Place: Maskells Mills Pond, Lower Alloway Creek, NJ
Time: 6:30am-1:30pm
Date: Saturday, August 18, 2012
Weather: Cool 68 degree rainy start with Sporatic Rain showers up till 10amish; Overcast cloudy day giving way to blue bird skies. Air Temps reaching warm 86 degrees
Water Temps: 77.8 Degrees Northern end warming to 82.3 degrees towards the Southern end
Water Clarity: down to 1.5'
Wind Gusts: Decent 5-10mph winds increase during rain period
Best Lure: Finesse worms, rattletraps, shakey heads;Chatterbaits
Depths fished: 1.5'~4.5'
Bass Limit: 3
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What happens when one has not fished in over a month, gets the opportunity to get out amongst his members to wet a line, and partake in a decent day on the water? Well...I call that Live Action!!
On a day that started out on the rainy side with flashes of Thunder\Lightening in the distant background, many anglers were met with Detour signs for a good stretch of Deerfield Road heading towards Maskells Mill Pond.
On Saturday, August 18, 2012, SJHT and its members traveled a bit Southward to fish WMA Maskells Mill Pond. On this date, 14 members came out to partake in the fun. There were 23 bass caught overall. Total weight came to 34.94 lbs. This gave an avg. bass weight of 1.52lbs. There were 4 Limits caught. 12 out of 14 anglers brought at least 1 bass to the scales. Unfortunately 1 bass did not survive due to a late, deep tongue hook set.
Angler reported catching many dink size bass, catfish, pickeral along with the occassional keeper bass. Maskells Mills has always been high on my favorite places to fun fish.
View towards spillway\dam
Without further adieu, lets give a big shout out and congrats to Dennis *Jiggen Den* T. for taking 1st place with 3 Bass going 6.80lbs. 2nd Place was won by Dan *Crappie Jon* F.. with 3 bass going 5.05lbs. 3rd and Lunker was won by Stone Tavern Runner-up angler Rob *Ram1212* M. with 2 Bass going 4.88lbs. Rob's Lunker went a healthy 3.88lbs. Fantastic gentlemen!!!
Dennis *Jiggen Den* T. 1st Place:
Dan *Crappie Jon* F. 2nd Place:
Rob *Ram1212* M. 3rd Place and Lunker:
Congrats to all of you guys and gals for coming out and dealing with the changing weather elements. I believe the bite was a little better with the rain and overcast skies.
Here is the Maskells Mill Tale of the Tape 08-18-12:
Some othe notable SJHT anglers bass caught:
Dale *LipRipper*
Bill *The Hammer* L.:
along with his wifes Janeen dink size bass... :->
Layne's *Basser995* E. catch:
All in all, Maskells Mills has definitely come back from the damn area work done over 2 yrs ago and the low water conditions. I'm here to report that SJHT very much enjoyed re-visiting this body of water and hope that the fishing continues to improve. Oneday those dinks Bass will grow up to be bigger bass. Anglers on this day developed an ever so suddle pattern that enable them to catch multiple bass.
Next tournament at Mirror Lake, Sun. August 26, 2012 6am-1pm.
Tightlines,
BN06
Edited by BigNasty06 on 08/20/2012
BN06, President
