NAME --------------------- Matt Bower
E-MAIL -------------------- Fluid121@aol.com
DATE ---------------------- 6/28
TIMES --------------------- 6-10 pm
CONDITIONS ------------- light breeze / clear skies
AREA FISHED ------------- Cow tounge/ pine tree points
WATER TEMPERATURE -- 75-77
FISHING METHOD ------- liveline
BAIT/LURES USED ------- herring
NOTES --------------------- Fished pine tree for about an hour and a half and didnt get much with all the boat traffic. Then once the traffic settled a little i took a quick ride to Cow tounge and anchored up on the drop off. First 5 minutes caught a crappie and didnt get much for another hour besides a few rock bass, then i hooked up with 3 more crappie and a nice walleye within the last hour.
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NAME --------------------- John Mancuso
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DATE ---------------------- 6/24/03
TIMES --------------------- 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
CONDITIONS ------------- clear and sunny
AREA FISHED ------------- Davis Cove
WATER TEMPERATURE -- 70
FISHING METHOD ------- Flat Line and sinkers
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Dow's Herring
NOTES --------------------- Fished Davis cove. 4 stripers in the 4lb range, 1 4lb Walleye, and 1 trout about 13 inches. It's great to be back in the action. Marked high volume of fish at 13 ft. All fish released...
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NAME --------------------- Laura Morris and Pat Munz
E-MAIL -------------------- morris98@optonline.net
DATE ---------------------- 6/23/03
TIMES --------------------- 5:30-8:30 p.m.
CONDITIONS ------------- calm and SUNNY
AREA FISHED ------------- Big Cove
WATER TEMPERATURE --
FISHING METHOD ------- Live Line
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring
NOTES --------------------- Pat caught a 1 1/2 large mouth and Laura caught a 4 1/2 lb walleye. No wake made it difficult to go very far.
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NAME --------------------- Lou Marcucci
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DATE ---------------------- Sunday 6/22
TIMES --------------------- 5am to 1pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Rain
AREA FISHED ------------- Byram Cove
WATER TEMPERATURE -- 58 Degrees
FISHING METHOD ------- Live Bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring
NOTES --------------------- Stew Lant contest was great. Last fish of the day could not be weighed in for the contest, a 37 inch 19lb. Tiger Muskie on a 4inch herring.
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NAME --------------------- John Fernandez & Lou Marcucci
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DATE ---------------------- Tues. 6/17
TIMES --------------------- 6:30PM to 8PM
CONDITIONS ------------- Overcast, Cool, Light Wind
AREA FISHED ------------- Byram Cove
WATER TEMPERATURE -- 69 degrees
FISHING METHOD ------- Live Bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring
NOTES --------------------- John got the first bait in and before he could get his second one in he had a largmouth and the action did not stop until we ran out of bait just berore 8PM. Finished up with seven Stripers the two largest around 6 pounds each, three largemouths, five Walleye,a four pound pickerel a crappie and many perch.
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NAME --------------------- Mike Santoli
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DATE ---------------------- 6/16/03
TIMES --------------------- 11am to 4pm
CONDITIONS ------------- sunny light wind
AREA FISHED ------------- main lake
WATER TEMPERATURE -- 69 to 70.5
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- phoebes,thundersticks and rapala
NOTES --------------------- Saw very little bait on depth sounder. Fish I marked were deep. Caught 2 browns at 16 and 20 ft. Got 3 small hybreds at 10 to 14ft down. Then I tried to find pickerel but weeds made trolling impossible. Stoped and drifted and got 5 pickerel casting jerk baits. Finally got my 100th trout today.
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NAME --------------------- Buddy
E-MAIL ---------------------
DATE ---------------------- 6/10/03
TIMES --------------------- 4:00-7:30pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Breeze
AREA FISHED ------------- bradys bridge
WATER TEMPERATURE--
FISHING METHOD ------- drifting
BAIT/LURES USED ------- herring
NOTES --------------------- Showed my friend Henry from Mexico fishing LK Hopatcong style. Started off with 2 nice pickerels,1 LMB,2 stripers one over 7lbs many large perch. Ran out herring, but caught a 15in. rainbow on a worm.
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NAME --------------------- Lou Marcucci
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DATE ---------------------- Mon. 6/9
TIMES --------------------- 7PM to 9PM
CONDITIONS ------------- Nice Nite
AREA FISHED ------------- Halsey to Racoon, Laddle Cove to Sharps Rock
WATER TEMPERATURE -- 64
FISHING METHOD ------- Flat Line Trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Mag Shad, Cisco Kid, Jointed Ernie
NOTES --------------------- First and only fish came soon after I started at Racoon Island, a nice 5lb Walleye on the Ernie. Should have stayed in Byram the main lake was loaded with floating weed, spent more time cleaning lures than fishing.
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NAME --------------------- Jeff Loy
E-MAIL -------------------- abr@gti.net
DATE ---------------------- Monday, June 9, 2003
TIMES --------------------- Noon to 7:00 P.M.
CONDITIONS ------------- Overcast, changing to sunny skies with mild wind.
AREA FISHED ------------- Van Every Cove(Lee's County Park) to Raccoon Island, across to Sunken Island and down to Davis Cove.
WATER TEMPERATURE --
FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling and casting
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapalas, roadrunner jigs and spinnerbaits.
NOTES --------------------- No big wakes...no big fish! 24 pickerel all caught trolling and casting from 6 to 12 feet down. The fish, though small, were aggressively taking the lures deep so I crimped all the barbs to facilitate their release. ALL FISH RELEASED.
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NAME --------------------- Damian Onipenco and Travis Knoedler
E-MAIL -------------------- YaBlockos@yahoo.com
DATE ---------------------- Sunday 6/8
TIMES --------------------- 8:30am to 2:30pm
CONDITIONS ------------- cool, overcast skies, calm water
AREA FISHED ------------- Bertrand Island
WATER TEMPERATURE -- 61 degrees
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Storm stickbaits and Yo-Zuri crankbaits
NOTES --------------------- I caught a 3.1lb striper and a 1lb Rock Bass on the stickbait . . . Travis caught a 4.6lb striper and a 3.3lb Pickerel on the crankbait. Caught all the fish within the first 90 minutes of fishing then nothing the rest of the trip.
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NAME --------------------- Lou Marcucci
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DATE ---------------------- Sun. 6/7
TIMES --------------------- 7AM to 11AM
CONDITIONS ------------- Overcast
AREA FISHED ------------- Byram Cove & Racoon Island
WATER TEMPERATURE -- 63
FISHING METHOD ------- Live Bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring
NOTES --------------------- Made the switch to live bait this morning. Had five Stripers, none more than 5 lbs. many Perch and a Smallie in the cove, the Walleye came just before I quit at Racoon.
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NAME --------------------- Jim Macaluso
E-MAIL --------------------- jmacmetro@aol.com
DATE ---------------------- 6/05/03
TIMES --------------------- 4PM - 8:30PM
CONDITIONS ------------- cold, windy, east wind
AREA FISHED ------------- Nolan's Point North
WATER TEMPERATURE-- 61F
FISHING METHOD ------- trolling and drifting herring
BAIT/LURES USED ------- phoebes and rapallas
NOTES --------------------- Got squat all afternoon until about 7:30pm, then trolled up 2 browns (12" AND 17") and a 5.5lb striper off of Nolan's Point. All fish caught on a big Phoebe and released.
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NAME --------------------- Lou Marcucci
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DATE ---------------------- Thurs. 6/5
TIMES --------------------- 11AM to 2 PM
CONDITIONS ------------- Overcast
AREA FISHED ------------- Main Lake
WATER TEMPERATURE -- 62 degrees
FISHING METHOD ------- Downrigging
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Madura & Rapala
NOTES --------------------- The only fish was a 24 inch 6lb. Striper.
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NAME --------------------- Bill Wiedeman
E-MAIL -------------------- wpwied@optonline.net
DATE ---------------------- 6/2/03
TIMES --------------------- 10:00 / 11:30a.m. 2:30 / 5:00 p.m.
CONDITIONS ------------- bright sun, very windy
AREA FISHED ------------- below Brady bridge,a.m. and Byram cove p.m.
WATER TEMPERATURE -- ??????
FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapala sticks, Black & pirch
NOTES --------------------- A.M.Pickerel only, afterlunch went to Byram cove. 1 16" small mouth 1 15" tiger trout, best of all a 5lb 11 oz hybrid striper 23 1/2" a three hourlunch is a little long, but I was hoping the winds would give way,no such luck.
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