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March 20 around Noon :Finally found 54 deg WT at the inflow Pipe and caught 6 Small Female Gills
less than 5",1 Male about 6.5" ,2 White Perch, and a Yellow Perch in about an hours' time. Best Fish was a 9" WP.........March 25 ,WT 54 after a drop to 50 three days ago .Still the Panfish ( six Gills and one Yellow Perch) in an hours time midday are taking Mealworms and Crawler pieces on a plain hook or small Jig /Tipped .Best Fish ;7" Male BG.

Brown Bullheads 4/8 and 4/9 Schooling and Catchable after day and a half of Rain, on Float Rigs and Bottom Rigs.50 degree WT
May 24--Shot up to 70-72 Deg.WT with Post Spawn Pickerel chasing Spinners and biting off Bucktails,, Guarding Black Crappie hitting spinner and Stick worm . Bass ready to spawn hitting Stick worms and a Trout grabbing a trolled Crankbait .

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Comment by John Sheehan on March 27, 2022 at 8:29am

The Grapefruit color of a 7" Male Bluegill taken from cold stained water (54 deg) in NENJ. 

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