Place: NorthEast River, Charlestown, MD
Date: Saturday, April 15, 2017
Time: 6:10am-2:30pm
Weather: Overcast moderate 45 Degree start. Later warming up to about 66 Degrees with sporatic Sun
Water Temps: Main body was about 56.5 Degrees. Areas up near Susqhanna had about 54.2 Degrees.
Water Clarity: Less 1.5' due to previous run-off and opening of 6 Gates up near the Conowingo Dam.
Wind Gust: Barely noticeable 5-10mph.
Best Lure: Finesse worms, Shakey Heads, & Traps,
Depths fished: 3.0'~ 12.5''
Limit: 3
---------------------------------------------- Round 5 of our 2017 season allowed up to visit the Northeast River launching out of Charlestown, MD for our first time as a club. Parking was fine but the single launch and barely any safe docks\means of jumping down to boats was somewhat of a pain.
Now that the NJ BASS season is officially closed to tournament style events\weigh ins, 14 of SJHT finest traveled down to Charlestown Marina, MD to give there all and try to make up some ground on 2017 Points Leader Big Bass Man Sam.....who I might add was absent from this event.
Note: A correction in the Pot and number of Anglers fishing this weekend. When transferring the names from Rob's list to mine, Layne's name was not marked off any sheets thus creating a miscalculation but extra money leftover....so the 1st, 2nd, and Lunker winners will get an additional $11 and $4 respectfully.
Alright with that out of the way, SJHT anglers came early and ready to tackle our version of Ockeechobee, FL. With the latest run-offs and somewhat weird weather we've been having, water color and clarity was still an issue. The debris field outside of the Northeast River was a tad better than it was a week ago and there seem to be more Striper Fishermen out today due to opening day of there season.
Carpenter's Point Cove and the early low tide depicted by the shore line.
Without further adieu, please give a big shout out to Rob *Ram1212* M. for taking 1st and Lunker with 2 Bass weighing 8.79lbs. Rob's Lunker went an amazing 5.24lbs. 2nd Place was won by Layne E. with 1 Bass going 3.61lbs. 3rd Place was Joe Rendell H. aka Dave Chappelle with 1 Bass going 3.47lbs. Congrats to all and Way to fish till the end!!!
NorthEast River out CHARLESTOWN MARINA, MD TALE OF THE TAPE:
Rob's 2 Bass and Lunker pic:
Layne's 2nd Place Keeper:
Joe Rendell H. 3rd Place Keeper:
Posing with the Power Poles b/c pimping ain't easy:
Other Fellow anglers action:
Bill *FishingTroop* C. catch:
Dan *Crappie Jon* F. catch with the SRG *Shinner Reverse Grip* for those that don't know the Bass.NJ History. LOL!
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Summary: Big Shout outs to Rob, Brian and all who helped with the launching and tying our rigs up in the AM and even after the tournament. This is what makes our tournament run smoothly and lessen the frustration especially when there are other clubs with the same idea. Thanks again Men.
7 out of 14 Anglers caught at least 1 Bass. Just like last week, a total of 7 Bass were caught yielding 27.47lbs in Total weight. That gave way to an avg. of 3.92lbs per Bass. The total weight this week with the same amount of fish caught the previous is roughly [b]15.01lbs more weight than our D.O.D. Tournament. Amazing right! Word on the street is that once the Tide starting rising the bite increased therefore allowing anglers to somewhat stick to there comfort baits and techniques. Congrats to all of the fish catchers but more importantly to all who came out to battle and test there navigational skills with a limited debris field. [/b]
Hope to see all in 2 weeks down AT LUMS POND, LOCATED IN BEAR DELAWARE.
2017 Official Tale of Tape after Charlestown Marina, Md Tournament:
T's fished Name Points Lunker YTD Fish YTD Wgt
3 Sam F. (R) 38.75 5.54 6 19.75
5 Rob Masterson 31.13 5.24 5 13.13
5 Brian M. 23.69 2.06 6 9.69
5 Dan Fitzpatrick 22.57 3.28 5 11.57
3 Joe Henderson 19.02 3.47 4 10.2
3 White Mike 17.88 3.38 3 8.88
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2 Kyle S. 16.62 3.6 3 6.62
2 Layne Ell 14.23 3.62 2 7.23
4 Bill Leach 11.05 2.36 2 4.05
4 Bill *Trooper* C. 11.01 3.45 2 5.01
5 Big Nasty 9.85 1.68 2 2.85
3 Dennis Tolentino 9.1 3.32 2 4.1
3 Dave S. 7.19 3.19 1 3.19
2 Matt R. 6.52 1.26 2 2.52
4 Jackson Fu 6.13 1.13 1 1.13
2 Joe Reed 5.02 2.02 1 2.02
4 Wayne *Moe* Sr. 4 - - -
1 John P. 3.95 1.95 1 1.95
3 Andy Trapper 3 - - -
3 Carlos J. (R) 3 - - -
2 John Barrett 2 - - -
2 Taylor S. (R) 2 - - -
2 Mark R. (R) 2 - - -
1 Gary K. 1 - - -
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Edited by BigNasty06 on 04/16/2017
BN06, President
Congrats Rob on first and lunker!!! some real nice chunks there!! Congrats Layne on 2nd place and the rest of the fish catchers! Back pain and arthritis got the better of me. Hope to see you all at Lums
Flats is the new assunpink all the fish are 14" smh. Pretty sure I threw back a 10lb 5 fish limit in the first hour if it was 12" min lol. Had fun driving around for 8 hours. Around 1 had my 1 keeper randomly yawn as I drug my lure by lol. Hope Lums is as good as usual "2nd place is just the first loser"
Congrats Rob and Layne. Hell of a fish Rob. I thought it was going to be easy finding keepers since my first one was a keeper. No such luck, but it was fun scooting around. Hope you feel better Den.
