JANUARY 1999

Name: Stan Lyskowski
e-mail address: stiz@injersey.com
Date: Sat. 1-30
Weather conditions: clear-36 degrees
Location: South Shore & North Shore & off North tower
Fishing method: Trolling
Depth of presentation: 15 to 80 feet
Water depth: 25 to 120 feet
Type of lure: spoons & j-7 blue/white rapala & shiners
Type of bait: shiners
Water temperature:
Species: Rainbow Trout
Size: 18 1/2 "
Total caught: 1

Comments: Not a great volume day but when you can get out in the dead of winter with bearable temps it is good. The one fish caught was a nice/healthy rainbow off north shore on blue/white rappala j-7 on lead core line with approx. 50 feet of line out. 18 1/2 " and 2.5 lbs.

JANUARY 1999

Answer to question below: Ref. NJ Fish & Game Tags. Never remove a tag from an undersized fish. Never remove a tag from a legal size fish if you intend to release it. If you have a tag from a kept legal size fish, weigh and measure the fish and give this data and tag to Lisa Barno NJ State Cold Water Fish Biologist. Their offices are located opposite the boat launch parking lot and they can be visited during regular working hours Monday through Friday. Or mail it to:

Lisa Barno, Biologist
NJ Div. Of Fish, Game & Wildlife
Cold Water Fish Biology Lab.
Lebanon, NJ 08833-0442

Name: scott gross and mike
e-mail address: sgross 5030 @aol
Date: 1/30/99
Weather conditions: cold and snowy
Location: all over
Fishing method: trolling
Depth of presentation: 90 to 100
Water depth: 130
Type of lure: copper
Type of bait: spoons
Water temperature: 37
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 15 to 22
Total caught: 3

Comments: Laker fishing was pretty slow. At the end of the day on bait I caught and
released a 22 inch Laker that had a fish and game tag in its mouth. the fish weighed 3.4 pounds and was 22inches long. Can anybody email me and let me know what to do with the tag.

Name: Doug deBray and Claude
e-mail address: sherry1228@aol.com
Date: January 20, 1999
Weather conditions: Overcast and Chilly
Location: North Tower
Fishing method: Trolling
Depth of presentation: 5-10 Feet
Water depth: 45 Foot
Type of lure: Blue and White Rapala
Type of bait: None
Water temperature: N/A
Species: Rainbow Trout
Size: 16" and 21.5"
Total caught: 3

Comments: Claude was a little bit "hung over", I myself was on the half-shell myself! ... but all together a damn good day! Largest Rainbow I ever caught out of the RVR (5.5 pounds)! Thank you "Net Man" Claude! You "BA".

Name: Augie
e-mail address: augustin@crisp.net
Date: 1-17-99
Weather conditions: Beautiful, no wind, warm & sunny
Location: Down the middle
Fishing method: Trolling
Depth of presentation: unknown
Water depth: 100'
Type of lure: flutter spoon
Type of bait: spoon
Water temperature: 35.6
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 32 & 1/2 inches, 12 pounds
Total caught: 6

Comments: I took Randy Guerrera fishing again today. We caught six Lakers. The largest was caught by Randy. It was 32&1/2 inches and weighed 12 pounds. (at 32 1/2" it should have weighed near 16 pounds) Randy was feeding out line when it hit so we can't be sure of the depth at the strike.

Name: Lenny Saccente
e-mail address: eagle1259@worldnt.att.net
Date: 1/17/99
Weather conditions: Calm, Flat, Warm and Sunny
Location: All over
Fishing method: Trolling
Depth of presentation: various
Water depth: 70 to 100
Type of lure: Spoons and plugs
Type of bait: none
Water temperature: 35.9
Species: Lake Trout
Size: largest 25"
Total caught: 9
Comments: I also caught a 19 inch Rainbow off flat line

Name: Brian
e-mail address: a224@erols.com
Date: Jan 17 1999
Weather conditions: sunny warm 50 degrees
Location: north shore and Whitehouse
Fishing method: trolling flatline
Depth of presentation: surface- 30ft
Water depth: 18ft-80ft
Type of lure: J-7 rapala and flashkings
Type of bait: lures
Water temperature: 35
Species: Brown Trout
Size:
Total caught: none

Comments: Fished from 11am-130 PM. No hits and no fish. Fished primarily for browns and rainbows. I have heard of a couple of browns being caught that have been very thin. One was 31inches and 5 pounds. Two others were 21 inches and looked to be shaped like pike. I have no documentation of these fish, but was told by other fisherman. If anyone has seen these thin fish please email me. I believe the problem of low bait population at the valley may be more severe than anticipated. Perhaps a year of lowering the size limit on lakers and upping the limit number on browns and rainbows to clean out the population and reintroduce a more viable and healthier stock of fish...........