JANUARY 2001
Name: Brian
e-mail+address: a224@erols.com
Date: Jan 31 2001
Time+started+fishing: 10:30am
Time+finished+fishing: 12:30PM
Weather+conditions: RAINY">
JANUARY 99
JANUARY 2001
Name: Brian
e-mail+address: a224@erols.com
Date: Jan 31 2001
Time+started+fishing: 10:30am
Time+finished+fishing: 12:30PM
Weather+conditions: RAINY, BECAME WINDY
Location: NORTH SHORE
Fishing+method: TROLLONG
Depth+of+presentation: 22FT
Water+depth: 35-50FT
Type+of+lure: RAPALA
Type+of+bait: NA
Water+temperature: ?
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 20 INCHES
Total+caught: ONE
Comments: HAND'NT BEEN OUT SINCE NOVEMBER. HAD A GOOD START WITH ONE
LAKER IN THE FIRST HOUR. THAN WIND AND THE END. GUSTS MUST HAVE BEEN 30
KNOTS+ AND CAME UP VERY QUICKLY. GOT IN 2 HOURS OF FISHING. HAD MARKED
A FAIR AMOUNT OF FISH ALSO. EVERYONE HEADED FOR THE RAMP WHEN THE WIND
BLEW..............
Name: Walleye Wally
e-mail+address: walliwally@aol.com
Date: 1/29/01
Time+started+fishing: 10:30Am
Time+finished+fishing: 2:30 Pm
Weather+conditions: nice no wind
Location: North Tower & near Pines
Fishing+method: Jig & Troll
Depth+of+presentation: 78'
Water+depth: 78'
Type+of+lure: Jig & flutter spoon
Type+of+bait:
Water+temperature: 34.4*
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 16-32"
Total+caught: 8
Comments: Caught 5 Lakers on jigs and 3 pulling wire. The 9 1/2 Lbs.I
caught pulling wire. Augie called me on the radio and said (Walt, I'm in
to a big fish). At the same time my fish struck, and I yelled, me
too :-)Walt
Name: Augie Scafidi, Your web master
e-mail+address: augustin@crisp.net
Date: 1-29
Time+started+fishing: 10:30 AM
Time+finished+fishing: 2:30PM
Weather+conditions: Beautiful
Location: All over
Fishing+method: Trolling
Depth+of+presentation: 50-120
Water+depth: 70-135
Type+of+lure: Orange
Type+of+bait: jointed J9 Rapala
Water+temperature: 34.8
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 33"
Total+caught: 9
Comments: I haven't fished the Valley much over the past two years
but I couldn't take the cabin fever any more. I had a great day with 9
Lakers the largest 33" & 11 pounds 10 oz. This fish was tagged and
here is what Lisa Barno, the NJ Fresh Water Biologist had to say.
"The fish was tagged eleven years ago on 11/9/1989 during our annual
fall gill netting, the laker measured 24" and was a ripe male. It
was recaptured the following year on 10/31/1990. The laker then measured
25 inches and weighed 4.8 pounds. It's nice to know some of these
fish are still out there." Lisa said general estimate would be that it
was between 15 to 17 years old"
I wonder how big it would have been if it was a female!
I caught four on the wire and the rest on a Rapala off the D/R's. I'll
be back at the next opportunity!
Name: Walleye Wally&Capt.Chris Gatley
e-mail+address: Walliwally@aol.com
Date: !/23 & 1/24
Time+started+fishing: 10:00am
Time+finished+fishing: 4:30pm
Weather+conditions: nice/but cold
Location: So.Tower
Fishing+method: Jigging
Depth+of+presentation: 150'
Water+depth: 150'
Type+of+lure: green/silver&blue/siver
Type+of+bait:
Water+temperature: 33*
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 16"-23 1/2"
Total+caught: 6
Comments: Fished with Chris for 2 days straight,and all we had to show
for where 6 fish :)I told him,he should have bin here last Sunday. Ah well,thats
fishing.The Ranger Cove was ice free today,and so was the main launching
Ramp.The only ice remaining,was in the N/E corner of the Lake. If the wind
is calm tonight,there could be some ice in the morning again.
See you on the lake,Walt
Name: Clint Burgher
e-mail+address: Burgher@aesop.rutgers.edu
Date: 1-14-01
Time+started+fishing: 11AM
Time+finished+fishing: 4PM
Weather+conditions: cloudy no wind
Location: near south tower
Fishing+method: bait
Depth+of+presentation: 130
Water+depth: 130
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: shiners
Water+temperature: 36
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 17 to 22
Total+caught: 6 + 1
Comments: Also caught a 17" rainbow (no tag). The 22" laker wouldn't
go away so I gave it to a guy that didn't catch anything.
Name: Chris Bar
e-mail+address: bmxkidd77aol.com
Date: 1/14/01
Time+started+fishing: 11:30 a.m.
Time+finished+fishing: 3:00
Weather+conditions: 40 degrees slight or no wind
Location: shore,point off rangers cove and the dam
Fishing+method: Bait
Depth+of+presentation: ?
Water+depth: ?
Type+of+lure: none
Type+of+bait: Shiners
Water+temperature: ?
Species: Other
Size: 0
Total+caught: 0
Comments: slow day not one hit at all! Saw small browns caught and
that was it. Heard of one other small brown caught also. The few that were
fishing said it was bad also. Well its good just to get out to the valley!
Name: WAlleye Wally
e-mail+address: walliwally@aol.com
Date: 14-1-01
Time+started+fishing: 9:30am
Time+finished+fishing: 3:15pm
Weather+conditions: nice
Location: So. Trench
Fishing+method: jigging
Depth+of+presentation: 120-150'
Water+depth: 150'
Type+of+lure: jig-silver/dark green
Type+of+bait:
Water+temperature: 1/4"ice :-)
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 22"-31 !/2"
Total+caught: 10
Comments: Check the ramp for ice before lauching your boat.(don't be
like me and get stuck on the ice :-)Lost my first 4 fish, all big ones,
but landed the 5th. a 9Lbs.laker all out of the same school. I had 20 fish
on and landed 10. It was a hot bite around noon, it lasted 2Hrs. See you
at the Lake Walt
Name: Walter
e-mail+address: shadownose@rcn.com
Date: 1/13/01
Time+started+fishing: 9 am
Time+finished+fishing: 2:30 pm
Weather+conditions: sunny
Location: south tower
Fishing+method: bait large shiners
Depth+of+presentation: 105'
Water+depth: 105'
Type+of+lure: live bait large shiners (not extra large)
Type+of+bait: shiners
Water+temperature: 35
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 18-24''
Total+caught: 13
Comments: First 4 caught as soon as I hit bottom. Fished with my 11
year old son and he was frozen by then. He stopped fishing and I landed
another 6 in the next 2 1/2 hours. I had a 22" laker that bulldogged to
the bottom and did not want to come up, landing him took almost 20 minutes,considering
that I fish with 8lb. test and did not know how big he actually was! Can't
complain about that day!
Name: Glenn Marositz
e-mail+address: MRPIKE98@AOL.COM
Date: 1/1/01
Time+started+fishing: 10:30 am.
Time+finished+fishing: 2:00 pm.
Weather+conditions: Sunny/ Moderate wind
Location: Rangers Cove
Fishing+method: Bait
Depth+of+presentation: Varied
Water+depth: 10-30 ft.
Type+of+lure: N/A
Type+of+bait: Mealworms/Baby-Nights
Water+temperature: N/A
Species: Rainbow Trout
Size: 15-1/2" 15" 16" 17"
Total+caught: 4
Comments: Caught 3 Rainbows and 1 Brown. The action was pretty steady,
missed several hits, they just popped it real quick and that was it. All
in all descent day at the Valley. All fish released !!!
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