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Lake Hopatcong 09-13-2009 |
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Contributed by John Carey
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Monday, 21 September 2009 |
 Five Alive braved the rough waters of Lake Hopatcong this past Sunday. We had high winds and some heavy boat traffic. Temperatures were comfortable in the low 80's. We had 18 anglers and 11 guys weighed in fish. Third place went to Bruce Sax with a 3 fish bag weighing 7.05 anchored by a 3.97 sweetie he caught in his first few casts with a buzzbait. Way to go Bruce! 2nd place went to Steve Richter with 3 fish weighing 7.35. Well done. Worth mentioning is the 6.5 lb walleye Steve caught the day before in practice on a black and blue jig. Not the right kind we are after but an awesome catch anyway! Very cool. First place went to...uh...is this right??? Ryan Gaynor??? Out of nowhere our uncontested Rookie of the year pulls off the win. Ryan must have read a book or something or maybe he finally traded in his push button Snoopy pole for real outfit. Ryan's bag went 13.30 pounds and was anchored with a 5.07 pound muffin that beat out Bruce's catch for lunker of the day!! All kidding aside, well done Ryan. You took it down on a day where some of our finest came up empty handed. Also I want to say thanks for all the helpful advice you gave us all at the ramp to help us improve our fishing skills. For those of you who missed out on the juicy tidbits of brilliance here it is...Ryan caught his fish in the water, near weeds, and he was throwing crankbaits, spinner baits, worms, jigs, a chatterbait, a swimbait, and dropshot rig. There you have it. Just follow what Ryan did and you to can come up a big winner!! Gee thanks pal for the advice!! Well cya all at Monksville in 2 weeks and remember, Five Alive has a buddy tournament on Pompton this Saturday the 19th. Tim Dafick has regained the lead in our Angler of the Year race, taking advantage of Chris Press blanking on Hopatcong. Wow. Now that don't happen often!
John Carey
Five Alive President |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 21 September 2009 )
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