Place: Cooper River Park, Collingswood, NJ
Time: 5:30am-12:30pm
Date: Saturday, June 16, 2012
Weather: Gorgous 66 Degree start warming up to a comfy 82 Degrees; Calm Wind, Blue bird skies with an occasional breeze as the day progressed.
Water Temps: N.A
Water Clarity: N/A
Wind Gusts: Pretty Calm 5~10mph
Best Lure: Crankbaits, etc
Depths fished: N/A
Bass Limit: 3
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Well..Well...Well! What an unbelievable turnout for our re-opening of the 2012 NJ Bass fishing season!!! I terribly wished I could have stayed longer, but judging from the weights and number of fish caught, I believe we set a new SJHT Record for the number of Limits and Largemouth Bass caught overall.
Real Quick: We had a total of 21 members and 3 Guest on Saturday. There were 48 Total Bass caught giving way to a total weight of 84.86lbs. This brought the avg. weight of each Bass up to 1.77lbs.
There was a SJHT record of 12 anglers (3 Bass) Limits caught. There were 5 anglers that caught at least 2 Bass and 2 anglers that caught at least 1 Bass.
Fantastic job men and women!!!
Shout out goes out to our lone Female angler member who was able to catch her first official keeper Bass of the season in the Mrs. Janeen Leech (wife of Bill *The Hammer* Leech)
Bill's *The Hammer* L. catch:
and holding his wifes Janeen catch:
Way to go girl!!!
John *Bama* B..
Alright, unless others have photo's to post or of the weigh-in, here's the Cooper River Park Tale of the Tape 06-16-2012:
Let's give a big Congratulations out to Kyle *WallHanger* S. for taking 1st place and Lunker winner with 3 Bass and Lunker going 6.83lbs and 2.96lbs respectively. Way to cash another $$$ Kyle!!! Second Place was won by the Defending 2011 SJHT Bass Classic Champion and Rookie of the Year, Jackson *Revhi* F. with 3 Bass weighing 6.32lbs. Back in the lime-light again Jackson Eh? LOL!! To not be denied, Third place was won by John *GoneFishin* G. with 3 Bass weighing a total of 6.08lbs. Congrats to you guys for figuring them out and making the most of everything presented. Good Stuff!!
Word on the street is that anglers, caught there bass all throughout the Day. I can't report how many anglers went passed the Rt. 130 overpass and how many ventured towards Cuthbert Blvd., but the consensus was that that bass were very active and in the Chomping mood. I wish I knew what baits were effective vs. what was not, but I'll let the guys and gals add there respective Day on the lake analysis. The upcoming Cooper River Tournament hosted by Top Rod Bass Masters should be a good one.
Next up for SJHT will be our Club Tournament being held at Union Lake, Sunday, June 24, 2012 5:30am-12:30pm
In 2 weeks, we'll be holding our 9th Annual SJHT Open Buddy Bass tournament at Union Lake Saturday, June 30, 2012 6am-2pm.... where the 2012 Open Buddy Belts will be up for grabs. Save the date and I look forward to seeing many old and new faces.
Live Action..... Lolly out!!!
BN06
Edited by BigNasty06 on 06/21/2012
BN06, President
