Name: Walt Danilowski
e-mail+address: shadownose@rcn.com
Date: April 27,2002
Time+started+fishing: 9 am
Time+finished+fishing: 4:30 pm
Weather+conditions: sunny,calm in am;breezy in pm
Location: Main reservoir,deep water-90'+
Fishing+method: bait and trolling
Depth+of+presentation: bottom, suspended
Water+depth: 90+
Type+of+lure: assorted spoons
Type+of+bait: herring
Water+temperature: 49 degrees
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 14-23"
Total+caught: 5 lakers/1 rainbow
Comments: Dead calm in am, anchored off north point in 95' water,very
slow bite. First laker was the largest,23",and very,very fat, which I released,
just like all the others. I had a herring down 25' on a slip bobber, and
hooked a very acrobatic rainbow, which went just about 20". I caught 3
other lakers on herring at the same spot, and missed about another 4 in
run offs.It was a slow pick all day anchored, and about 1:30 pm I picked
up and trolled spoons on the bottom, and 3 colors of lead core with Rapalas
and other stickbaits, with only 1- 14" laker caught on a brass colored
Mooselook Wobler.
Name: Nate & Dave
e-mail+address: thespongers@webtv.com
Date: 04/27/02
Time+started+fishing: 12:30pm
Time+finished+fishing: 2:30pm
Weather+conditions: sunny, windy
Location: campers' clearing area - by the far light
Fishing+method: casting
Depth+of+presentation: 10'
Water+depth: 20'
Type+of+lure: green and silver Rat L Trap
Type+of+bait:
Water+temperature:
Species: Rainbow Trout
Size: 12"
Total+caught: one
Comments: had shiners on other rods when snagged the little tagged
Kamloop looking for bass. fish released healthy and headed for home
to grow up. Saw another fellow pick up a bass but thats about all.
Name: Walleye Wally
e-mail+address: walliwally@aol.com
Date: 4/24/02
Time+started+fishing: 11:30am
Time+finished+fishing: 6:30pm
Weather+conditions: nice
Location: Trenton,Delaware River :-)
Fishing+method: live lining big River Herring
Depth+of+presentation:
Water+depth: 8-10"
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait:
Water+temperature: 57.6*
Species: Other
Size: Fat 38"
Total+caught: 1
Comments: After changing Vans and putting on a new trailer hitch,i
lost about 3 weeks of freshwater fishing time:-(but i was banging the stripers
behind the house:-)My first trip with the new hitch was to the Delaware,caught
16 Herring for bait,and started to fish around 2:00pm.Within 5 min.got
my first run off,and landet a real fat 38"Girl of at least 25 or more Lbs.
While releasing the Bass,Bryan(Go Fish)my partner in crime,had one going,
but lost him after a short battle,it was a Monster.We had 3 more runoffs,
but they let go before we could set the hook.It was a nice change of scenery,but
very VERY crowded for a weekday,got the last parking spot for the trailor,see
you all back at the Valley soon,Walt
Name: Sandro Cabete
e-mail+address: sandrocabete@comcast.net
Date: 04-20-02
Time+started+fishing: 6:30am
Time+finished+fishing: 3:00pm
Weather+conditions: cloudy
Location: N Tower
Fishing+method: Trolling
Depth+of+presentation: 50'
Water+depth: 60'-75
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: herring
Water+temperature:
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 20-22
Total+caught: 2
Comments: 2nd Time fishing on a boat, trolled from 6am to about 11am
no hits but fish finder was going crazy at times with so many fish but
still no hits.
Chaged tactics the two time the Fish finder spoted fish I released
the bait at about 50-55' and let it sink and got fish both times. Maybe
just luky or the fish are a little lazy.
Name: Clint
e-mail+address: Burgher@aesop.rutgers.edu
Date: 4/20
Time+started+fishing: 10:30AM
Time+finished+fishing: 3:30PM
Weather+conditions: some rain but mostly cloudy
Location: N tower and point
Fishing+method: troll
Depth+of+presentation:
Water+depth: 70 to 90
Type+of+lure: lake trolls and dodgers
Type+of+bait: herring
Water+temperature: 58
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 19 to 21+
Total+caught: 4
Comments: Caught 4 lakers between 18 to 21+. The 21+ was fat
'n sassy. Also landed 1 rainbow 16+ from 35' deep in 70' of water
(F&G tag). All fish were released. Lost two others on flatline.
Fish started to hit after 1:30 when the weather couldn't make up its mind
to blow from the east west or north.
Name: Gary&Brad
e-mail+address:
Date: 4/20/02
Time+started+fishing: 6:15 a.m.
Time+finished+fishing: 2:00 p.m.
Weather+conditions: overcast. with passing shower
Location: North tower, south tower , 50 ft. hump
Fishing+method: dunking herring
Depth+of+presentation: 30 ft. - 90 ft.
Water+depth: 105 ft.
Type+of+lure: na
Type+of+bait: hering
Water+temperature: ?
Species: Other
Size:
Total+caught: skunked..
Comments: Fishfinder did'nt work.. way to start off the day... seemed
the fish did not want to eat today.....
Name: Jack Wujciak
e-mail+address: akajack@comcast.net
Date: 4/19/02
Time+started+fishing: 1:00 PM
Time+finished+fishing: 4:00 PM
Weather+conditions: hot, sunny slight breeze - perfect day
Location: shore fishing around both boat ramps
Fishing+method: fly fishing
Depth+of+presentation: surface - 5 feet
Water+depth: 10 feet
Type+of+lure: bead headed hare's ear nymph, black stonefly nymph
Type+of+bait:
Water+temperature:
Species: Rainbow Trout
Size: about 10 inches
Total+caught: 2
Comments: Saw a few pre spawn largemouth being caught (and released)
over by the inlet. I talked with 2 happy boaters who said they each caught
lakers on downriggers - no details offered, and I didn't ask.
Name: Dave Merrill
e-mail+address: NJTUNAMAN@aol.com
Date: April 19,2002
Time+started+fishing: 2:45Pm
Time+finished+fishing: approx 5:15 PM
Weather+conditions: Sunny turned cloudy with thunderstorm , air temp
70's
Location:
Fishing+method: Bait
Depth+of+presentation:
Water+depth: 120
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: Shinners and Herring
Water+temperature: 55
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 18, 18 , 21
Total+caught: 3
Comments: Fished Friday afternoon with good intentions fishing
till dusk. But thunder storms came rumbbling through, the lights on the
dam came on and it was time to head to the ramp, but not before managing
to catch and release 3 lakers in the 18-21 inch class.
Name: Dave Merrill
e-mail+address: NJTUNAMAN@aol.com
Date: April 18,2002
Time+started+fishing: 7:00am
Time+finished+fishing: 2:30 PM
Weather+conditions: Sunny , Hot , Temp was High 80,s low 90,s
Location:
Fishing+method: Bait
Depth+of+presentation: 20 ft to bottom
Water+depth: 85- 120
Type+of+lure: N/A
Type+of+bait: Shinners and Herring
Water+temperature: 61
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 18 - 33
Total+caught: 8
Comments: My friend Jay and I fished on Thursday April 18, Started
in 85 feet of water , read alot of lakers on bottom. Caught a total of
8 lakers from 18 to 33 inches with a few 23 inchers.All the fish were released!
The 33 inch laker I caught had a girth of 20 inches and was caught on a
slip bobber 20 ft down (to my surprise) in 91 feet of water. It was caught
on a shinner , on 8 lb test line and took about 20 minutes to get him boat
side.I released the fish after measuring it and to our surprise the fish
went to the bottom and eat another one of our baits. The fish was actually
caught twice.
Name: Randy Guerrera
e-mail+address: littlebum2@rcn.com
Date: 4/15/2002
Time+started+fishing: 6:30 am
Time+finished+fishing: 12:00 pm
Weather+conditions: sunny and calm
Location: between towers, 50 foot hump, and north shore
Fishing+method: trolling
Depth+of+presentation: 65 to 75 feet
Water+depth: 50 to 90 feet
Type+of+lure: chrome sutton spoons and chrome dodgers
Type+of+bait: minnows
Water+temperature: 49
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 21 inch
Total+caught: one
Comments: went up with friend Cliff Wagner. Pulled wire for 2-3
hours, lost 5 or 6 fish. They were short hitting. Finnally
got one 21 inch laker. Trolled dodgers and bait for an hour or so.
Only a couple of boats on the Valley. Fishing was very slow.
Name: Clint, Zack and Ben
e-mail+address: Burgher@aesop.rutgers.edu
Date: 4/14
Time+started+fishing: 6 AM
Time+finished+fishing: 2PM
Weather+conditions: foggy til 11 then calm & sunny
Location:
Fishing+method: trolling
Depth+of+presentation: 70 to 85
Water+depth: 75 to 95
Type+of+lure: lake trolls and dodgers
Type+of+bait: shiners
Water+temperature: 49
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 19, 20+ 21+
Total+caught: 3
Comments: Took the boys out on the boat. Zack caught the first
(21+). Ben fought 3 till the 20+ was netted, Dad caught the
short. Kept the 21+ for dinner. other was released after MOT
weigh in.
Name: Duane Connor
e-mail+address: djconnor@bellatlantic.net
Date: April 14,2002
Time+started+fishing: 6:00am
Time+finished+fishing: 1:30pm
Weather+conditions: morning very foggy,then sunny light breeze
Location: ranger cove mouth
Fishing+method: anchored,live bait
Depth+of+presentation: 75 to 85
Water+depth: 89
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: shinners
Water+temperature:
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 16.5,18,19.5
Total+caught: 3
Comments: Great day for first time out this year and for the first
contest this year. The day started out very foggy could not see more than
five foot around the boat. All three were a little on the skinny side,all
caught in the morning before the fog lifted(10:30am)
Name: Walt and Kevin Danilowski
e-mail+address: shadownose@rcn.com
Date: April 6,2002
Time+started+fishing: 7::30 am
Time+finished+fishing: 2 pm
Weather+conditions: cold and windy (10-20 mph)
Location: drifting and anchored north side
Fishing+method: bait large shiners
Depth+of+presentation: bottom
Water+depth: 50-115'
Type+of+lure: n/a
Type+of+bait: large shiners
Water+temperature: 42
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 20-24"
Total+caught: 3
Comments: Began the morning with drifting inside the launch cove, marking
fish suspended and on the bottom, with no luck. Moved out to the north
tower and drifted there, marking fish, but still getting laughed at. Moved
out to the area off the north point that I have on the GPS, double anchored
and chummed, and managed only 3 lakers there, with one being so strong
I had thought I had tangled around the anchor rope, because it only came
up 1/2 way and then it wanted to not budge another foot! I gave the pole
to my son, who was frozen and cranky by then, and pulled up the anchor,
but it was not tangled with it, just being a tough catch!! I took the pole
back from my son because he could not move the fish either, and probably
fought it for another 15 minutes, til I was able to pursuade it to come
up so the hook could be removed. That fish was perhaps the fattest laker
I have caught at the Valley, measuring 24". The wind was gusty, and the
boat pulled the other anchor, so we packed up and headed in, making my
son very happy knowing he was going to warm up in the truck!!!
Name: Brian
e-mail+address: a224@erols.com
Date: april 3rd 2002
Time+started+fishing: 9am
Time+finished+fishing: 12;30pm
Weather+conditions: cloudy, with some wind
Location: allover
Fishing+method: downriggers, trolling
Depth+of+presentation: 35-70ft
Water+depth: 40-120ft
Type+of+lure: rapala, orange and black
Type+of+bait: na
Water+temperature: ???
Species: Rainbow Trout
Size: 20 in
Total+caught: 3
Comments: caught one rainbow at 20 inches and 2 lakers at 18 20 inches....rainbow
was healthy, but some what thin. lakers looked healthy also.