NAME --------------------- Lou Marcucci
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DATE ---------------------- Thurs. 7/31
TIMES --------------------- 9AM to 11AM
CONDITIONS ------------- Sun & Clouds
AREA FISHED ------------- Windlass to Byram Cove
WATER TEMPERATURE -- 78
FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Large Sticks
NOTES --------------------- Had my first Muskie of the year trolling this morning, a 33inch 10lb. true strain. Also had a follow up casting in Great Cove.
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NAME --------------------- John Fernandez & Lou Marcucci
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DATE ---------------------- Mon. 7/28
TIMES --------------------- 7PM to 9PM
CONDITIONS ------------- Overcast
AREA FISHED ------------- Sharps Rock
WATER TEMPERATURE -- 78
FISHING METHOD ------- Live Bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring
NOTES --------------------- A great two hours of fishing. Just before dark we had Stripers on top cashing bait,we had eight rods in the water with seven fish on at the same time, landed six. John had another Striper a 4 pound + Pickerel and a Crappie,I finished with three Walleye.
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NAME --------------------- Rich B.
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DATE ---------------------- July 26, 2003
TIMES --------------------- 8:00pm - 1:00am
CONDITIONS ------------- good
AREA FISHED ------------- The cove by Lees County Marina
WATER TEMPERATURE -- 76
FISHING METHOD ------- Live Bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- worms, herrings
NOTES --------------------- This was the first time in two years that I fished Lake Hopatcong. I was with my 9 year old son and 12 year old daughter. We caught too many Cat fish to count, along with a gigantic large mouth Bass. We ended the night with my 12 year old daughter catching a good size Walleye. A great night of fishing.
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NAME --------------------- Pete and Mike Pellegrino
E-MAIL -------------------- ppelleg@optonline.net
DATE ---------------------- 7/24/03
TIMES --------------------- 7:00am - 10:00am 7:00pm - 9:00pm
CONDITIONS ------------- calm
AREA FISHED ------------- Byram Cove
WATER TEMPERATURE -- 79
FISHING METHOD ------- Live Bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring
NOTES --------------------- The morning produced a 3lb 7oz largemouth and a bunch of 1-2 pound catfish. Mike caught a nice walleye at dusk and more catfish.
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NAME --------------------- John Fernandez & Lou Marcucci
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DATE ---------------------- Wed. 7/23
TIMES --------------------- 7PM to 9PM
CONDITIONS ------------- Overcast, Some Light Rain
AREA FISHED ------------- Elba Point
WATER TEMPERATURE -- Sorry
FISHING METHOD ------- Live Bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring
NOTES --------------------- Not a bad night, very little boat traffic due to weather. We had two Walleye,Perch,Crappie plus many Catfish. One of the crappies was quite large, will weigh it in tomorrow.
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NAME --------------------- Ed Mackin,Chris mackin,Jim Welsh
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DATE ---------------------- 7/21
TIMES --------------------- 5am to 12noon
CONDITIONS ------------- light breeze and overcast
AREA FISHED ------------- main lake
WATER TEMPERATURE -- ???
FISHING METHOD ------- Anchored
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring
NOTES --------------------- The action started off kinda slow. We caught a couple of walleyes and catfish. Then we moved and we caught a couple catfish and 3or4 6+ stripers. And a couple small ones. All fish released!
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NAME --------------------- Mike Urban
E-MAIL -------------------- michaelUrban@yahoo.com
DATE ---------------------- July 20
TIMES --------------------- Noon till 3 PM
CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny with some clouds, air about 90,
AREA FISHED ------------- Byram Cove
WATER TEMPERATURE -- 75
FISHING METHOD ------- Live herring weighted off bottom
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring live
NOTES --------------------- Went out to sit anchor and enjoy the sun. Threw some herring over the side in about 15 feet of water fishing off the drop off. Caught striper about 4lbs, walleye about 3lbs, nice small mouth and perch. Ran out of bait quickly. Lost some herring on nice strikes. Not bad for a day that was sunny and heavy boat traffic.
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NAME --------------------- Arthur Herrera
E-MAIL -------------------- Kartart@aol.com
DATE ---------------------- 07/18/03
TIMES --------------------- 1p.m.-5p.m.
CONDITIONS ------------- Partly Cloudy/Drizzle
AREA FISHED ------------- Brady Bridge
WATER TEMPERATURE -- Warm
FISHING METHOD ------- Artificial Lures\Live Bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rooster Tails\Floating Rapala\Night Crawlers
NOTES --------------------- Fished the small lake end of Brady Bridge. Caught 3 perch, 2 bluegills and 2 pickeral. 1st pickeral 1.7lbs and 2nd 2lbs. Night Crawlers caught atleast a dozen Blue Gills. Some were nice size gills too. Also caught a 12" LMB just tipping a pound. Floating Rapala fished with a light split shot 18" from knot. Caught several perch and 1 pickeral. All in all in was a nice day to be on the lake. The weed eaters were out which I think stirred the action in my favor. Plus little to no boat traffic sure does help and a light drizzle always is a plus. Love to get out during the week when everyone is at work. What a difference from the weekend.
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NAME --------------------- Jimmy Mac
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DATE ---------------------- 7/16
TIMES --------------------- 4 pm -9pm
CONDITIONS ------------- hot, then cool, always windy
AREA FISHED ------------- all over the north end
WATER TEMPERATURE -- mid 70's
FISHING METHOD ------- drifting
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Dow's herring
NOTES --------------------- Good action right away. Picked up a small smallmouth before I had the second bait in the water. Followed up with a couple of decent hybrid bass and a 3lb walleye. Caught two 3lb+ smallmouths plus another 4 that were 2lb+. Also assorted perch, rockbass, and bullheads. Lots of fun. I had 2 new fishermen on board and I'm sure that they are Hooked!
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NAME --------------------- Pete
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DATE ---------------------- 7/15/03
TIMES --------------------- 6:00 am to 3:00 pm
CONDITIONS ------------- morning fog, sunny
AREA FISHED ------------- chestnut point, nolans point, area in between
WATER TEMPERATURE --
FISHING METHOD -------
BAIT/LURES USED ------- herring
NOTES --------------------- Fishing from a rowboat with two friends, caught 2 smallish largemouth, a small smallmouth, a decent pickerel, and a small pickerel. Carolina rigged herring.
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NAME --------------------- Jon Rosner
E-MAIL -------------------- jroz11@msn.com
DATE ---------------------- 7/15/03
TIMES --------------------- 7:30 AM - 12:30 PM
CONDITIONS ------------- morning fog / sun / slight breeze
AREA FISHED ------------- State Park Rocks - River Styx - Van Avery Cove
WATER TEMPERATURE -- 74 -76
FISHING METHOD ------- Live Bait / Various Artificial
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Shiners / Senkos / Spinner Bait / Cranks
NOTES --------------------- Took my brother out for his second time on Hopatcong. Fished from Sunken Island up to State Park Rocks early. Nothing but a small LMB for my bro. Went to the mouth of the River Styx. Silver Crankbait got me a 3 lb Walleye. Moved across to Chestnut Point and worked thru the cove towards Lee's. I pulled in a mean SMB on a Senko. We both boated a few Rock Bass on Senkos. Ran back to the State Park rocks. Bam, my bro hooks into a 3 lb LMB. Good fight on light tackle. Had zero fish in the boat on the ' as soon as they hit the water, they die' shiners. Anyway, a good day with some decent fish.
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NAME --------------------- Harold Mabee and Chris Glory
E-MAIL -------------------- hfmabee@yahoo.com
DATE ---------------------- July 12-13
TIMES --------------------- 6:00AM till 8:00PM
CONDITIONS ------------- Windy, bouncy
AREA FISHED ------------- Pine tree pt, raccon Is, Byram, Bertrands Is
WATER TEMPERATURE -- Very cool when splashing over bow
FISHING METHOD ------- Many dozens of live herring
BAIT/LURES USED -------
NOTES --------------------- We caught catfish,small walleyes, small mouth,largemouth, white perch, yellow perch, small picks,one 5lb striper. Oh yeh Chris got a 5lb 7oz walleye. Many sodas consumed, and a very good chicken parm at the Jefferson House. All in all we had two great days of fishing.
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NAME --------------------- Brad Garie and Billy "Banger" Rathgeb
E-MAIL -------------------- bgarie@pica.army.mil
DATE ---------------------- 7-6-03
TIMES --------------------- 3:00-8:00
CONDITIONS ------------- choppy and bouncy..HOT!!
AREA FISHED ------------- west shore
WATER TEMPERATURE -- 77-78 at the surface
FISHING METHOD ------- set depths
BAIT/LURES USED ------- herring
NOTES --------------------- Banger nailed a nice 18 inch Brown, at 19 feet. He also caught a perch. I caught a 4 lb walleye, and a nice cat. All released. Herring seemed to be dying, when dropped to the bottom. Must be oxygen depletion time of the year. Not too bad, considering the heavy boat traffic. Ate, drank, and swam....and enjoyed the scenery!!
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NAME --------------------- John Pawluk
E-MAIL -------------------- jpawluk99@yahoo.com
DATE ---------------------- 7/6/03
TIMES --------------------- 1PM to 5PM
CONDITIONS ------------- HOT and SUNNY ~88 Degrees
AREA FISHED ------------- Henderson Cove
WATER TEMPERATURE -- Did not use fish finder not sure probably 70
FISHING METHOD ------- Topwater lures and Spinner Baits
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rapala Silver Floating minnow, Mepps Spinner
NOTES --------------------- Had a fun day on the water today even though there was a lot of boat traffic. Started the day off with a 1.5 lb smallmouth on the rapala. Then started catching a ton of bluegills and pumpkinseeds just to pass time with a small single hook mepps spinner. Man is it a killer on those panfish!! I then caught a 2lb 2oz largemouth on the same mepps spinner which was a nice fight on my light tackle outfit. Towards the end of the day i hooked into a large bass but lost it next to the boat. In the end i caught 3 largemouth 4 smallmouth 1 LARGE Perch and about 20 or so bluegills one weighing almost 1LB!! Had a lot of fun even with all the boats out there, simply found a quit area and fished!!
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NAME --------------------- John Fernandez & Lou Marcucci
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DATE ---------------------- Fri. 7/4
TIMES --------------------- 6AM to 1030AM
CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny & Warm
AREA FISHED ------------- Elba & Pine Tree Points
WATER TEMPERATURE-- ????
FISHING METHOD ------- Live Bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring
NOTES --------------------- Started at Elba, had two Stripers plus Perch, John caught a Cat Fish. Finished at Pine Tree with three Walleye, John got into the act with a Smallmouth & Striper. 
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NAME --------------------- Kevin Dempsey
E-MAIL --------------------- dempman@earthlink.net
DATE ---------------------- July 3, 2003
TIMES --------------------- 3 to 8 pm
CONDITIONS ------------- Calm
AREA FISHED ------------- Henderson
WATER TEMPERATURE--
FISHING METHOD ------- Drifting
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring
NOTES --------------------- In between a lot of perch were a 7 lb 11 oz striper and a 5 lb 12 oz walleye. Caught these 2 fish with tubers buzzing all around me. Pretty amazing.
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NAME --------------------- Noel Sell
E-MAIL -------------------- n.sell@earthlink.net
DATE ---------------------- June 30 and July 1
TIMES --------------------- 5:00 am to 11:00 am
CONDITIONS ------------- Partly to mostly sunny
AREA FISHED ------------- Main Lake
WATER TEMPERATURE -- 74
FISHING METHOD ------- jigs
BAIT/LURES USED ------- jigs and plastics
NOTES --------------------- Fished on Monday, June 30 and July 1 with my 81 year old father. We caught over 40 crappie on Monday and another 30 crappie on Tuesday. Crappie were nice size to 11 inches. My father said that was the best fishing he ever saw. Also caught 2 LM bass, some perch, bluegill and rock bass also. Crappie our in their summer pattern in a suspended mode. I just love catching those fish. Water temp ranged from 73 to 74 degrees. Thank you knee deep for all you do.
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