The Jennings

Date 7/19 05 Sunny and hot, Water temp 90*
Caught herring easily this morning and found breaking fish early. Thru pencil poppers at them and put downlines on them and had a ball for 30 minutes. After the action was over fishing got tough again. Fished hard the rest of the day, had probably 40 strikes, clients kept 8 Stripers For 58 pounds, largest fish were a 10 and a 12 pounder.

Danny Marshal, Byron and John

Date 7/18/05 Sunny and Hot, Air mid 90,s, Water 89*
The weather has been hot and the water temp is to hot for fish to be comfortable in. Very little oxygen in there blood makes the fish feel sick and they can't escape the heat because the thermocline is at 26'. Saw fish breaking in the morning and had fun with them then struggled to catch fish on downlines the rest of the day. Had 40 to 50 hits but fish were striking short and lost most. Clients kept 8 stripers for 36pounds.

Todd and Bonnie Lewis

Date 7/14/05 Sunny and hot, Water temp 88*
Fishing with regular clients today. Caught herring and found a school breaking early in the morning. Clients thru Pencil poppers at them and caught a few punks. I put downlines on the school and caught 8 but most were small. Left that school in search of bigger fish. Found another school and by 7.15 am we had our limit. Found 4 or 5 other schools and wore them out, releasing all of them. Clients caught 40 stripers, Kept 12 for 53 pounds.

Buck Collins and Bob Ianuzzi

Date 7 13/05 Sunny and Hot, Water temp 86*
Today's fishing was tough. Caught herring easily and ran downlines on 25' to 45' flats with sporadic action. Fishing got better in the afternoon and ended up with 12 stripers for 53 lbs.

Steve Miller and Paul Piatt

Date 7/12/05 Beautiful day , Water temp 85*
Caught herring and fished downlines on 30' flats. Fishing was good and clients kept 12 Stripers for 67 pounds.

Chad, Denette, Nadine and Hillery

Date 7/07/05 Sunny and Pleasant, Water temp 85*
Caught herring easily and fished flats in 35' of water. Fishing was good and we had over 50 hits, clients kept 16 Stripers for 84 pounds.

David Makagon, Mark, Ryan, David, Mark Jr. Huber

Date 7 /06/05 Sunny, air temp 90*, Water temp 84*
Caught herring easily and ran downlines on 30' flats early in the morning with limited success. Had numerous hits but put only a few keeper fish in the boat. Worked our way downlake to the 40' to 50' flats and scored on some big schools of stripers. Lost count of hits but we went thru 125 baits catching stripers and cats. Clients kept 16 stripers for 84 pounds, largest fish 9.5 pounds.

Bill Hamilton

Date 7/05/05 Sunny and pleasant , Water temp 85*
Did not fish the last 4 days due to boat traffic on July 4 th weekend. Tried a couple of areas around the splits , moved downlake and found a school by the powerplant, every line went off , lost count of fish cought but was in by 11 am, kept 8 stripers for 48 pounds, 2 over 12 pounds.

Al Rogenski

Date 6/04/05 Partly cloudy
Fished downlines on 25' flats With good success. Clients had 50 hits , kept 18 Stripers for 81 pounds.

Scott, Dana, George and George Jr.

Date 7/01/05 Pretty morning, Sunny , Water temp 84*
Another great day of fishing. We had constant action, had to catch herring twice, fished flats 30' deep. Must of had 80 to 90 good hits, Clients kept 18 stripers for 96 pounds.

Rich,Sean, Chauncy, Ryan and Andrew

Date 6/30/05 Sunny, Air 90*, Water temp 85

Father and four sons fished today, was concerned with there level of experence at first but boy did they show me. Caught herring and fished downlines on 30' flats. Again the larger stripers did not want to feed well but we had plenty of hits[60 to 70]. Guys did great and caught stripers and cats, kept 12 for 52 pounds, a pleasure to fish with. I am sure there will be some great fisherman in this group in the future.

Ricky Foard

Date 6/28/05 Beautiful day,water temp 84

Perfect morning, Bait was easy, fish cooperated everywhere we went, clients fished well, had 60 hits by 11 am, kept 16 stripers for 70 pounds, a great morning of striper fishing.

Steve, Mike, Jeff and Ben

Date 6/27/05 Partly sunny and pleasant, Water temp 84*

Knew I was in for an interesting day when within the first 10 minutes ot trying to catch bait my clients son made 15 laps around the boat with his father yelling at him 30 times to sit down. Anyway ,I caught bait and we went fishing. Ran herring on downlines on 30' flats early with good success. Took clients awhile to get the hang of things but once they did they jammed em. Fish turned off uplake so we moved down to 45' flats and found a mega school. Had over 70 hits, clients kept 20 stripers for 92 pounds and got off the water early.

Tommy Billet

Date 6/26/05 Sunny and hot, water temp 85
Fished 30' flats with little success. Sunday traffic spooked the fish, went downlake away from traffic , found fish and had well over 100 hits, clients kept 13 stripers for 57 pounds.

Amanda Crowley

Date 6/25/05 Sunny and hot, water temp 84*

Again we ran herring on 30' midlake flats with fewer hits than previous days. Saturday traffic got rocking early and slowed the bite, had 40 hits , clients kept 12 fish for 62 pounds.

Bruce Benedict and family

Date 6/24/05 Sunny, air 90*, Water temp 84*

Started off worried about the day. Have had these clients out 5 times with mixed results. Blew my moter on two occasions, lost a net on another trip and had two fair trips after slaying the fish on previous days. Needless to say, I was concerned about the trip. Caught 120 herring and ran downlines on 28'flats. Within the first 2 hours we had so many hits we went thru all the baits. Should have caught 70 stripers in 2 hours but clients were to excited and lost most of the fish. Caught 100 more herring and put them back on the fish and had constant action. Finally got the monkey off there backs and ended up with 20 keepers for 102 pounds. No worries about this group anymore.

Alan Worsky

Date 6/23/05 Sunny and pleasant, air temp 88*, water 83

Had only one client today and I knew it would be easy to limit out so I tried new areas today. Caught bait easily and graphed areas downlake . Fished flats 40' to 45' deep where bait was present. Found numerous schools and went thru 120 baits, caught over 40 stripers, a dozen cats, kept 8 for 48 pounds, largest fish 14 pounds.

Deno Barcia

Date 6/21/05 Partly cloudy, 90*, Water temp 82

Caught herring easily and ran downlines on 30' flats all day. Fishing was slower than usuall but clients had a ball. Had 40 hits, kept 13 stripers for 68 pounds.

The Watsons

Date 6/19/05 Fathers Day, Sunny, cool in the 70's

Booked this trip with intentions of fishing till 11 am so we could spend the rest of the day with our families. Running up lake to catch herring I ran over a school of stripers that must have been 5 acres. Excited about catching heerring and getting back to the school, it took me about 20 minutes to catch 150 herring. I relocated the school of fish, put downlines on them and spanked them. Total madness for 4 hours, lost count but went thru all our baits, easily caught over 50 stripers and 15 cats. Clients kept 24 stripers for 124 pounds, all before Sunday boat traffic.

Doug Meyers

Date 6/17/05 Cloudy, cold front, air temps mid 70's, water temp 82*

Caught herring and looked for big schools on the flats with no luck. Saw fish stacked on ledges 20' to 26' deep, put downlines on them and hooked up all day. Caught 40 stripers, 5 cats, 1 bass and walleye. Clients kept 21 stripers for 101 pounds. So much for cold fronts !