SEPTEMBER 2001

Name: Stan Lyskowski
e-mail+address:
Date: sat 9-29-01
Time+started+fishing: 12 noon
Time+finished+fishing: 3 PM
Weather+conditions: mix of sun & clouds& windy
Location: south shore line from launch cove to south tower & back
Fishing+method: trolling
Depth+of+presentation: 18 to 25 feet
Water+depth: 30 to 60 feet
Type+of+lure: rappala j-7
Type+of+bait:
Water+temperature: 66
Species: Brown Trout
Size: 12" - 14" and two 16"
Total+caught: 4
Comments: not bad 4 fish in 3 hours also considering that it got very windy at times which made it a "circus" to let go of the wheel to deal with a fish or when letting out the lines. 

Name: tom/bill
e-mail+address: tonysuprano62@hotmail.com
Date: 9/27/2001
Time+started+fishing: 10:30
Time+finished+fishing: 3:00
Weather+conditions: nice-breezy
Location: all over
Fishing+method: bait
Depth+of+presentation: 30-90
Water+depth: 30-90
Type+of+lure: na
Type+of+bait: herring
Water+temperature:
Species: Brown Trout
Size: 12-14
Total+caught: 7
Comments: should have fished for lakers,had some action but all browns were small.

Name: Randy Guerrera and Freddy Albert
e-mail+address: littlebum2@rcn.com
Date: Sunday, Sept. 16
Time+started+fishing: 4:00 pm
Time+finished+fishing: 11:30 pm
Weather+conditions: calm and flat
Location: South shore above pines
Fishing+method: Trolling then bait fishing with worms
Depth+of+presentation: 45 ft. and on bottom
Water+depth: 75 ft. and 50 ft.
Type+of+lure: copper mooselook wobblers
Type+of+bait: nightcrawlers
Water+temperature: 73
Species: Rainbow Trout
Size: 17 to 19 inch
Total+caught: 6
Comments: Started trolling 45 foot down caught 3 nice Bows, then at dark anchored up with light at 40 foot depth and fished crawlers on bottom.  Caught tons of Rock Bass and one Bow.  Moved out to 50 foot depth and got 3 more Bows, one hard fighting Kanloops of 18-19 inches.  All released.  Saw the largest Bow ever at the Valley swim through the light, had to be 24-28 inches.  Didn't hook him but sure got excited.

Name: Jack Lamaestra
e-mail+address: jlamaestra@msn.com
Date: 9/16
Time+started+fishing: 7:00am
Time+finished+fishing: 12:00noon
Weather+conditions: Clear and sunny
Location: East end
Fishing+method: Bait
Depth+of+presentation: 36ft
Water+depth: 42ft
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: Shiners
Water+temperature: 73
Species: Brown Trout
Size: 12-18
Total+caught: 12
Comments: A great day all the way around.  Sunny with very light wind from the west.  The fish started biting at 8:00 and were steady through the morning. 9 browns, 2 bass, and a sunfish the size of a frisbee.  Released them all. Ran out of bait at noon and called it a day. 

Name: tom
e-mail+address: tonysuprano62@hotmail.com
Date: 9/16/2001
Time+started+fishing: 6:00AM
Time+finished+fishing: 11:30AM
Weather+conditions: NICE
Location: LAUNCH COVE AND DAMS
Fishing+method: BAIT
Depth+of+presentation: 30-90
Water+depth: 30-90
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: HERRING
Water+temperature:
Species: Brown Trout
Size: 12-16
Total+caught: 5
Comments: FEW BASS IN LAUNCH COVE AS WELL AS A FEW BROWNS,NO LAKERS TO BE HAD ALTHOUGH I DID NOT FISH FOR THEM LONG.

Note from the RVTA web master
I will be away for a week starting Sept. 11th and will not be able to post the fishing reports during that time. Please keep sending in the fishing reports anyway and I'll post them as soon as I get back. Thanks, Augie

Well I'm back. I was in the air on a United flight out of Newark when all the hijacking took place just ahead of the one that crashed in P.A.. I spent four days in Indiana instead of my destination and didn't know when I would ever get back but I'm just grateful I wasn't on one of those fatal flights. Our prayers and sympathy goes out to all the loved ones of those who died.


Name: Marc Geiger
e-mail+address: marctherock@earthlink.net
Date: 9/9/01
Time+started+fishing: 7:00 am
Time+finished+fishing: 12:00 pm
Weather+conditions: Nice
Location: Launch Cove and South East Area
Fishing+method: Bait
Depth+of+presentation: 30' to 75'
Water+depth: 45' to 85'
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: Herring
Water+temperature: 75
Species: Brown Trout
Size: 16"
Total+caught: 2
Comments: Fishing in eastern portion for Lakers, browns and Rainbows.No Lakers today but got 2 Browns.  16"er was a keeper but not tagged.Other caught in Launch Cove on the way home trying to use up left over bait. That one was a bit smaller (and not tagged) and released unharmed.

Name: tom
e-mail+address: tonysuprao62@hotmail.com
Date: 9/8/01
Time+started+fishing: 1:30
Time+finished+fishing: 6:00
Weather+conditions: nice
Location: launch cove/in between dams
Fishing+method: bait
Depth+of+presentation: 30-95
Water+depth: 30-95
Type+of+lure: bait
Type+of+bait: herring/small shiners
Water+temperature:
Species: Brown Trout
Size: 12in-20in
Total+caught: 6
Comments: caught three bass in launch cove along with a chunky brown, moved outside the cove in between towers and caught a few lakers on anchor,one was 20inches and real fat,the other a bit smaller.

Name: Jim Saccento
e-mail+address: jimsaccento@aol.com
Date: 9/1/01
Time+started+fishing: 10 AM
Time+finished+fishing: 2 PM
Weather+conditions: Windy AM, then nice
Location: South Point to far SE corner
Fishing+method: Bait
Depth+of+presentation: 10-15 ft
Water+depth: 15 ft
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: shiners/worms
Water+temperature: 73
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Size: 8-13"
Total+caught: 8+lost a few ea.
Comments: Took my son who lives out of town out. Not to add the extra cost of a stamp, he bought a 2 day non res, so we passed on trout fishing and decided to go for the Smallies. The wind was really blowing from the e/se in the morning, and we had a hard time controling the lines. Finally towards mid-day the wind flopped out, and I stumbled upon a likely spot near the weeds down in the SE corner. It turned out to be a great drop. A beautiful day at the valley. P.S.There appears to be lots of bait fish on sonar. Guess the Herring fund is paying off! 

Name: Dennis Haggerty / Brendan Collick
e-mail+address: rvtapres@yahoo.com
Date: 9-03-01
Time+started+fishing: 6:30 am
Time+finished+fishing: 1:30 pm
Weather+conditions: Sunny, Light Windy, warmer pm
Location: South & North Shores
Fishing+method: Drifting
Depth+of+presentation: 10 - 80
Water+depth: 55-109
Type+of+lure: none
Type+of+bait: Herring / Shinners
Water+temperature: 75.7
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 12 & 17
Total+caught: Two
Comments: Nice Labor Day on the Valley. It was a cool start, then it warmed up nice.
We got a nice smallmouth bass in deep water & a 17" Laker in nice condition on the bottom. Both were released unharmed. Marked alot of fish, but they stayed were it was cool. Good Luck on they reservoir.
LAKER SEASON CLOSES SEPTEMBER 15TH!!

Name: tom
e-mail+address: tonysuprano62
Date: 9/3/01
Time+started+fishing: 9:30
Time+finished+fishing: 3:30
Weather+conditions: beautiful
Location: all over
Fishing+method: bait
Depth+of+presentation: 30-130
Water+depth: 30-130
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: herring
Water+temperature:
Species: Brown Trout
Size: 12-20
Total+caught: 5
Comments: one chunky laker about 20 in out in the middle,three browns in launch cove, and a few smallmouths there also.

Name: Gerry DuMont
e-mail+address: g.l.dumont@att.net
Date: 9/1/01
Time+started+fishing: 5 PM
Time+finished+fishing: 12 Noon
Weather+conditions: Cloudy then clearing ,stiff nortwest breeze
Location: North point and rangers cove
Fishing+method: Bait  anchored
Depth+of+presentation: 75'
Water+depth: 75'
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: herring
Water+temperature:
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 12" 14" LK  14" RB 13"Brn 11"SB 11"LB
Total+caught: 2LK,1RB,1Brn,1Lb,1Sb
Comments: Started at North point only got one small laker and one little largemouth in four and one half hours did not even get any other hits.Could not get to sit still even with two anchors out.Moved over to Rangers cove to escape the wind and immediately got another laker then got a Rainbow,a Brown and a Smallmouth with two missed hits the last hour and a half really saved the day.Getting out of the wind was the key to present the baits properly.

Name: tom
e-mail+address: tonysuprano62@hotmail.com
Date: 9/1/01
Time+started+fishing: 6:30 am
Time+finished+fishing: 3:00 pm
Weather+conditions: nice
Location: all over
Fishing+method: bait
Depth+of+presentation: 30-100
Water+depth: 30-100
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: herring
Water+temperature:
Species: Brown Trout
Size: 2 largemouths one was 4  1/2 lbs. one was little, one laker 18 in 2 browns about 14 Total+caught: 5 fish
Comments: worked hard for the fish i caught but had some action.

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