8/6 LH wipers

[jimmythegreek]

Got out this morning for 2 hrs on the lake, was a beautiful morning out there. I have 2 props on loan from a minnesota prop shop i gotta send back. I made a run last night on the first one but it got kinda dark after getting the second one on so I decided to goto work "late" and test the 2nd one this morning. I stumbled on a school of wipers chomping on herring so I made a quick run to Dows and grabbed a dozen and got into some hybrids. Got a few nice ones out of a school of bigger fish, all 5lbs+ these two going around 6ish and fought HARD. Man I wish I was retired already, just a few boats on the whole lake and theyre a bunch of old guys that just fish all day...........what a life...........pics to prove it happened

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gonna start bringin out my gopro3 hope to have some good pics and vids soon

[Jigman13]

Damn... those are some piggies. Nice fish dude. I'm jealous!

[Skunk City]

I love me some 'BRIDney Spears :p . Jimmy how has the weeknight boat traffic been? I've got next week off and would like to try to get up there and not get run over by Captain Morgan and the Dos Equis guy.

[Fish n Jeep]

I don't always go to Lake Hopatcong...

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZarPhBAzsO0/TFjPt4o9-eI/AAAAAAAAACQ/C5Y0uVBLos4/s1600/The-Most-Interesting-Man-in-the-World.jpg

But when I do, I prefer Dos Equis.

[iceehot6766]

Nice ones....I gotta get out there and catch a few of those....they look excellent!!!

[jimmythegreek]

the weekends are ridiculous, I wish sept would come already, its dangerous. Weekdays arent bad, last night there werent too many boats out there, but they still churn it up pretty good. I made my WOT runs from riverstyx bridge to pickeral point, only semi-flat spot to run open. Kinda scary doing 47-48 in a walleye boat lol. If I had off Id be hitting it every morning, there was NOBODY out there, like glass all morning, I didnt wanna leave. They are still getting them at night, just not all topwater bites now, u can find schools and stay on them fishing herring they come up a little higher at night and still some topwater bites on eyes and wipers, just no bait working now really.

Mitch I woulda called u to come up but I new I coudnt stay out long and my main mission was getting WOT run numbers, wasnt even rly planning on fishing til my sonar lit up and I always got some rods in the rod locker ;) Next week Im gonna play a half day of hookie Ill def get u on some nice stripers

[bunker dunker]

Nice Jimmy,its Great When Ya Can Fish The Lake Like That.on The Weekends Its Like Fishing In A Washing Machine.nice Stripers!!!!!

[FASTEDDIE29]

Nice catch Jimmy!!!

[Bicey]

Those are some thick hybrids.....very nice.

[GetANet]

Nice fish bud, That last one is a tank!!! Can't wait till we hook up again in the fall and slay em'!!!!!!!!!!

[anthrax2244]

nice fish man!

[iceehot6766]

the weekends are ridiculous, I wish sept would come already, its dangerous. Weekdays arent bad, last night there werent too many boats out there, but they still churn it up pretty good. I made my WOT runs from riverstyx bridge to pickeral point, only semi-flat spot to run open. Kinda scary doing 47-48 in a walleye boat lol. If I had off Id be hitting it every morning, there was NOBODY out there, like glass all morning, I didnt wanna leave. They are still getting them at night, just not all topwater bites now, u can find schools and stay on them fishing herring they come up a little higher at night and still some topwater bites on eyes and wipers, just no bait working now really.

Mitch I woulda called u to come up but I new I coudnt stay out long and my main mission was getting WOT run numbers, wasnt even rly planning on fishing til my sonar lit up and I always got some rods in the rod locker ;) Next week Im gonna play a half day of hookie Ill def get u on some nice stripers


Thanks Jimmy...I appreciate thinking of me.....LMK when you want to go....with no work in the near future I'm good for the most part....Thanks

[dopderbeck]

When you say you saw a school feeding, you mean in sonar, or breaking surface? Any image of what that looks like on sonar?

[jimmythegreek]

There were a couple gulls that swooped down in the distance and that means business on LH, so I marked the shoreline by eye and boogied down there and sidescanned to find the bait ball and see whats on it. Once found I use 2D sonar from above, and when theres fish right on the bait ball esp below it they are feeding. Marked the spot w GPS go get bait and come back and whack em, they dont usually go to far, Ive found them in the same exact spot on occasions like this for days even week straight. This time of year on LH u can either fish a spot u like and wait n bait them out, OR find the bait and usually u found some wipers. I prefer to find the bait and fish, its easier IMO, I cant sit in one spot w a blank screen

Ill start takin some pics of what the sonar images look like for u guys that are interested

[dopderbeck]

Thanks would love to see the sonar pics

[gnuisance]

Would love to see a go pro vid of you fighting one of those rockets on lighter tackle