Name: OS
e-mail+address: tcramer@plib.com
Date: 7/31/02
Time+started+fishing: 6 PM
Time+finished+fishing: 11 PM
Weather+conditions: Clear, calm
Location: Near North tower then the Pines and between the towers
Fishing+method: Bait
Depth+of+presentation: 20'-60'
Water+depth: 40' and 60'
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: Shiners and crawlers
Water+temperature:
Species: Rainbow Trout
Size: 2 short 'bows and 1 laker
Total+caught: 3
Comments: The bait shop having no herring set the tone for the evening.
Anchored near the north tower for an hour then headed to the Pines.
Lyle caught his 2 short rainbows on crawlers. Got real quiet so we
moved to between the towers near 9:30-10p. Used surface and submersible
lights. Marked lots of smaller baitfish but not many larger fish.
I caught my laker (around 24-25") 5-6' off the bottom in 60ft. of water
on a shiner. All fished released. As always, be gentle with these
trout.
Name: Jeff Banko
e-mail+address: jkbanko@earthlink.net
Date: 7/31/2002
Time+started+fishing: 8:00 p.m.
Time+finished+fishing: 12:30 a.m.
Weather+conditions: calm and clear night
Location: Pines
Fishing+method: Bait
Depth+of+presentation: 30'
Water+depth: 65 '- 70'
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: Night Crawlers
Water+temperature: 80
Species: Brown Trout
Size: 15, 17,18,18,18,22,24,16,17,17,17,18,18,23
Total+caught: 1 ( 4 Browns, 2 Loops, 7 Bows)
Comments: By far the best day I have had at the valley in a long time.
Thank God we are allowed back out at night. Fished 65 - 70 feet of
water off the Pines. Had bait light dropped down around 20 feet and
fished nightcrawlers anywhere from 25 - 30' so that they were just below
the light and all the bait it brought in. Caught bunches of Browns,
and Bows including several in the 4 to 6 pound range. Only kept one
fish that swallowed the hook and was bleeding bad. Also lost two
or three that I could not even move. Had to be big, big, fish.
Can't wait to get out at night again.
Name: Eric O'Brien
e-mail+address: eobrien@csicold.com
Date: July 31
Time+started+fishing: 6:30 PM
Time+finished+fishing: 12:00 Midnight
Weather+conditions: Warm and Clear
Location: South dam
Fishing+method: Bait - Anchored and Drift
Depth+of+presentation: bottom and 30 - 40 ft
Water+depth: 115 ft
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: Shinners and Nightcrawlers
Water+temperature:
Species: Brown Trout
Size:
Total+caught: 1
Comments: A beautifull night to be out on the Valley, but nothing wanted
to strike my line. I caught one small bass.
Name: Ron Clark
e-mail+address: rdclark1@verison.net
Date: 7-20-02
Time+started+fishing: 6:30am
Time+finished+fishing: 11:30am
Weather+conditions: clear slight breeze
Location: top secret
Fishing+method: trolling
Depth+of+presentation: 60-85
Water+depth: 75-95
Type+of+lure: chromedodger-sutton
Type+of+bait:
Water+temperature: 77
Species: Rainbow Trout
Size: 23"5.5lbs
Total+caught: 1
Comments: good morning total 4 lakers biggest was 9 lbs all action
within first hour sun came out and shut down all action.. all fish released
and healthy.. rainbow was not taged and hit lure at 60 feet nice to see
some quality fish coming out of the valley
Name: Randy Guerrera
e-mail+address: littlebum2@rcn.com
Date: 7/21/2002
Time+started+fishing: 6:00 pm
Time+finished+fishing: 2:00 am
Weather+conditions: cloudy with slight breeze
Location: south shore- 50 foot hump
Fishing+method: trolling, then bait fishing
Depth+of+presentation: bottom and 25 foot
Water+depth: 70 to 90 foot
Type+of+lure: chrome dodgers-size O
Type+of+bait: night crawlers and minnows
Water+temperature: 79 degrees
Species: Rainbow Trout
Size: 13 to 20 inches
Total+caught: 15
Comments: Went up with Dennis Concannon and Gary "rubber duckie" Nelson.
Trolled dodgers and bait until dark, nothing, not even a release.
Anchored into 40 foot of water above the pines on the south shore.
Put down submersible light and noticed huge amounts of bait around light.
Very small, not sure if they are herring. If so must be young of
the year. If they are, it is good news for the future. Noticed bigger
fish suspended 25 feet down on fish finder. Let out night crawlers
25 pulls. Began catching steadily from 9:30 pm until we ran out of
bait at midnight. Final count was 15 bows, with many more lost.
Last one I got was a beautiful 20 inch 3 pound Kamloops. Hope they
keep growing. Next time I'll buy 4 dozen of crawlers. Glad
they opened the Valley at night again.
Name: Brian
e-mail+address: a224@erols.com
Date: july 16 2002
Time+started+fishing: 4pm
Time+finished+fishing: 8pm
Weather+conditions: Sunny with a stiff breeze
Location: Northside and point
Fishing+method: trolling
Depth+of+presentation: 25-40ft
Water+depth: 50-100ft
Type+of+lure: green and blue moosie
Type+of+bait: herring
Water+temperature: 73degrees
Species: Brown Trout
Size: 15, and 16
Total+caught: 2
Comments: fished the second shift. Caught both fish within the first
hour. Also caught a largemouth in the middle of the reservoir. I thought
the fishing would improve as evening fell, but it acually got slower as
it got later. Both Browns looked healthy and were released unharmed. (
by unharmed I mean not even taken out of the water )........................
Name: Clint Burgher
e-mail+address: burgher@aesop.rutgers.edu
Date: Sat 7/13
Time+started+fishing: 6AM
Time+finished+fishing: 2PM
Weather+conditions: calm sunny
Location: hunted all over
Fishing+method: trolling
Depth+of+presentation: 28, 34, 38, flatline
Water+depth: 50 to 90
Type+of+lure: various
Type+of+bait: herring
Water+temperature: 77
Species: Lake Trout
Size: up to 21"
Total+caught: 4
Comments: Caught four lakers trolling herring from 15 to 21".
Also caught two undersized bows.
Also caught two smallmouth (they were all over the place)
Name: Gerry Dumont
e-mail+address: g.l.dumont@att.net
Date: 7/6/02
Time+started+fishing: 6:30 AM
Time+finished+fishing: 11:30 AM
Weather+conditions: sunny,warm,windy at times
Location: South trench.North point , middle of reservoir
Fishing+method: bait
Depth+of+presentation: 30' and near bottom
Water+depth: 125'/100'
Type+of+lure:
Type+of+bait: herring
Water+temperature: 78
Species: Rainbow Trout
Size: 16"
Total+caught: 1
Comments: Double anchored in 125' off south dam near some bottom readings,no
hits.Went searching for fish on sonar looked off the pines, nothing. Started
to search in the mile of the reservoir,when we got almost even with the
north dam I got several marks at 30',at this time the wind had died out
completely so I decide to circle and drift herring through this area.I
still went hitless but my buddy Mark had three hits and landed one Kamloops
of about 16". The wind now kicked up heavy.We tried a brief stint double
anchored off the North tower with no luck before calling it quits.
Name: Randy Guerrera
e-mail+address: littlebum2@rcn.com
Date: July 1.2002
Time+started+fishing: 6:30 am
Time+finished+fishing: 11:30 pm
Weather+conditions: hot , sunny with a slight breeze
Location: north shore and 50 foot hump
Fishing+method: trolling
Depth+of+presentation: bottom
Water+depth: 60 to 90 feet
Type+of+lure: rainbow colored spoon and chrome dodgers
Type+of+bait: herring
Water+temperature: 78
Species: Lake Trout
Size: 21 and 17 inches
Total+caught: two
Comments: Took freind Fred Spoko up to the Valley. Only saw 5
boats on the whole lake. Mondays are nice. Wanted to try out
my new 9.9 four stroke. Ran nice and quiet. Trolled up the
north shore with wire line. Lost one fish. Went over to the
50 foot hump and trolled dodgers with live herring. Landed two small
lakers. Freddy wanted to keep the 21` incher to eat, so just released
the 17 incher. fishing was terribly slow. only lost about two
more fish. Was it hot after we got off the water. Think I'll
go back to the salt until the water cools down a little.