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Nice smallmouth caught on ul tackle
Hey Guy's
Had a decent day on the water yesterday. I was late getting out, was waiting for a friend and decided to have a cast or two around the launch ramp/ dam. The recent rains have swollen Lake Hopatcong to near overflow conditions. I was casting a Rapala CD01 on my G. Loomis SR782-1 IMX rod paired to a Daiwa JDM Certate 1003 spooled with 4lb Berkley crystal Fireline with a leader of 6lb Vanish. First cast towards the dam and I came tight to a good fish, drag was screaming and fish was surging! The current added to the fight for sure. When I finally caught a glimpse I saw a nice smallie. She weighed almost 4lb on my boga grip.
The rest of the day was spent catching yellow perch, bluegills, crappies, LM Bass and a few rock bass. Lake is slowly cooling off, so the bite is kinda off. Next few weeks will see the Yellow Perch and Pickerel take over!!!! Can't Wait.
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Permalink Reply by Vic Tankersley on
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Nice smallie Brian.....we don't got many down here ..the closest is in lake Guntersville
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Permalink Reply by David, aka, "McScruff" on
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Yep, now that is a nice fish. What also impresses me is that you know the names and numbers of all your gear.
The most I could do is maybe tell you what type lure or line I had.
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Permalink Reply by arthur cole on
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Nice job Bud . Man I have to get up there. Are you in the club?
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Sorry it is the Knee Deep fishing Club.
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Permalink Reply by John Sheehan on
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Love big Smallies !Great fish Brian! Thanks for the detailed report!Glad to see you like Yellow Perch and Pickerel also.Are you a 12 month of the year multi species fisherman ?I want to ice fish Hopatcong this year again.Caught nice Pickerel there before and I understand there are great Perch in there too.
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