Name: Walt Danilowski
e-mail+address: shadownose@rcn.com
Date: March 30,2002
Time+started+fishing: 11:30 AM
Time+finished+fishing: 6 PM
Weather+conditions: warm,overcast and breezy(closer to windy)
Location: northern 1/2 of the Valley
Fishing+method: trolling and live bait
Depth+of+presentation: bottom
Water+depth: 60-115'
Type+of+lure: brass,chartreuse,rainbow ,silver spoons, rainbow trout
stickbaits
Type+of+bait: large shiners
Water+temperature: 42
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 20-24"
Total+caught: 3
Comments: Started the day drifting large shiners with a drift sock
due to the windy conditions, without a bite, from the launch cove almost
to the east end. Decided that maybe trolling the Valley was the key to
catching a fish, so I trolled back west with downriggers and spoons, along
with lead core and stickbaits, jointed rainbow trout, and black and silver
rapalas, and Little Rippers in asst colors, and for the next 3 hours I
had a nice ride without a fish. By late afternoon, the wind started to
die down, so I double anchored in 90' off the north point, and had 3 legal
lakers in a little over an hour. Dusk was approaching, so I called it a
day. At least I was not let down by the fishing at the Valley.
Name: golabek brothers
e-mail+address: -------
Date: march 28
Time+started+fishing: 11 a m
Time+finished+fishing: 2 p m
Weather+conditions: nice
Location: pines & campsites
Fishing+method: trolling
Depth+of+presentation: surface
Water+depth: 15 shoreline
Type+of+lure: pheobes silver
Type+of+bait: none
Water+temperature: unk
Species: Rainbow Trout
Size: 13
Total+caught: 6
Comments: past trips we did good with browns but this time kamloopers
just stocked were too fast for the browns.we had motor trouble at campsite
and we rowed to nearest fisherman who graciously said he would tow us in.altough
we got the motor started before tow was necessary we say THANK YOU MISTER
NICE GUY!!!!!!!!! don & mike we be fishn bros
Name: tom/bill
e-mail+address:
Date: 3/28/02
Time+started+fishing: 9:00
Time+finished+fishing: 3:00
Weather+conditions: nice
Location: middle
Fishing+method: bait
Depth+of+presentation: 40-90
Water+depth: 40-90
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: large shiners
Water+temperature:
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 18-20
Total+caught: 6
Comments: good day but it shut down after about 11:00-only one fish
after that
Name: Clint
e-mail+address: Burgher@aesop.rutgers.edu
Date: 3/24 (Sun)
Time+started+fishing: 10:30 AM
Time+finished+fishing: 4PM
Weather+conditions: overcast some wind
Location: fish were caught in ramp cove
Fishing+method: trolling
Depth+of+presentation: 35 to top
Water+depth: 40 to 70
Type+of+lure: coyote spoon, Lake trolls
Type+of+bait: shiners
Water+temperature: 40.8
Species: Rainbow Trout
Size: 16 1/2 and 19 1/4
Total+caught: 2 + 1 laker
Comments: 16 1/2 was a kamloop, 19+ had no tag. Laker was 19" all released
in good health.
Name: Al
e-mail+address: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Date: 3/17/02
Time+started+fishing: 7am
Time+finished+fishing: 2pm
Weather+conditions: cold!!! Very slight wind
Location: North shore and Southeast shoreline
Fishing+method: Bait - shinners
Depth+of+presentation: 68' to surface
Water+depth: 68'
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: shinners
Water+temperature: ?
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 17" - 22"
Total+caught: 8 -10
Comments: Slow morning but did get two fish and two hits. Then around
noon it opened up and had constant action for an hour or so. Caught a Kamloop
on the surface (16" - released). Saw the boats running the new stockies
out around the lake - GREAT JOB!
Name: Walt Danilowski
e-mail+address: shadownose@rcn.com
Date: March 17,2002
Time+started+fishing: 7:30-8:30, 10-12 noon
Time+finished+fishing: noon
Weather+conditions: overcast,cold,northeast to east wind
Location: Launch cove early, then off north point
Fishing+method: live bait
Depth+of+presentation: bottom
Water+depth: 85'
Type+of+lure: na
Type+of+bait: large shiners
Water+temperature: 39-40
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 22-26"
Total+caught: 5
Comments: Started drifting early in the launch cove before helping
with the Kamloops stocking, without a hit. Helped with the stocking, then
I anchored in 85' of water in a area that I have on my GPS that I usually
catch fish at. Caught 5 keeper lakers that returned to the depths of the
Valley for another day, the largest being just about 26"! I also had 3
run offs, one that took line for a while when I was fighting a fish at
the front of the boat. After I released the fish I was fighting, I attempted
to set the hook on the running fish and missed. I figured by the time I
got to him, he would have been gut hooked and half digested the shiner,
but I guess that fish was just fooling around!! Found and used #4 red circle
hooks, and caught 3 in the corner of the mouth, and missed the fish who
took a run. The other fish were caught on red #4 octopus hooks, and were
gut hooked. The two other run offs were on the octopus hooks, 1 black/1
red.
Name: Martin Senoff & Scott Kennedy
e-mail+address: marbagel@aol.com
Date: 3/16/2002
Time+started+fishing: 9:00 am
Time+finished+fishing: 2:00pm
Weather+conditions: cloudy, windy ,light rain
Location: ranger cove north tower
Fishing+method: trolloing w/ down riggers
Depth+of+presentation: 80 feet
Water+depth: 80 feet
Type+of+lure: small chartreuse and silver spoon
Type+of+bait: lure
Water+temperature: 42-44
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 18 inches
Total+caught: 3
Comments: 1 laker caught in ranger cove was taken in 60 feet of water
with the downrigger at 40 feet. Marked alot of fish but only caught these
three.
Name: Randy Guerrera
e-mail+address: littlebum2@rcn.com
Date: 3/17/2002
Time+started+fishing: 6:30 am
Time+finished+fishing: 12:00 pm
Weather+conditions: cold, damp and slightly breezy
Location: north shore and 50 foot hump
Fishing+method: trolling
Depth+of+presentation: 70-90 feet
Water+depth: 70-90 feet
Type+of+lure: brass willow leaf spoons, suttons, chrome dodgers
Type+of+bait: shiners
Water+temperature: 42 degrees
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 19 inch
Total+caught: two
Comments: Pretty slow morning at the valley. Took Ken Esser and Rich
Lawsten up to help stock the Kamloops in my boat. Very cold. Pulled wire
and Rich got one 19 inch laker near north shore. Stocked and then went
to 50 foot hump to troll chrome dodgers with small shiners. Caught one
more 19 incher and gave up (to cold) and went home. First time out with
boat this year, and of course have things to fix. But not to bad, no disasters.
Name: bob & spike
e-mail+address: bucklebob@earthlink.net
Date: 03/17/02
Time+started+fishing: 7:00 am
Time+finished+fishing: 1100 am
Weather+conditions: COLD!!!! overcast
Location: north tower
Fishing+method: bait
Depth+of+presentation: top&bottom
Water+depth: 90ft.
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: shiners
Water+temperature: 39
Species: Brown Trout
Size:
Total+caught: 2 rainbows 3 lakers
Comments: FINALLY, got the stripe off Spike's back(pepe'lepu).
Name: tom/friend
e-mail+address: tonysuprano62@hotmail.com
Date: 3/16/02
Time+started+fishing: 7:30
Time+finished+fishing: 3:00
Weather+conditions: overcast
Location: mainly towards back by pines
Fishing+method: bait
Depth+of+presentation: 40-90
Water+depth: same
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: lrg shiners
Water+temperature:
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 17-20
Total+caught: 4
Comments:
Name: Hickpoppy
e-mail+address: hickpoppy@hotmail.com
Date: 03-09-02
Time+started+fishing: 7:30am
Time+finished+fishing: 12:30pm
Weather+conditions: Beautiful
Location: North Dam
Fishing+method: Bait
Depth+of+presentation: 90-103
Water+depth: 90-103
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: Large Shiners
Water+temperature: cold
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 20"
Total+caught: 2
Comments: Very foggy and didn't see one other boat with navigation
lights on!! Anyway, took advantage of no wind and hung some shiners right
off the bottom. Plenty of hits, with only two landed. Tried to find the
50ft hump to no avail. Just learning the lake and techniques; any help
(hints) is appreciated!!
Hoping that the reservoir gets a nice stocking of herring again to
rebuild up the Brown trout population. Not too long ago a 20+ pounder was
taken from those waters, now all you see are 12" stockies. Lakers are good,
but this premier trout fishery needs something other than lakers and tiny
rainbows and brown trout.
Name: tom/nick
e-mail+address: tonysuprano62
Date: 3/9/02
Time+started+fishing: 8:30
Time+finished+fishing: 3:00
Weather+conditions: nice-then windy
Location: mainly in the back half of res
Fishing+method: bait
Depth+of+presentation: 50-110
Water+depth: 50-110
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: shiners
Water+temperature:
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 18-22
Total+caught: 3
Comments: worked hard and covered a lot of water for 3 fish. kept the
22 in.
Name: Chris Gatley
e-mail+address: csgatley@ardentangler.org
Date: 3/9/02
Time+started+fishing: 8am
Time+finished+fishing: 2:30pm
Weather+conditions: nice, foggy then windy by 1pm
Location: ranger cove, pines
Fishing+method: wire troll, downriggers w/ rapalas
Depth+of+presentation: surface to 90 feet
Water+depth: 90 feet
Type+of+lure: various
Type+of+bait:
Water+temperature: 40
Species: Brown Trout
Size: 22inch
Total+caught: 3
Comments: picked up three - had some other hits but lost them on wire.
Clients learned first hand how downriggers work, wire trolling catches
fish, boat control in wind etc....they learned a lot