Name: Gary &Tyler Murdoch
e-mail+address: gm 78987 @aol
Date: 5/27/02
Time+started+fishing: 2:30 p.m.
Time+finished+fishing: 5:30 p.m.
Weather+conditions: overcast& nice
Location: North tower, point , and Hump
Fishing+method: trolled riggers
Depth+of+presentation: 35-50 ft
Water+depth: 60-100 ft
Type+of+lure: rapala jointed blue silver and rainbow trout
Type+of+bait: lures
Water+temperature: 61*
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 19 in.
Total+caught: 1
Comments: First time with the new downriggers . They are great..
went to the north tower picked up the laker at 44 ft in 90 ft of
water.. missed 4 other fish.. It was a good day
to used to the new toys..
Name: bassinbob
e-mail+address: fishhead111@comcast.net
Date: 5/26/2002
Time+started+fishing: 7:00 AM
Time+finished+fishing: 12:30 PM
Weather+conditions: FOGGY, HAZY, A LITTLE DRIZZLE EARLY AM.
Location: SOUTH SIDE, BACK SHORE LINE
Fishing+method: CASTING SPINNER BAITS, JIGS AND JERK-BAITS
Depth+of+presentation: 2 TO 15 FT.
Water+depth: 15-20 FT
Type+of+lure: GARY YAMAMOTO SPINNER BAIT, BERKLEY POWER GRUBS/BROWN,
RAINBOW TROUT COLORED JERK-BAIT.
Type+of+bait:
Water+temperature: 56-59 D
Species: Largemouth Bass
Size: 4LBS, 2LBS COUPLE SMALLER
Total+caught: 7
Comments: Caught a 2-2.5 lb smallmouth on a spinner bait,
4 lb largemouth hit a 2 inch power grub. Caught a few smaller lm bass on
the rubber jerk bait. Was VERY SUPRISED to only see a few bass bedding,
water is cooler then normal for this late in May. Saw a lot of big bass
cruisin, I guess they are confused also!! Hope to get out next weekend
to, it sucks having to work all week and then it rains on the weekend.
Oh well, SEE YOU ON THE WATER!!!
Name: Sam
e-mail+address: doose24@yahoo.com
Date: 5/25-5/26
Time+started+fishing: 8:00am
Time+finished+fishing: 3:00pm
Weather+conditions: sunny
Location: North and South tower
Fishing+method: Trolling
Depth+of+presentation: 35 and 90 feet
Water+depth: 100 feet
Type+of+lure: assorted spoons
Type+of+bait: shinners
Water+temperature: 55
Species: Rainbow Trout
Size: 12,15,18
Total+caught: 8
Comments: Fished Round Valley with downriggers for the first time.
Caught a few nice rainbow trout, they were all released. Then headed for
the south tower and landed a few nice largemouth and smallmouth bass. Nice
day on Saturday.
Name: Jeff Banko
e-mail+address: jkbanko@earthlink.net
Date: 5/18,5/19
Time+started+fishing: a.m.
Time+finished+fishing: 7:00 p.m.
Weather+conditions: Party Cloudy, Windy
Location: North Cove, North Tower
Fishing+method: Bait and Trolling
Depth+of+presentation: 50 - 70
Water+depth: 70 -90
Type+of+lure: Chrome Sutton Spoon, Silver and Red Spoon
Type+of+bait: Herring
Water+temperature: 54
Species: Brown Trout
Size:
Total+caught: 0
Comments: No fish caught either day. Wind was tough. Would
find spots that I marked lots of fish and get hits but wind would blow
me right off of the spots.
Did not really hear of anybody doing anything. Cold front came
in on Saturday so think that kind of shut things down.
Name: Clint
e-mail+address: burgher@aesop.rutgers.edu
Date: 5-18
Time+started+fishing: 6AM
Time+finished+fishing: 4PM
Weather+conditions: WET and WINDY
Location: mainly N side
Fishing+method: trolling
Depth+of+presentation: surface & bottom
Water+depth: 65 to 110
Type+of+lure: jointed rapala's
Type+of+bait: herring
Water+temperature: 53
Species: Rainbow Trout
Size: 15 to 17"
Total+caught: 6 + 7 lakers
Comments: All rainbows hit jointed rapala's trolled 100 to 200ft back
on flatline.
one laker on top same way. other lakers were with wire line on
spoons biggest one 23+ Weighed in fish for the Open contest and released
them.
Name: Jeff Banko
e-mail+address: jkbanko@earthlink.net
Date: 5/16/02
Time+started+fishing: 2:45
Time+finished+fishing: 4:00
Weather+conditions: windy but fishable, sunny
Location: North Dam
Fishing+method: Trolling and Bait
Depth+of+presentation: 70 feet
Water+depth: 70 - 90
Type+of+lure: sutton spool silver
Type+of+bait: herring
Water+temperature: 56
Species: Other
Size:
Total+caught: 0
Comments: Got kicked off by the white stroble light and rangers.
Lake was windy but fishable. No way we should have been kicked off.
Lake was in no way dangerous. Way to go state. Never even really
got to fish. Pretty much got on the water and had to turn around
and come back off.
Name: Sean,Rob,Tom
e-mail+address:
Date: 5-11-02
Time+started+fishing: 7:00a.m
Time+finished+fishing: 12:30pm
Weather+conditions: calm turning windy early on
Location: North Tower
Fishing+method: Bait
Depth+of+presentation: Bottom
Water+depth: 85'
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: herring-shiners
Water+temperature: 54
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 19to211/2
Total+caught: 8
Comments: Anchored at 7a.m. with light wind boated a couple of healthy
lakers near North Tower.As morning progressed wind increased but still
catching lakers.On both shiners and herring by noon time had total of eight
caught and two almost boated.Anchor broke free wind was picking up decided
to call it a day on the valley.
Name: Joe Vrabel
e-mail+address: J_Vrabel@hotmail.com
Date: 5-10-02
Time+started+fishing: 8:00 am
Time+finished+fishing: 3:00 pm
Weather+conditions: Windy
Location: North Tower, South Tower, Rangers Cove, Boat Launch Cove
Fishing+method: Drifting Herring
Depth+of+presentation:
Water+depth:
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: Herring
Water+temperature:
Species: Brown Trout
Size:
Total+caught: 0
Comments: 3 of us Drifted for 7 hours without any action. It was a
nice day.
Name: Clint Ben and Zack
e-mail+address: Burgher@aesop.rutgers.edu
Date: 5/11
Time+started+fishing: 6:30 AM
Time+finished+fishing: 1:30 PM
Weather+conditions: sunny some wind
Location: Mainly W of N tower to E of N point
Fishing+method: trolling
Depth+of+presentation: top, 24-35, bottom
Water+depth: 50 to 90
Type+of+lure: jointed rapala
Type+of+bait: herring
Water+temperature: 52
Species: Rainbow Trout
Size: 5 15+Rt, 2 15+BT, 7 LT
Total+caught: 14
Comments: only one Lake trout was over 20, 4 of the bows were kamloops
with two bows at 17". both Browns were 15 1/2". We weighed
in 6 fish for the MOT.
Name: Jeff Banko
e-mail+address: jkbanko@earthlink.net
Date: 5/6/02
Time+started+fishing: 4:50 pm
Time+finished+fishing: 7:00 pm
Weather+conditions: slightly cloudy, breezy with wind blowing towards
NW
Location: Just into the main reservoir ourside of launch cove
Fishing+method: Bait
Depth+of+presentation: 70' - 90'
Water+depth: 70'
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: Herring
Water+temperature: 55
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 23", 19", 19"
Total+caught: 3
Comments: Not such a bad day for a quick two hour trip. Cuahg
these three lost two others. Fish were biting real lightly so with
the wind it was east to miss them. Alomost all baits dropped came
back up with teeth marks on them. Heard someone got an 18 pounder
in the a.m.
Name: Randy Guerrera
e-mail+address: littlebum2@rcn.com
Date: May 6, 2002
Time+started+fishing: 6:30 am
Time+finished+fishing: 11:30 am
Weather+conditions: sunny and calm
Location: north shore
Fishing+method: trolling
Depth+of+presentation: 15 foot down and on bottom
Water+depth: 30 and 90 feet
Type+of+lure: chrome cowbells and chartruse flutter spoon
Type+of+bait: herring
Water+temperature: 50
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 18 and one-half pound
Total+caught: one
Comments: Took up friend Fred Sopko to fish and then assist stocking
the division's fish. Trolled all the way down the north shore with
cowbells and herring trying to get a rainbow. no hits. 9.9
not running well. decided to pull wire with a chartruse flutter spoon
on the way to the camper's ramp cove. As soon as I hit bottom with
the wire, had a tremendous hit. Handed the rod to Freddy and he landed
a 18 and 0ne-half pound laker. Stocked and came home. Ain't
the Valley great.
Name: Randy Guerrera
e-mail+address: littlebum2@rcn.com
Date: May 5th, 2002
Time+started+fishing: 6:30 am
Time+finished+fishing: 12:30 pm
Weather+conditions: sunny and calm
Location: south tower and 50 foot hump
Fishing+method: trolling
Depth+of+presentation: bottom
Water+depth: 50 to 80 foot
Type+of+lure: chrome dodger with bait
Type+of+bait: herring
Water+temperature: 50
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 19 inch
Total+caught: 4
Comments: bueatiful weather, but fishing was slow. Went up with
Dennis Concannon and trolled chrome 0 dodgers with herring on bottom neat
south tower and at 50 foot hump. Caught only 4 19 inch lakers.
Helped to stock club's fish including a bueatiful 23 inch tagged brown
of about 7 pounds. Ramp was a madhouse trying to get boat out of
the water. no more weekends.
NEW STATE RECORD!
Name: Gregory Young
e-mail+address: gregory@blast.net
Date: 5/4/02
Time+started+fishing: 6;10am
Time+finished+fishing: 9;18am
Weather+conditions: cool, clear, slight breeze
Location: North Tower to launch cove
Fishing+method: Trolling
Depth+of+presentation: 5' to 35'
Water+depth: 50' to 110'
Type+of+lure: Sutton Spoon #44 chrome
Type+of+bait: NA
Water+temperature:
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 41.5" Total+caught: 1
Comments: What can i say, trolled for rainbows and browns and lucked
into a true monster lake trout. Here's some information. certified weight-32lbs-8ozs.
length-41.5". girth-25.5". Also released two 16' rainbows. 1 kamloops
and 1 state stocked. Scuze me gone to disneyworld
Name: Joe Vrabel
e-mail+address: J_Vrabel@hotmail.com
Date: 5-4-02
Time+started+fishing: 7:00 am
Time+finished+fishing: 4:30 pm
Weather+conditions: calm
Location: North Tower, North Shore, East End, South Shore, South Tower
Fishing+method: Drifting Herring, Trolling
Depth+of+presentation: 20 -25 ft
Water+depth: ?
Type+of+lure: Cleo, Jointed Rapala
Type+of+bait: Herring
Water+temperature: ?
Species: Brown Trout
Size:
Total+caught: "0"
Comments: My first time out with a boat. It was nice just to get out
but if I don't figure this out I'm going to be coming up empty more times
than not. Saw a bunch of boats by the North Tower but didn't want to crowd
them so stayed closer to the shore. Then eventually drifted along North
Shore. Have to get my downriggers hooked up and start using. Will try to
go back this Friday.