Place: STONE TAVERN Lake, Upper Freehold, NJ
Date: Sat. August 21, 2021
Time: 6:00am-2:00pm
Weather: Very warm and Humid. Overcast skies with a threat of rain storms forecasted for later in the day. Early temps went around 74 Degrees clouds mixed in. Overall temps reached a decent a decent and breezy 78 Degrees. Overall not a bad day without ANY RAIN or torrential weather.
Water Temps: 81.0 degrees rising to 83.5 most throughout the water columns.
Water Clarity: 2.0-'~2.5'
Wind Gust: Pretty calm most of the morning....but got really breezy as outerbands of Cold front swept West and South of our area. Quite weird...as we were expecting one thing and got another. 10~15MPHs
Best Lure: Crankbaits, Finesse Jigs, and shakey heads
Depths fished: 2.0'~8.5''
Limit: 3 Bass
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What Rain? What Bad weather?
With the threat of bad weather to include possible strongs winds and lightening, we had the lightest turnout to date, but SJHT anglers still came out to tame the old battle grounds of Stone Tavern!
Welcome to round #15 of the SJHT 2021 season where 8 members came out to battle down and say "F" the weather.
The bite was pretty much on once everyone got on the water.
Within 1st 5 mins, I had to misses on my trusty crankbait. Fast forward and hour later, I had 2 Keepers while picking up dinks in between the foray. Keeping an eye on the skies and the sound on thunder and lightening, it never materialized! It was actully a great day to be on the water.
Without further adieu, please give a big congrats to overall 1st place winner and Lunker Winner, Jackson *Gaining Ground* Fu by weighing in 3 Bass going 7.48lbs . Fu's Lunker went a nice 3.15lbs.2nd Place won by Andy *Trapper* Trapani with 3 Bass going 5.87lbs. 3rd Place was won by BN06 with 3 Bass going 4.39lbs.Misc. was won by Rob *Ram1212* Masterson with a fatty Catfish going 5.01lbs.
STONE TAVERN TALE OF TAPE:
Fu's 1st Place and Lunker Bag:
Trapper's 2nd Place bag:
BN06's 3rd Place Bag:
Rob's Bag and Misc. Winner:
Other Anglers Bass:
Bill Leach 3 Bass Keeper Bag:
Brian's M. Keepers:
Scott S. Keeper:
Other Misc. Pics:
New Paved Parking lot and entry way:
Summary: STONE TAVERN LAKE greeted us with a New paved surface, overcast conditions that allowed anglers to sneek up on them before the skies got bright, and just a pleasant day to be on the water. The bass were very active although not sure where the pickeral have gone to. Most anglers were culling early and often.....myself included. The right grass was "Found". (See Photo) Last but not least, it stayed dry and calm throughout our event and the drive home.
All of the Bass caught appeared very healthy and thick. I had 2 keepers within the 1st hour and a half of the Tournament. Anglers reported losing some nice size bass next to the boat. Some spitting the hooks while others just didn't have a good hook set.
In All, all 8 out of 8 SJHT Anglers caught at least 1 Bass. There were 20 Bass caught overall. Stone Tavern Bass gave way to total of 30.95lbs caught overall. STONE TAVERN avg. weight was 1.55lbs.
An outstanding 6 Anglers caught there 3 Bass Limit.
Congrats to Jackson Fu, Andy Trapani, BN06, and Rob on your performances.
Next up is DELAWARE RIVER out of Gloucester City in 2 Weeks
