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About 60% of US Anglers practice catch and release.
Women make up about 33% of fresh water anglers and
about 85% of fresh water anglers begin fishing at 12 years old. |
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Oct 8, 2008; 02:13AM
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Category: Fishing Tackle Wanted
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Name for Contacts: Frank
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E-mail: fcrispino@comcast.net
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Country: United States
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| Description: |
Looking for Rapala Rattlin Fat Raps and
Rapala Rattlin Deep Downs. Will buy at
reasonable price. Doesn't matter what the
color, thanks
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Nov 2002 Best Photo
$50 worth of fishing equipment for the photo with the most votes by November 30 th, 2002
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Debbie Dardeen 38 lbs Striped Bass |
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| Debbie Dardeen, 34 |
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| Story: Chunking bunker produced this nice size stripper on a cold
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Aug 5, 2003; 09:10PM - Greenwood Lake
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Category: Freshwater Bass Fishing Tips
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Author Name: Steve vonBrandt
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Author E-mail: swvbbass@aol.com
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Tip&Trick Description 1:
'Greenwood Lake'
Location
Greenwood Lake is located in both New Jersey and New York. There are several launching ramps throughout the lake located in both states. The ramps are well maintained, and can accommodate both large and small boats. In the southern end of the lake, at South Shore Marina, there are a couple ramps, and there are others, all the way to the upper end at Olde Point Marina in New York. Many of the marinas are full service, with restroom facilities, gas, picnic areas, and lodging. When you get about half way up the lake, at Happy Landing Marina, that is where the New York portion starts, in the Sterling Forest area. This is one of New Jersey's larger lakes at 1,920 acres, and it has a maximum depth of 57 feet at full pool.
Lake Profile
Greenwood Lake is a natural lake, located mostly in the state of New York. Belcher Creek is the main tributary.
In the winter, drawdowns lower the water in Greenwood about 2 to 5 feet. The water is Eutropic, with frequent algae blooms in the summer. Visibility is from about 3-6 feet, but sometimes it becomes cloudy after it rains, especially near the shore. In the summer there is a thermocline at about 20 feet. Most of the original lakebed, and the South flat, have muck and silt, but the rest of the lake has a hard bottom, that is mostly boulders and rocks, and the rest is sand and gravel. There are a lot of submerged points and humps throughout the lake. The lake has steep hills, and small wetlands are in the South and north ends. Most of the shoreline is privately owned, and has a lot of houses and marinas.
Species Available
The main species are largemouth bass, Muskies, and smallmouth bass. There are other species also, such as Chain Pickerel, Yellow Perch, Bluegills, and Walleye. There are also good populations of catfish. There is a lot of pressure at Greenwood, but catch and release fishing allows Greenwood to maintain a good population of Largemouth bass. It is rated among New Jersey top 3 Largemouth bass waters. Most of the bass average around 15 inches, but we have caught seven pounders on occasion. Smallmouth fishing is getting better, but the largemouth bass still outnumber them. Sometimes smallmouths in the 4 to 5 pound range are caught, and some nice Chain Pickerel are caught also. We generally use suspending jerk-baits, such as a Rapala, or a Rogue, in shad patterns, for the largemouth and Chain Pickerel early in the year. Muskies have been stocked also, and in early 1991, the state started stocking Tiger Muskies also. I don't generally fish for them myself, but friends and other anglers tell me that they are doing well. Greenwood is loaded with panfish, especially white perch, and they catch a lot in the 1-2 pound range. The main forage base is alewife, and panfish, along with Golden Shiners, and various minnows.
Best Times and Locations
The best times for Largemouth bass is in the spring, starting in April, or when the water reaches about 50 degrees. As soon as the water reaches about 53-55 degrees, the bass move to the shallows. The bays and coves are loaded with stumps and weeds, and they turn on first. We have had good luck in the past fishing the two channels at Greenwood Lake Village, and west of Fox Island. We start working the cover in these areas with lipless crankbaits, usually in shad patterns. The bass usually start spawning in early May, and it lasts until the middle of June. Floating Rapalas, soft Jerk-baits, and Senkos work the best. Although we have taken them on lizards and tubes also.
The bass in Greenwood like weed beds, but avoid the ones that have been treated, as they don't produce well. We stay on the outside edges in about 10-12 feet of water, and the areas around Storms Island and north of Fox Island,
are the best. Another good location is the shallow beds west of Fox Island, and north of Chapel Island. We use a lot of topwater baits here in the summer, and have had the best results with Zara Spooks, Nip-A-Dee-Dees, and Terminator buzzbaits, at dawn and dusk. During the day, we like to use Senkos, or 4' worms, and cast them to the edges of the grass, and in pockets. Docks and piers hold bass all day long. Try skipping a Senko or worm as far back under the docks into the shaded areas as possible. The farther back the better.
If you are after smallmouth bass, concentrate on the deeper, rockier, New York portions of the lake. Smallmouth bass seem to like the combinations of weeds and rocks, especially on points. The 10-12 foot depths, on the drop-offs, where there is a gravel bottom work the best. We have caught some nice smallmouths at night also, by casting small topwater baits, such as Pop-R's. Early in the mornings, you will do well with a 1/2 ounce Rat-L-Trap in about 2-6 feet of water, where there is a gravel bottom.
You can get a lot of good information about Greenwood from the local tackle stores, and some have maps with GPS locations. Remember to practice Catch, Photo, and Release, and there will be great fishing in Greenwood for many years to come
Steve Vonbrandt
S&K Guide Service / Life member B.A.S.S./N.A.F.C./B.B.R.C./ 1998 B.B.W.C.DE
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Jan 30, 2004; 03:10PM - 21'8' BayStealth Bay Boat
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Category: Boats
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Price: 20,500
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Name for Contacts: Marc Noe
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Phone: (813) 671-7447
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City: Apollo Beach
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State: Florida
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Country: USA
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E-mail: mnoe@tampabay.rr.com
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Description 1:
Excellent fishing boat- With full tower and rear sun shade with upper and lower station controls, 8 foot 6 inch beam, 2001 175hp Merc., jack plate, 74lb thrust Minnkota trolling motor, LMS350A GPS/Depth/Fishfinder, 2 live-wells, fishbox, 4 bateries, VHF, plenty of storage, tandem axel trailer. The first $20,500 takes this exceptional boat. Call Marc at (813)671-7447
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Mar 8, 2004; 11:02AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Author E-mail: gmlandrum@hotmail.com
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Report Description:
Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 29-MARCH 6, 2004
WEATHER: Spring winds are here as every morning around 10 it has started to blow. That
doesn’t mean the water get rough every day, just that the wind chill is a factor. Well, if you are
acclimated to the tropics it’s a factor. I see people every day walking around in shorts and
tee-shirts while I am in my jacket and they just laugh at me. Then again, I am not subjecting
myself to -20 degrees and snow, am I? Our coldest morning this week was 52 degrees and we did
have one day when it warmed up to a very comfortable 86 degrees! Early in the week it was
mostly cloudy but it sure cleared up later on.
WATER: Water to the west on the Pacific side as well as to the east on the Cortez side
remained in the high 60’s all week. There was water in the low 70’s to the south of us at around
20-25 miles and it was up against colder inside water in the 68 degree range. This made for a
very defined temperature break that ran almost due east-west. The San Jaime and Gorda Banks
both had water in the 68 degree range while the Golden Gate was around 66 degrees. Surface
conditions were fair to good on the Pacific and good on the Cortez this week with swells
occasionally to 6 feet to the west but much smaller due south and to the east. At the end of the
week the cool green Pacific water swung around the Cape and intruded on the Cortez side. The
water warmed up to 71 degrees but remained green between Cabo and San Jose. Up around
Punta Gorda it stayed blue. Also, a finger of warm water swung up on Saturday and ran across
the San Jaime and Golden Gate Banks, bringing temperatures in the low 70’s.
BAIT: Almost all the bait this week was Caballito at the normal $2 per bait, and they were the
smaller baits, not the large 1/2 pound fish.
FISHING
BILLFISH: We had another slow week on Striped Marlin, and it is hard to say exactly why.
One school of thought is the factory ships that were allowed by the government to harvest
Sardinas up in the Mag Bay area (to the tune of 400,000 tons this year) took so much of the food
the Marlin feed on that the Billfish went elsewhere. The water temps are right, but last year
(before the factory ships) the Striped Marlin fishing was excellent in January, February and
March. There are still a few fish being caught, but not in the numbers that we were expecting.
Those fish were are finding seem to have a preference for squid colored lures and have not shown
a lot of interest in the live baits presented to them. There are still some Blue Marlin being found
far to the south in the warm water, but they are not thick by any means, just about what you
would expect from 73-74 degree water.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were still more Tuna flags flying this week than flags for any other
type of fish, but even their numbers seemed to be down a bit, at least compared to last weeks bite.
There were some quality fish found though, and even though the bite was a bit slower, the Tuna
have still retained their title of “Fish of the Week”. Most of the fish were found along the
temperature break 25-30 miles south or just offshore on the Pacific side, and almost all (but not
quite) were found associated with Porpoise. Small feathers were working on both the larger fish
and on the footballs, and spreader bars worked when the activity started to drop. I had reports of
some fine action on fish in the 40 pound range by guys dropping jigs and yo-yo’ing on marks at
60-100 feet.
DORADO: The loose kelp paddies were the key to finding Dorado this week, just as they have
been for the past two weeks. If you were the first boat there, the fishing could be awesome! A
few nice paddies were found on the temperature break south of the Cape and a lot of boats were
able to limit on the Dorado while using live bait. As the bite fell off, chunks worked. We are
hoping that in a week the action will heat up again and kelp broken off by the large storm swells
off of southern California work their way downhill toward us.
WAHOO: Full moon, Wahoo. I saw a few fish boated this week that were in the 60-70 pound
class and most of the fish reported to me were found close to shore (within 1 mile) or on the San
Jaime and Gorda banks. Marauders and Marlin lures in dark colors were the best bet for these
toothy rockets.
IN SHORE: Still a few Sierra being caught on the Pacific side, but not a red hot bite by any
means, plus the water off the beach is a little rough. There was a half-way decent bite on
Yellowtail off the arch for a few days. Reports of Pargo off the beach up by Chileno continue to
make the rounds, but I have yet to see any of the fish caught there, or talk to anyone who has first
hand knowledge.
NOTES: All I have in my note section this week is the music I listened to while writing this
report. A client of mine gave me a copy of the latest CD that he has worked on and I have had a
hard time trying to type and boogie at the same time. “Cheap Yellow Mustard”, produced in
2003 by Cheap Yellow Mustard , Parkway Records, and recorded at the Bakersfield Music
School and Recording Studio is a funky Jazz/Rock fusion album that I have been listening to over
and over and over. It is all instrumental with song titles “Cheap Yellow Mustard”, “Tweaky
Weird Pinched Nerve Thingy”, “Soundscape”, “Sunny Funk”, “Blues on the Halfshell” and
“Funky Munky”. Cameron Melville is Keyboards and gave me the copy, Jerry Mulkins is the
Composer and Guitarist, Tommy “Dr. Groove” Smith on Bass, Ruben Fernandez on Percussion,
Bruce Milburn on Drums and Ken Basuano on Trumpets and Flute. Thanks Cameron, you made
my week! Until next week, tight lines and good music! |
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