Place: STONE TAVERN, Upper Freehold, NJ
Date: Saturday, August 13, 2016
Time: 6:00am-1:00pm
Weather: Scorching Heat with 78 Dewpoints and a start Temp of 81 Degrees. Maxing out at 98 Degrees which made it feel like 103 Degrees. Blue Bird Skys and barely no where to hide.
Water Temps: 84 degrees at start near boat ramp area and up to 88 degrees by the end.
Water Clarity: Clear down to 3.5'
Wind Gust: Barely Non-existent 5-10mph
Best Lure: Creature Baits, Rattletraps, senkos
Depths fished: 3.5'~8.0'
Limit: 3
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Welcome back to SJHT 15th event of the season at STONE TAVERN LAKE .
Today, 10 SJHT members came out to do battle at STONE TAVERN Lake.
Unlike last week, there were not alot of Bass caught. Anglers struggled to find a bite if any at all. With the High Heat and Humidty, it definitely was a grind.
Without further adieu, please give a big shout out to 2016 Angler of the Year Candidate Rob *The Heat has Nothing on Me* M. for taking 1st place with 3 Bass going 5.39lbs. 2nd Place was won by Dan *Rather be in the Pool* F. with 3 Bass weighing 4.77lbs. 3rd Place and Lunker was won by Joe Reed 2 Bass going 4.12lbs. Joe's Lunker went 2.54lbs. Congrats to these men as they were able to beat the Heat, develop a pattern to bring Bass to the scales, and last to the end.
Rob's 3 Bass Limit 1st place Bag:
Dan's 2nd Place bag:
Joe Reeds 3rd Place and Lunker:
STONE TAVERN Tale of Tape:
Congrats to Dan on the 1.15lb Miscellaneous Pickeral Win
Other Angler's catch's and Highlights:
Bill L. Bag of Bass and on water keeper:
Jiggen Den's Bag of Bass:
Stone Tavern Lake View:
Summary: We had a total of 10 members come out today. 7 out of the 10 anglers caught at least 1 Bass. There were 2 Limits weighed in. 14 Bass were caught in total giving way to 22.65 lbs . That gave an avg. of 1.62lbs per bass.
There were a couple sub par 12" Bass caught. Congrats to Rob, Dan, and Joe for taking home the purse. Thanks to all of the SJHT anglers for coming out and battling in the heat and humidity.
[b]Next up is MERCER LAKE this upcoming SATURDAY with a 6AM Start Time.
Congratulations fellows on dealing with the heat in producing fish, sorry I was unable to attend the last two tournaments I had to work last week and I took the family to the beach yesterday had to sacrifice something. Good job Rob, Dan and Joe
Edited by BigNasty06 on 08/14/2016
Congrats Rob on the win...Dan Im disappointed in your performance smh. Rob you have aoy all wrapped up. Im probably not making the last 2 ts. I vote we do all Sunday ts next year lol.
I went back to carnegie on saturday to get revenge on that 3lber that escaped, i put in a whole day and ended with around 15 fish nothing over 2lbs. Water temp was 10 degrees hotter than last week (topped out at 90 before i left). Big girls had no interest in the finesse stuff even
Jackson i finally caught a few fish around the bridges there i hipe ur proud of me lol