NAME --------------------- jim macaluso

E-MAIL --------------------- jmacmetro@aol.com

DATE ---------------------- 7/31/02

TIMES --------------------- 7-11:30 am

CONDITIONS ------------- windy, warm

AREA FISHED ------------- edges of the bays

FISHING METHOD ------- drifting

BAIT/LURES USED ------- herring

NOTES --------------------- Finally fiqured out how to catch Walleyes. Caught 5 legal fish, the largest 4.5lbs, all of them over 3lbs. Also caught 2 Largemouths, some Crappie, Perch and big Bluegills. P.S. Dows has herring again!

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

E-MAIL --------------------- loveme2x@msn.com

DATE ---------------------- 7/24/02

TIMES --------------------- 5:30 - 9:30

CONDITIONS ------------- Mixed clouds and sun

AREA FISHED ------------- Cow Tongue, Halsey, Yacht Club, Barnes Ridge

FISHING METHOD ------- Drifting and flipping

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring & Shad Raps

NOTES --------------------- Kenny Pie and I caught a mixed bag. Action started immediately with a 5 Lb. 4 Oz. Striper. Also landed SM Bass, LM Bass, Walleye, Crappie and Catfish. It was a beautiful evening as air temperature got down into the high 60s. Was calling for "Sweet Lou" all night but couldn't locate him.

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NAME --------------------- Coach Al , Coach Vinnie

E-MAIL --------------------- maravg@optonline.net

DATE ---------------------- July 21, 2002

TIMES --------------------- 6am-9am

CONDITIONS ------------- light S wind partly cloudy

AREA FISHED ------------- Sunrise point

FISHING METHOD ------- drifting

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring

NOTES --------------------- Great morning to bring a first timer to the Lake. 4 Catfish, 1 walleye 17", a barely legal smallie , 22" Pickerel,and two 7+lb stripers(one for each of us) while they crashed the surface all around the boat, plus two more that broke off. Watched another boat pull in a huge striper, then race off toward Dow's (to weigh in no doubt).

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NAME --------------------- Eddie mackin

E-MAIL --------------------- Ejmackin@aol.com

DATE ---------------------- july 20

TIMES --------------------- 5:00am-8:00am

CONDITIONS ------------- sunny ,slight breeze

AREA FISHED ------------- breezey piont

FISHING METHOD ------- live line

BAIT/LURES USED ------- herring

NOTES --------------------- Me and my friend went out again "The New GUY".We went to Breezey Piont. we made a couple drifts and we got a smallmouth,striper, and alot of perch. The Striper was 7lb 1once.

ps
tight lines and
screaming reels

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NAME --------------------- Noel Sell

E-MAIL --------------------- n.sell@worldnet.att.net

DATE ---------------------- July 17, 2002

TIMES --------------------- 5:00 am to 10:30 am

CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny Light Wind

AREA FISHED ------------- Coves

FISHING METHOD ------- Worming and Jigging

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Worms Jigs

NOTES --------------------- Took my 80 year-old father out fishing and he catches a 2 3/4 pound smallie on a plastic worm. Could not find more bass so took out the ultralights and caught panfish, especially about 15 crappie on jigs. When they say crappies suspend believe it, they do. Good fishing to everyone.

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NAME --------------------- GRANT DORWART

E-MAIL --------------------- dorwart@nac.net

DATE ---------------------- 7/17/02

TIMES --------------------- 9:00 - 10:00 AM

CONDITIONS ------------- CLEAR AND BREEZY

AREA FISHED ------------- BYRAM COVE

FISHING METHOD ------- TROLLING

BAIT/LURES USED ------- CHROME "KROCODILES"

NOTES --------------------- Two nice strippers were caught and released (both were 24"). No weights were measured.

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NAME --------------------- Eddie Mackin

E-MAIL --------------------- Ejmackin@aol.com

DATE ---------------------- 7/16/02

TIMES --------------------- 8:00 - 10:30

CONDITIONS ------------- sunny calm

AREA FISHED ------------- Breezy piont

FISHING METHOD ------- live line

BAIT/LURES USED ------- herring

NOTES --------------------- i went out in the boat with my friend and we headed to Breezy Piont.we anchored up and started to use the herring and with in the first 10 minutes i had something bite my herring in half. then next cast i had a 6 and a half pound striper. and we lost a couple to so all in all we had a great day!

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

E-MAIL --------------------- dempman@earthlink.net

DATE ---------------------- July 12, 2002

TIMES --------------------- 3:30 - 8 PM

CONDITIONS ------------- 80 Calm Sunny

AREA FISHED ------------- Sunken Island and nearby

FISHING METHOD ------- Drifting

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring

NOTES --------------------- Caught a very fat true strain muskie. Even though it was only 28 inches, it was a good 7 lbs. Made 2 acrobatic leaps. Also caught 2 walleye of about 4 pounds each, 3 pickeral, and 1 smallie. All fish were caught in a 1 hour period from about 5 to 6.

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NAME --------------------- GRANT DORWART

E-MAIL --------------------- dorwart@nac.net

DATE ---------------------- JULY 11

TIMES --------------------- 10:00 - 11.00 AM

CONDITIONS ------------- CLEAR, COOL, WINDY

AREA FISHED ------------- BYRAM BAY

FISHING METHOD ------- TROLLING

BAIT/LURES USED ------- TROLLING, CROCODILE CHROME SPOONS

NOTES --------------------- Several strippers caught and released. Largest was 26 inches. No weights were measured.

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NAME --------------------- LOU MARCUCCI

E-MAIL --------------------- 

DATE ---------------------- WED. 7/10/02

TIMES --------------------- 7:30PM TO 9PM

CONDITIONS ------------- LIGHT WIND, WARM

AREA FISHED ------------- ELBA POINT

FISHING METHOD ------- LIVE BAIT

BAIT/LURES USED ------- HERRING

NOTES --------------------- FISHED THE WESTERN SHORE LINE BECAUSE OF THE WIND. HAD TWO WALLEYE ABOUT 3LBS,A PICKEREL THE SAME SIZE AND A SIX LB. STRIPER ALL BETWEEN 8PM AND 8:30.

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NAME --------------------- LOU MARCUCCI & SON

E-MAIL --------------------- 

DATE ---------------------- MON & TUES 7/8&9

TIMES --------------------- 6AM TO 10AM

CONDITIONS ------------- WARM, NO WIND

AREA FISHED ------------- SUNRISE PT.

FISHING METHOD ------- SWIMMING LIVE BAIT

BAIT/LURES USED ------- HERRING

NOTES --------------------- HAD MY SON HOME FROM FLA. FOR A FEW DAYS, WHO HAD NEVER CAUGHT A LAKE HOPATCONG STRIPER. HE HAD A BLAST HAD 5 FISH MONDAY 6 TO 7 POUNDS AND 2 ON TUESDAY BEFORE WE LEFT FOR THE AIRPORT. A 8LB. 15OZ STRIPER WAS ALSO CAUGHT TUES. NOT BY US.

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NAME --------------------- Noel Sell

E-MAIL --------------------- n.sell@worldnet.att.net

DATE ---------------------- July 9, 2002

TIMES --------------------- 5:00 am to 10:30 am

CONDITIONS ------------- windy and partly cloudy

AREA FISHED ------------- Drop-offs

FISHING METHOD ------- jigs

BAIT/LURES USED ------- tubes

NOTES --------------------- Had every intention of bass fishing, but did not do well. So my friend and I pulled out the ultralights and caught 5 different panfish. Did the best on crappie, catching over 25 up to 11 and 1/2 inches. All on jigs and tubes.

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NAME --------------------- Mike Urban

E-MAIL --------------------- murban@optonline.net

DATE ---------------------- 7/5/02

TIMES --------------------- 6 AM to 11 AM

CONDITIONS ------------- Clear and very windy

AREA FISHED ------------- Cow Tongue Point

FISHING METHOD ------- Anchored in about 15 to 25 feet of water

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Minow on jig and live lining

NOTES --------------------- Windy and tough, but great fishing. Caught 3 nice large mouth, one striper about 8 lbs and crappie. Despite the wind the fishing was very good.

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NAME --------------------- George, Dan & Alex

E-MAIL --------------------- 

DATE ---------------------- July 2, 2002

TIMES --------------------- 5PM - 7PM

CONDITIONS ------------- Hazy &Hot 92+ deg. Water Temp= 82 Wind ~5-7mph

AREA FISHED ------------- Sunken Island

FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Sinking Rapala & Crocodile spoon

NOTES ---------------------  NOTES: Took the kids out tubing on this very hot & humid day. Around 5PM decided to troll for a little while. I put the Rapala about 100 feet behind the boat and was letting out the other rod when the drag started to sing on the first rod.
Since we were near Sunken Island, I initially thought we had snagged bottom. My son reeled in the line which had a 20 inch 3&1/2 pound walleye attached to it! His very first Walleye!
We made a few more passes before calling it a day.

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NAME --------------------- mike golabek

E-MAIL --------------------- mikejeangolabek@webtv.net

DATE ---------------------- 7/1/02

TIMES --------------------- 7:30 to noon

CONDITIONS ------------- super hot over 90

AREA FISHED ------------- great cove chestnut point

FISHING METHOD ------- drifting

BAIT/LURES USED ------- herring

NOTES --------------------- i had a few young boys 10 and 12 years old out and they had a ball.one caught a 28 inch pickerel and other caught a 16 inch largemouth bass.each netted the others fish and miles of smiles on thier faces.younger one lost what i thought was moby walleye after hook pulled out after about three minutes of sceeching drag and doubled over rod.heat got best of me around noon and we called it quits.we also caught catfish and perch.lots of tangled lines and three dozen baited hooks but i also had blast.we fished the same spot where fisherman lost a huge walleye on my last trip so if he reads this post it still is near the same barrel secret spot.aes ay ekim

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NAME --------------------- MARTY BRENNAN & LOU MARCUCCI

E-MAIL --------------------- 

DATE ---------------------- MON. 7/1/02

TIMES --------------------- 6AM TI 12NOON

CONDITIONS ------------- NICE MORNING

AREA FISHED ------------- SUNRISE PT. & RACOON ISLAND

FISHING METHOD ------- LIVE BAIT

BAIT/LURES USED ------- HERRING

NOTES --------------------- HAD ONE STRIPER ON AT SUNRISE PT. NEVER GOT IT TO THE BOAT. FISHED RACOON FROM 830 TO NOON, SEVEN SMALLMOUTH,FIVE LARGEMOUTH,THREE SMALL STRIPERS, WALLEYE,MANY PERCH AND CATFISH, GREAT MORNING.

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