickerel, a brook trout, and a couple small stripers. Most fish including the smallie hit a rapala that was lying still in the water.
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NAME --------------------- John
E-MAIL --------------------- rockon3@optonline.com
DATE ---------------------- 5/5/02
TIMES --------------------- 5-8 pm
CONDITIONS ------------- sunny
AREA FISHED ------------- nolans point, ellba point, pickeral point
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling/ drifting
BAIT/LURES USED ------- rapala/herring
NOTES --------------------- lot of traffic, sunny all day, trolled across to ellba point trout were biting. but it was too dangerous, drifted from there untill night we were about to call it quits when we decided to troll back from nolan's point to Dow's where i got 1 walleye.
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NAME --------------------- Mike santoli and Bob Neals
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DATE ---------------------- 5/5/02
TIMES --------------------- 9:30 to 11:30 noon to 3:30 4:30 to 6
CONDITIONS ------------- Blue skies
AREA FISHED ------------- everywhere
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- everything
NOTES --------------------- only action in morning got 6 perch. No trout. No hits on 2 other runs. lots of traffic and blue skies.
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NAME --------------------- Jim Salerno
E-MAIL --------------------- loveme2x@msn.com
DATE ---------------------- 5/5/02
TIMES --------------------- 7:00 - 4:00
CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny and beautiful, upper 60s.
AREA FISHED ------------- Great Cove, Henderson Bay, Halsey Island, Byram Bay.
FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling in A.M. then casting
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Wood and metal.
NOTES --------------------- Another day of Pickerel being plentiful. I love catching them. My bro-in-law, Ken (aka El Duque') got a 3.5 Lb.er that was 25.5" long. We weighed it in and released at Dow's. By far, it was the most beautiful day, so far, on the lake. It was good to be us! Looking forward to putting more Trout in the lake this weekend, since Mike and Bob caught them all, by now.
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NAME --------------------- Jim Salerno
E-MAIL --------------------- loveme2x@msn.com
DATE ---------------------- 5/4/02
TIMES --------------------- 7:00 - 3:00
CONDITIONS ------------- Sun, light winds, upper 50s.
AREA FISHED ------------- Great Cove, Henderson Bay, Byram Bay
FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling in A.M. then casting
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NOTES --------------------- Caught lots of Pickerel and 2 Largemouth Bass. It was good to be out fishing with Kenny Pie, again (he has 2 of everything)! The warm weather is coming and the days are getting longer, finally.
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NAME --------------------- Mike Santoli and Bob Neals
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DATE ---------------------- 5/4/02
TIMES --------------------- 7 am to 1130am
CONDITIONS ------------- blue sky very light wind
AREA FISHED ------------- betwen the islands, cow tongue , byram, windlass
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- rappalas,thunderstick jr, phoebes
NOTES --------------------- Very hard day. Saw schools early. Caught 2 brookies (both 1 1/2 lbs), 1 brown (released), 1 tiger ( 1 3/4 lbs). First fish of the season on the rigger. Also got 4 pickerel. Watched a lot of hawks fishing and catching.
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NAME --------------------- John Hogan, David Birks, and Craig Pozsonyi
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DATE ---------------------- 5/1/02
TIMES --------------------- 6-8pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Favorable
AREA FISHED ------------- Yacht Club and Riverstyx Bridge
FISHING METHOD ------- Drop Bobbers and live lining Hering
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring, lures, and worms
NOTES --------------------- We are the three guys Mike talked about. Didn't catch much at the Yacht club, and went to Riverstyx bridge. The largemouth bass were spawning and we crushed them. Caught 11 largemouth, all between 1-3lbs. One smallmouth, one crappie, two walleye, one was a little under 4lbs and the other was a little over 4, and too many perch to even count. We were unsuccessful with casting lures. Although herring was used to catcht he majority of the fish, the largest Walleye was caught on a baby nightcrawler because we ran out of herring and the bait shop had already closed.
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