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Just like fishing clam bellies for pure strains! But just a tad bit more gross lol...

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Counting down the days!!!! Stoked for this whether the fish are biting or not! Looking forward to seeing the NJF crew!!! Who knows that might be the day they turn on !!!! Gotta turn on soon !!! Been prepping the boat and my gear every night a little at a time so by thurs night I'm ready and can chill on friday night!:D

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Getting my blades and raps situated right now while watching the game... Gotta dig my binskys out. I'd like to stick something other than a panfish with a binsky lol...

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Looking forward to it you maniacs....I haven't caught a fish since August so it would be a bonus to actually land a fish. Unlike you real fisherman I never expect to catch anything so whatever I end up with will be good for me. It's going to be a good time no matter what happens.

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GPS location for Lees ??

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433 Howard Blvd, Mount Arlington, NJ 07856

Sorry guys I won't be making it this time because of work but I took be going out on Friday sometime during the day so good luck to all you guys and girls ou there! Fish on!!

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Is this weather prediction real life? Clear and cool, winds less than 5MPH......This aint Hopatcong M&G weather!!!!!!!!

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I'd prefer a breeze and a miserable cloudy day lol. Clear skies will kill a walleye bite! Oh wait.. Hybrid meet and greet. That's right haha

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Looks like I'm fishing LH w/son after all, on the 31st, renting from Dow's. It's possible he has too much to do, in which case I hope to show up at Lee's and maybe someone has space, maybe not, but at least I'm there.

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Being this is my first M&G what is the typical battle plan?

Do we all meet up in the morning and get non-boaters loaded up then head out?

Are we doing lunch? Do we need to bring eats? Ill bring some chicken livers for the bbq!

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For this meet and greet I prefer a quick hello, launching and getting straight to the catching!

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Last year it mostly consisted of standing around and talking about how hard the wind was blowing.

We did, however, have a little excitement when GetANet and his son got about 50 yards out and their motor died. Always fun to watch. :D

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HAHAHA me and Mikey were saying the same! We'll do our BS'ing afterwards :p.

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I will video any misadventures & show ya Sunday...too bad u cannot make it bro.

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Party time on the big pond. YEA BUDDY!!! Can't wait to get out there and work on my tan. Good times will be had by all! The BROTHERHOOD is rolling deep! Love it!!!:D

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All the BS'ing happens at Lees while guys are putting in their boats. The sun isnt up til 7 so the guys who get their early will have put in and tied up w their motors warming up. Most guys have somebody to fish with, pm'ing has been going on behind the scenes like usual. Its a big lake and you may or may not be fishing around other NJF'ers, depends on what you wanna do. Some guys will run and gun jigging, others will troll, others will anchor. Some guys will make the run to dows for bait then start fishing, all depends. Im just hoping theres some fish to be found, otherwise its gonna be a crappie fest like its been. I personally can only fish til noon or so, have to do the family thing after lunch. Im sure some guys will stay til its dark, others will leave whenever. If anyone has any questions on what to do or go just ask me or Dale, Fasteddie, Skunk, Mikey, or any of the regualr LH guys we'll be more than happy to help if we can, we may need help too at this point LOL

As far as food goes you can always run to main lake market w the boat its on the left just shy of the brady bridge around the point and down some from lauries/Dows. Like usualy if you are a hungry guy bring some food to munch while you are fishing or whatever you usually do when you are in a boat for hours on end. Its gonna be near freezing at sunrise DRESS WARM and in layers, the last 2 weeks I started w my lightweight ice suit and bibs, you can never be too warm

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My plan is Walleye or Die before sunup, then mug everyone's chicken liver chum slicks the rest of the day. See you guys out there!

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Hahahahaha! Niiiiiiiice....

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See this Dale? You my father now?!? Lol...

Dale got that motor fired up quickly after the sputter and off we went... Trolling away in the stiff breeze. Managed one 22" hybrid that day while most didn't launch. Was a doozy for sure!

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I'm not bringing my jigging flies, I don't want an unfair advantage!

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swung by Dow's last night...they open at 6:30 and have herring, shiners, and chicken livers

The 14' rental boats are $70-$75 and the 16' is $95

Laurie said there have been reports of jigging up eyes early in the morning.....

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Thanx for the info Squatch! Let's see if we can put a nice catch together tomorrow fellas. See you damn MANIACS bright and early.

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I thought you were out in the other boat....oh well...I'm old, it was a year ago and my brain is already full of other equally useless misinformation.

Y'all have a great time. I'm out this year...gotta spend Saturday doing my chore list so I can go out striper fishing in the RB on Sunday.

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..."SORRY FELLAS BUT I CAN'T GO CAMPING, I GOTTA STAY HOME & GREASE WEEZER"

Call me later to touch base on plan for SUNDAY. Hopefully I can get some SB stank on me to bring some luck aboard MARIE'S DREAM on SUNDAY.

Pumped for this w/e...the hell with the dam leaves, they will have to wait until next week end!

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Worst comes worst skunk said anyone gets hungry hes gonna whip up some chicken liver sheeeemr sandwhiches!

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Dont worry boys theres plenty of crappie for everyone on the binsky, they are freekin everywhere..........and Scoward Im charging 10 bucks a boat to hang in my slick haha

lauries chix livers are 5 bucks a tub so stop at shoprite if thats what anyones plannin on using its 2 bucks there

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To get you guys all pumped for tomorrow I went and did alittle but of fishing on the big lake and here's my story for you guys! Wind felt like it was 20 miles per hour!

Caught 1 hybrid in first 5 minutes on chicken liver and thought it was going to be a great day but that was the only hybrid caught nothing on jigs either no pan fish. But that didn't stop me from jigging then I thought I was snagged on the bottom and felt something on my line. I thought I had a record walleye or a huge channel catfish but nope it was my first high 40's or low 50's musky on 8lb line and had its head in the net and couldn't fit the rest of the fish in and hook popped out of his lip and fish turned around and swam away. Thank god my buddy took pics and a video so everyone can believe me now and it wouldn't end up as another fishing story. I think we should've swing it into the boat I was never so pissed and happy in my life lol

Enjoy guys, good luck tomorrow and fish on!!

Mike

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This was the by accident hooked musky that got away 😔 maybe one day I will be able to get it into the boat! We're going to need a bigger net! Lol

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Here we go boys... Gonna be like bumper cars at the ramp with all you crazies all hopped up with Wiper Fever! See ya'll at dark o'clock...Don't forget your head lights!

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Tryin to get my azz in gear and hoping to be up there about 6:30ish and hoping the fish will be biting!!!!!:D:D:D:D:D Let's get r' done BoyZ!!!!!!

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Where is everybody? Just pulled into Lee's and there's only one ramp open. Get up here fellaz! We have some fishing to do!!! YEA BUDDY!!!

Mike, how'd that giant Musky feel? Nice fish man!!!:D

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I will tell you one thing I notice after hooking my first musky ever and for it to be near 50 inches. It did not put up a fight at all just few times did it pull the drag for a while but what do you expect with 8lb line. The excitement was having to pull this beast up from the depths and have just the head fit in my net was exciting enough. Just wish it came in the boat to get a few pics holding up this beast. Easily high 40 or low 50 inches.

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Man, what a fun day. Near perfect conditions for fall fishing and a nice turnout of Hybrid-hungry NJF'ers. Very nice to see the crew and to meet a few new guys. Captain Mikey kept us on the fish all morning, with about two dozen Hybrids landed and a handful of white perch and bluegills. These fish were FAT! Everyone I saw or talked to landed fish, with the targeted species not letting us down!

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Great day on the lake today. Thanks to KKritch and FE for letting me tag along and allowing me to catch the biggest fish of the day on our boat.
I think we had half the freshwater board members out fishing today.
I hate chicken liver fishing...but it worked today;)

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Def good times! We started our morning away from where most ended up, picked off a few, then it went silent. After some cruising with dale and Kelly on the getanet we saw the crew and the mean muggin started lol. We picked off a bunch more fish but mikey and Rob were dialed in big time. Good stuff guys. Some pigs pulled in as well. I'm sure their photos will make an appearance. Looked like pretty much everyone in the "raft-up" scored some fish. Prob one of the more productive meet and greets I've been a part of!

Here's one of my cookie cutters... and a fog shot from right around sun up. Kellys got more...

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So i knew eddie would be looking to steal my silver surfer flies design and I had to hide my fly jigging rigs at an undisclosed location for the morning. After eddie left the scene and I knew it was safe, I had NJsquatch bring me to my secret hiding place to retrieve our secret weapon and go to work! Brids came flying into the boat left and right puking chicken livers all over the place! I saved it all in a container...rob and mikey you guys want any of it back? At one point while fighting a nice one I accidently yelled "get a net" and now I'm waiting for the copyright infringement lawsuit from dale.

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AWESOME !! Glad the wind wasn't blowing 40mph this year !!

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I must admit I wasn't sure what today would be like but MAN DID WE HAVE A DAY OR WHAT!!!!!! Def a load of fish caught today in near perfect condtions!!!
The Fish Gods blessed the NJF Crew today for sure. Hate to say it but all you guys who wished instead of fished missed one of the few great fall trips on Lake Hopatcong!!! I was really great to see everyone since it's been a while and a True Pleasure to have Duck or Bleed and Wilson out with us today. It ended up with almost all of our boats being within shouting distance making for a fun day of talkin smack among us all! Skunk and Mikey were slammin em as well as Rocco and Jimmy and the rest of us battled too but those guys were on fire! Ken, Eddie and Wilson held their own pretty well too! We had some fish missed a bunch but had a blast and I wanted to thank each and everyone who made it out today with us for making the Hybrid Fest better and better every year!!!!! Wipers Rule!!!!!!!

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Holy HYBRIDS! Started off scouting all over the lake trying to find a pod of feeding fish. Came up with a short Walleye and some assorted panfish. I kept looking over at the spot where every boat on the lake was anchored up. I couldn't see what was going on from where we were. It looked like an orgy in the middle of the lake. Hmmmmmmm, I wonder if those Brids are blitzing. That's what I was saying to myself in my head. 2 minutes later, Skunk calls, "drop and reel Brids buddy" that's all we needed to hear. Ken, Wilson and I joined the Hybrid mayhem and soon enough we were all locked up with these little tough broken striped fish. Good times had by all. Probably the best M-N-G when it comes to catching. I'd call it the LH Halloween Hybrid Massacre! Some nice fish with some rats in the mix. It was like every BRID in the lake was in one spot. AMAZING! I'll admit I hate livers as well but they sure did do the trick on this day. Thanx for putting it together guys. What a friggin day!

TIGHT LINEZ!!! YEA BUDDY!!!:D

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Great day out on the water for sure, happy to see evreyone catching and for duck or bleed to come out of retirement...thanks to dale for getting evreyone together.hope to see evreyone soon on the hardwater :)