APRIL 98

Name: Tom Karakowski and Greg Basza
e-mail address: tj-kara@worldnet.att.net
Date: 4/25/98
Weather conditions: sunny, very windy-est 20 mph NW. new moon -1
Location: west shore (lee of wind) and ranger cove
Fishing method: drift-bait
Depth of presentation: 10'- 35'
Water depth: 35' - 100'
Type of lure: nap
Type of bait: alewife
Water temperature: 50 degrees
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 18"
Total caught: only 1

Comments: Caught small laker at est 30' down in 50' water. Many boats congregated at lee side of lake, due to high winds. Quit after only 3 hours due to annoying winds. Also 1 missed hit. Does anyone out there use sea anchors/drift socks to slow drifting in windy conditions?- Do they work well? Thanks, Tom K.

Name: JOHN COLLETTI
e-mail address: JOHNY SEA
Date: FRI. APRIL 24,1998
Weather conditions: WINDY BUT WARM
Location: 100 YARDS FROM BOAT RAMP
Fishing method: DRIFTING,BAIGHT RUNNER REEL
Depth of presentation: 50 FEET
Water depth: 50FEET
Type of lure: N/A
Type of bait: HERRING
Water temperature: N/A
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 22"-29"
Total caught: 9

Comments:  ME AND MY PARTNER TOM BOATED 9 LAKERS AND ONE BROWN. ONE KEEPER 29" 7LBS. THE ACTION STARTED AROUND ONE O`CLOCK. WE FOUND A GOOD DRIFT AND WE PICKED UP LAKE TROUT ON FIVE STRAIGHT PASSES.

Name: Frank W. Pazos (New Member of RVTA)
e-mail address: Gundog70@AOL.COM
Date: 4-18-98
Weather conditions: Partly sunny with some wind
Location: all
Fishing method: drifting Bait
Depth of presentation: 15-75ft
Water depth: 30-100ft
Type of lure: n/a
Type of bait: Herring
Water temperature: 49.8
Species: Brown Trout
Size:
Total caught: none

Comments: No fish...again..can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I was out for 10 hours and not a single bite. Anyone have any ideas?
Please help Thanks...

Name: Kevin Rzasa
e-mail address: razznj@msn.com
Date: 4-18-98
Weather conditions: partly cloudy
Location: tower to tower
Fishing method: bait and trolling
Depth of presentation: 70-100 feet
Water depth: 60-110
Type of lure: large sutton
Type of bait: shiners
Water temperature: 43
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 18-25
Total caught: 8

Comments: Caught two lakers on shiners drifting from 7:30-8:30. Switched after action died over to trolling and caught six on the bottom with alot of misses. Released two that were 25 inches others were short and released without ever leaving the water. Tried trolling for browns and rainbows without any luck. I Would greatly appreciate if someone will please email me back on how and where to catch them trolling.

Name: Ray Puleo
e-mail address: eatsleepfish@erols.com
Date: 4/15/98
Weather conditions: rain early...very calm...sun and wind later
Location: 500 yrds off main boat ramp
Fishing method: anchored...free runner...live bait
Depth of presentation: surface to thirty feet
Water depth: 62 feet
Type of lure:
Type of bait: large shinners
Water temperature: 47
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 25 to 26"
Total caught: one

Comments: Fished from 8am till 1:30pm, only hit all day was the laker. Caught on ultalite 4lbs test. I saw others catching browns and short lakers. Action started
about 12pm

Name: Frank W. Pazos (New Member in RVTA)
e-mail address: Gundog70@AOL.COM
Date: 4-11-98
Weather conditions: Sunny
Location: Throughout Res.
Fishing method: Bait
Depth of presentation: 20-100ft
Water depth: 60-100ft
Type of lure:
Type of bait: med Shiners
Water temperature: 47
Species: Brown Trout
Size:
Total caught: none

Comments: It was a beautiful day out on the water.The fish were no where to be found. Can someone plese help a fellow member. Please email me some tips.

Thanks.....P.S. what radio channel do the members talk on?

Name: Dave Whiteside & Fred Breitwiser
e-mail address: dave-whiteside@home.com
Date: 4/11/98 - Saturday
Weather conditions: Calm, got sunny as the date progressed to 65' F
Location: Mainly just NE of North tower
Fishing method: Bait
Depth of presentation: 80 feet
Water depth: 80 feet
Type of lure:
Type of bait: Large & medium shiners
Water temperature: 47
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 20-24"
Total caught: 4 Lakers + 1 rainbow

Comments: I had seven hookups and only managed to boat 1, normally I boat 90% not sure what went wrong today. Fred boated 4 out of 5 to beat me (first time ever). Started fishing about 8:30am, had a bite on top (no weight) after 5 minutes but lost it. Lakers caught off bottom in next 3 hours. Action wasn't fast but it was a nice day. Didn't see too many people catching. Fished other spots later but with few bites.

Name: Steve K.
e-mail address: SAKARG@worldnet.att.net
Date: 4/11/97
Weather conditions: Sunny, Warm
Location: just north east of South Dam in the timber patch at 150'
Fishing method: Shinners
Depth of presentation: 150 ft.
Water depth: 150ft.
Type of lure: n/a
Type of bait: shinners
Water temperature: 47
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 17"
Total caught: 1 boated, several tangled in the timber

Comments: Nice day. Fished 7-11. Tried live lining shiners near the top in front of the pines with no luck. Moved to the timbers in 150' and had immediate action from 9:30 to 11:00. Although I had several hook ups, including two at once, I unfortunately only boated one because the lakers kept tangling my line in the timbers. Fun day in any event.

Name: Dan Perry with Donato and Brian
e-mail address: cperry@bellatlantic.net
Date: 4/10/98
Weather conditions: sunny and gusty winds
Location: boat launch cove
Fishing method: bobber
Depth of presentation: 15 ft
Water depth: 50
Type of lure:
Type of bait: shinners
Water temperature: 47
Species: Brown Trout
Size: 3lbs and 4lbs
Total caught: 2

Comments:Fished from 3 to dark; to windy to drift; tried lead core trolling with no luck; missed several fish boated 2 nice browns right before dark

Name: Brian
e-mail address: a224@erols.com
Date: april 4th saturday
Weather conditions: breezey about 60 degrees
Location: north shore
Fishing method: trolling
Depth of presentation: 10ft-30ft
Water depth: 30ft-60ft
Type of lure: blue and silver rapala #7
Type of bait: na
Water temperature: 43 degrees
Species: Brown Trout
Size: 12-18 inches
Total caught: 4

Comments: fishing great in the first hour or two after sunrise...after that it turned off
completely. Saw a few bait pods, very small. All trout caught looked fairly
healthy but were not overweight.   Fished from 5am till 12 noon