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E-MAIL --------------------- Chrisper4694@hotmail.com

DATE ---------------------- 4/29/10

TIMES --------------------- 6pm-8pm

CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny and VERY windy

AREA FISHED ------------- Nolan's Point

WATER TEMPERATURE-- ??

FISHING METHOD ------- Free lined herring and lures from shore

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Swim baits and live herring

NOTES --------------------- We didn't have any luck until we started using heavily weighted swim baits to cast through the strong winds. We landed two nice large mouth bass about 2lbs each and then a chunky 22 inch pickerel just under 4lbs. After missing something on my free lining live herring my friend, Nick, landed a just under 5lbs walleye (probably the one I missed 5 minutes earlier). It was a very nice 2 hours just before sunset. All fish were released.

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E-MAIL --------------------- hfmabee@yahoo.com

DATE ---------------------- April 23, 2010

TIMES --------------------- 7:45 AM til 11:00 AM

CONDITIONS ------------- Started out sunny with NW winds (burr cold)

AREA FISHED ------------- Great Cove, near Windlass to Brady's, Between Islands

WATER TEMPERATURE-- Varied between 53 deg to 56 deg

FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Phobes and Sticks

NOTES --------------------- Captain Joe invited me to take "Shut Up and Fish" out to hook up with the illusive trout. Joe ended up catching five pickerel the biggest was about 2 1/2lbs. I caught 1 small pick, a 2lb largemouth and the biggest smallie I had ever caught on Lake Hopatcong, 4lbs 15oz. Joe had to turn the motor off for me to get the fish in. Hey Joe is it June 15th yet?? Don't I wish. See Picture

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E-MAIL --------------------- catfishonthelake@gmail.com

DATE ---------------------- 4/22

TIMES --------------------- 6am to 2pm

CONDITIONS ------------- Beautiful with a small storm late

AREA FISHED ------------- Pickerel and Chestnut points, trolled everywhere

WATER TEMPERATURE-- 53 up to almost 60

FISHING METHOD ------- Drifting and Trolling

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring, Phoebes and Rapalas

NOTES --------------------- Took my Dad out today. Drifting herring in the morning didn't pan out. I was marking a ton of bait and fish off the points, but no takers. Trolling produced a bunch of pickerel from the Windlass to Brady's and between the islands. Added one largemouth between the islands in the same spot I had the biggest pickerel. Kind of a slow day overall, but the weather was perfect nothing beats putting Dad on a few fish.

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E-MAIL --------------------- michaelurban@yahoo.com

DATE ---------------------- 4/21/10

TIMES --------------------- 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM

CONDITIONS ------------- about 65 degrees partly cloudy skies

AREA FISHED ------------- Brady Bridge are to Ferry

WATER TEMPERATURE-- unknow

FISHING METHOD ------- trolled phoebe's and rapalas

BAIT/LURES USED ------- phoebe's and rapalas

NOTES ---------------------  trolled for about about 4 hours without a hit. Trolled back and forth by ferry and caught two nice Walleye on the rapallas. One was nice about 5 lbs. All fish returned (out of season anyway for walleye).

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E-MAIL --------------------- boxmaker7000@aol.com

DATE ---------------------- 4/21/2010

TIMES --------------------- 8:30 am - 1:00 pm

CONDITIONS ------------- Calm and sunny

AREA FISHED ------------- River Styx-crescent cove

WATER TEMPERATURE-- 54-56

FISHING METHOD ------- Top Water

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Chug Bug and Plastic Lizards

NOTES --------------------- Finally started catching a few bass with the top water chug bug. It was a beautiful day and the lake was like glass.

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E-MAIL --------------------- catfishonthelake@gmail.com

DATE ---------------------- 4/18

TIMES --------------------- 6am to 7pm

CONDITIONS ------------- Cold and Windy

AREA FISHED ------------- Pickerel Point, Henderson, between the islands

WATER TEMPERATURE-- 52-56

FISHING METHOD ------- Drifting and trolling

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring, stickbaits

NOTES --------------------- We drifted herring in the morning off Pickerel Point and Chuck scored a nice smallie after a couple quiet hours. Switched to trolling, and although it was pretty slow we caught a bunch of pickerel and a few perch throughout the day. The only trout came off Chuck's Phoebe at the boat as did a 12-inch micro musky that threw my Rapala Flat Rap. Chuck added a walleye trolling and two hybrids when we switched back to drifting at the end of the day. Windy out there - all fish were released.

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E-MAIL --------------------- boxmaker7000@aol.com

DATE ---------------------- 4/16/2010

TIMES --------------------- 12:00 pm-3 pm

CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny and breezy

AREA FISHED ------------- Woodport

WATER TEMPERATURE-- 53

FISHING METHOD ------- casting

BAIT/LURES USED ------- top water chug bug and crank bait

NOTES --------------------- Put the new boat in the water today and had to throw a few lines in too. The boat is awesome, just got a 2000 ranger 115 hp, handles really well. Caught 2 largemouth bass about 2 lb each.

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E-MAIL --------------------- hfmabee@yahoo.com

DATE ---------------------- April 15, 2010

TIMES --------------------- 7:30 AM till 11:00 AM

CONDITIONS ------------- Calm / Sunny / Semi-overcast

AREA FISHED ------------- Riverstix, Great Cove, Between the Islands, Byram

WATER TEMPERATURE-- Varied between 53 - 55 deg F

FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Gold Phoebes and small sticks

NOTES --------------------- Capt Joe invited met to dunk his boat and wet some fishing lines. The Shut Up And Fish cut through the calm morning water like a knife through butter. We caught three pickerel and three trout,one brookie,one rainbow and one brown. All fish were caught in water at 55 deg in 6ft of water. (Shallow cove waters seem to be the areas) Biggest trout was about 14". All fish were released to be caught when they grow up.

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E-MAIL --------------------- dempman@comcast.net

DATE ---------------------- April 14, 2010

TIMES --------------------- noon - 4 pm

CONDITIONS ------------- Sunny - low 60's

AREA FISHED ------------- Brady, Henderson, Byram

WATER TEMPERATURE-- 55-60

FISHING METHOD ------- Trolling

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Phoebe/Rapala

NOTES --------------------- Caught 9 pickeral all between Brady Bridge and the Windlass. Nada in Henderson and Byram. Trout seemed to have lockjaw.

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E-MAIL --------------------- eagleeye299@hotmail.com

DATE ---------------------- 4/11/10

TIMES --------------------- 9:30 AM -1:30 PM

CONDITIONS ------------- Nice Blue Skys and a little windy

AREA FISHED ------------- Silver Springs down the Landing Channel & Indian Island

WATER TEMPERATURE-- 54

FISHING METHOD ------- casting

BAIT/LURES USED ------- rubber worms and spinner baits

NOTES --------------------- First time out this year great to get the boat on the water. Started working down the Landing Channel not much except a lot of boat traffic from the Bass Tournament. Headed up to Indian Island and I caught 2 LMB on a spinner bait about 1.5 to 2 lbs. Stepson Krystian caught a fiesty Pickeral on a spinner bait, could not believe that a small pickeral could bend a spinner bait into a pretzel like that. Had to go to baseball practice so had to leave the lake early.

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E-MAIL --------------------- tim.clancy@verizon.net

DATE ---------------------- 4/10

TIMES --------------------- sunset

CONDITIONS ------------- wind had finally calmed down a little

AREA FISHED ------------- Ferry to Nolan's Point

WATER TEMPERATURE-- ?

FISHING METHOD ------- trolling

BAIT/LURES USED ------- phoebe

NOTES --------------------- Too cold & windy in the AM, but wanted to break in the new boat, so went out late in the day. Dragged phoebe from Ferry towards Nolans Pt. Just past the Windlass I got whacked real hard. I could tell it was a big fish and I'm thinking trout & hoping Laurie's is still open because this fish is definitely going to the scales. Work him towards the boat & I see it's just a chunky five pound striper. Lure is in his lip so I nix the net and try to lip him. He wiggles out of my grip twice so I just lift him up from under the gill plate and give my self a nasty gash. Get the fish back in the water and I've got blood all over my nice new white boat. Decide to troll back home but I've got no bandages so I press my finger on my pant leg. Immediately I get another fish, this time a pickerel and he's bleeding pretty good. So by the time I get him unhooked and back in the water there's blood all over. His & mine. So "Skid Marks" is officially retired & the new boat is christened "The Blood Pit". All in all that striper was a real nice way to break in the boat.

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E-MAIL --------------------- catfishonthelake@gmail.com

DATE ---------------------- 4/9/10

TIMES --------------------- 6pm to 7pm

CONDITIONS ------------- Cool and breezy

AREA FISHED ------------- The State Park near the dam

WATER TEMPERATURE-- ???

FISHING METHOD ------- Casting

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Lipless crankbaits, Mepps Spinners, Senkos

NOTES --------------------- Fished for an hour from shore by the state park before the meeting. I scored a fat pumpkinseed on the #2 Mepps and a decent largemouth on a pumpkin/chartreuse Yum fork dinger. Saw a guy catch a walleye from shore from the little point. It was his first walleye and he tried to lip it like a bass. Ouch. All fish, including the walleye I saw caught, were released.

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E-MAIL --------------------- seigeman53@msn.com

DATE ---------------------- 4/7/10

TIMES --------------------- 3:30-5:30

CONDITIONS ------------- 85 degrees windy

AREA FISHED ------------- From the shore

WATER TEMPERATURE-- ?

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Rat-L-Traps and rapala shad raps

NOTES --------------------- Only had a few hours to fish today, but the bite was good, caught a big largemouth and a nice pickeral both on the Rat-L-trap, sunfish colored... my buddy wasn't there for the largemouth so i took a picture next to my boot... I wear a size 11 if that helps.

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E-MAIL --------------------- eyecatcher98@gmail.com

DATE ---------------------- 4/3/10

TIMES --------------------- 3:00- 7:30p.m

CONDITIONS ------------- very nice and very warm

AREA FISHED ------------- brady bridge

FISHING METHOD ------- live bait with bobbers and off the bottom

BAIT/LURES USED ------- dows baby nightcrawlers and fatheads

NOTES --------------------- great fishin day stocked some trout then whent fishing. A couple perch with worms off the bottom. 3 nice crappie with fatheads and bobbers, and a few crappie that were realy small. a couple hours before that i asked some guys what they were getting , they said nothing, i guess i was the only one catchin em today.

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E-MAIL --------------------- catfishonthelake@gmail.com

DATE ---------------------- 4/3/2010

TIMES --------------------- 1:30pm to 3:30pm then 4:30pm to 5:30pm

CONDITIONS ------------- Breezy but warm

AREA FISHED ------------- Chestnut and Pickerel Pt.

WATER TEMPERATURE-- n/a

FISHING METHOD ------- Slip-sinkers

BAIT/LURES USED ------- Shiners

NOTES --------------------- I was out in the Water Gap all morning, but joined Chuck in the afternoon. Chuck had some action in the morning before I got there trolling with small Rapals and hooked a huge pickerel jigging with the Binksy off Pickerel Pt. We fished Pickerel point when I got there and Chuck nailed a nice 23-inch walleye before he had to head out. I helped stock the trout, then fished for another hour and nailed a beautiful smallmouth off Chestnut. Only thing worse than not having someone to take a picture was not thinking to weigh it in. My lip-grip scale is not very accurate, but this fish was somewhere over 3lbs. Oh well, at least it's alive. Beautiful day.

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