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Found some of you guys at the hump off the yacht club. Didn't recognize or really know anyone. Saw a couple of small hybrids caught on chicken livers. My son & I were in a Dow's boat & for a moment, wasn't sure if we were being mocked as foreigners. lol. But really, the foreigners, if not for them, you could forget Dow's business. And Joe Welsh supplies the entire state.

Matt got a 3/5 walleye. I fooled around for 15 minutes w/ultra-light, taking a break from trying to catch walleye & hybrids, and caught three largemouths, one of them at least 3 pounds. We caught some big crappie, Matt nailed two of those with Binsky. Matt caught lots of nice perch w/ultra-light while we otherwise fished deep.

Slow day, but very nice.

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Fun times at the NJF Flotilla! Everyone anchored up within ear shot of each other and catching fish made for a fun morning! Here's a few more pics of some of the action.http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...9BCC69CA7E.jpghttp://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...081C64560B.jpghttp://i255.photobucket.com/albums/h...5CCF1B4FC1.jpg

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Man, you guys hit the fish big time! I took my son to our favorite spot with the portable running lights, and the hybrids just were not there. He did catch a nice walleye, but we usually go third week in October, and apparently our spot is too far off the main lake this late, w/only 35-foot depths & even less w/water low. So we hit Chestnut & marked a lot & couldn't get them to hit, some big crappies, Matt on his Binsky, though. We tried Sharp's Rock and then we were headed in when we saw seven boats off the yacht club. Saw a couple small hybrids caught & one of the guys asked what keeper size...so then I was wondering if many had been caught, seemed maybe not, but WOW, you guys did well & I can't wait until next time...

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Great day out w the crew......those 7 boats were us on the humps in open water.....the first pic is my boat w rocco in the back hooked up w a nice walleye at sunrise and then he got another a few min later.....we did good w many hybrids coming over the gunnels and many crappie and white perch too.....highlight was roccos 2 walleye back to back first thing in the am and our last fish as we were warmin up the engine that rocco grabbed at 24" and super thick.........awesome day out the fish gods gave us some love for once

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Bad idea using the 7'6" Medium Light, my shoulder is sore as sh*t today!

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Great work everyone! Looks like an excellent day!

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The morning started out with frost on the boat & trolled my way over to DOWS thru the fog (we are talking APOCALYPSE NOW fog) to pick up herring. This was going against the recommendations of the crew @ Lee's. I always like to match the bait to the local forage so I skipped the livers & went with herring(mistake #1). Trolled from DOW'S & hit a few points looking fish in 20-45' & did pick up a monster crappie on a 6" crack-back plug.

Once the sun came up & the fog lifted I realized that I had left the food back bag (mistake #2) in the truck so back we trolled to LEE'S enjoying the sunshine. Once Yuma pissed on the wheels of the B*******S trailers that were having time trials racing back & forth we headed back out.

Headed west from LEE'S where I saw the floatilla so we trolled on over & joined the herd.

Well I guess there must be a Jewish deli down on the rocks on LH because the Brids gave the herring the cold shoulder. Had two break off my leaders though (mistake #3 on the 4 & lb leader). The few seconds of being hooked up set the hook in me on brids. Those bad boys are everything as billed & will back with some bagels, cream cheese & plenty of livers!

The day was not a total loss as I did boat a few large crappies on blades & it certainly was an education. Good times, with a bunch of great guys. Great meeting everyone & really look forward to the next M&G.

On a separate note GWL has turned over & the eye fishing has turned. Heard from my sources in da'hood that the eyes were voracious on the w/e. Indian summer weather this week, get out & enjoy it.

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Awesome day out there guys...Great job getting the gang together Dale. Maybe I'll actually catch a fish next time. It was kind of strange to be sitting within spitting distance of everyone catching all those fish and not get one myself...and two of those guys were on my boat! :eek: I think Eddie and Wilson had 16+ hybrids between them plus a bunch of hook ups that were not to be on my boat alone. Plus a few crappie a slab blue gill and a walleye..and I got total of two bites that broke off all day. Goes to show you it is not as much luck as some people would like to believe. As they say 10% of the fisherman catch 90% of the fish. I can tell you I saw the 10% at work on Saturday watching the NJF Freshwater crew at work. These guys can fish. Nicely done for sure everyone. Cant' wait for the next one...great time for me as always...fish or no fish.

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glad you guys had a great day.was busy with the saltwater version and some blackfish scouting.sounds like the bite was all bait???did anyone jig them up??
congrats to everyone!!!!!

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Something to be said about creating a chum slick...them MB LIGHT butts sure did the trick for you guys!

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Met up with Chrisper at my boat moored in woodport @ 0600 in the pitch dark air temperature was 31 degrees.

Ice had formed on all the docks and planks which made it treacherous to unbutton the boat. Finally got the main turned over after 3 attempts (she was cranky being asked to wake up in the freezing cold) and made our way to main lake. The fog had ice pellets in it and it was like we were being sand blasted while cruising down the lake. We were dressed for ice fishing and were still freezing our a$$es off.

We stopped by Dows to grab some bait and were met with the Polish Navy leaving port (4 rental boats loaded with 3 a piece). Chatted up with Laurie and Joe and they mentioned the liver bite had died off. Hearing that we bought some herring and after loading up we were like do we want to go straight to the spot or swing by Lee's and see what was going on.

Mistake #1 - We went to Lee's to see what was going on. Tied up and met YumasDad and Duck or Bleed and spent about 15 minutes BSing and sharing fishing tales. In the meantime some boats headed out and I was getting nervous about our spot. We headed out from Lees and sure enough 3 boats already on the spot. :(

Mistake #2 - Not wanting to fish like we were on a fluking party boat down the shore we ran around the lake all morning hitting a bunch of spots. We marked a ton of bait and fish but couldn't buy a bite. We even chased herring around that were breaking on the surface like they were being chased. Finally decided to crash the banks and Chrisper landed a monster pickerel.

Got a text from Jigman saying they were killing them on the spot we wanted to hit originally. GRRR :mad:

Mistake #3 - Figuring that we missed the action tried one more spot in the main lake for a bit. Again marking fishing but couldn't get one to commit. We looked over to the "spot" and were like how many boats are over there 3,4,5???? Decided to cruise on over and witnessed a full on NJF orgy. I lost count but well over 7 boats all within casting distance of each other pulling up hybrids and white perch left and right on .........yup you guessed it Chicken Livers!!!:mad: Eddie was nice enough to offer us a picture with his hybrids but we declined.

Everyone took off around noon. Chrisper and I stuck around until 4pm and jigged up some crappie and a nice 19" hybrid.

Pretty frustrating day but had a great time fishing with Chrisper and meeting some of the NJF crew!

At least I know what not to do next year!

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Gladly trade you the sore shoulder for my day of fishing....Good work!

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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL! Great replies on this thread. Next time you see the NJF floatilla just stick your boat in the middle of the others and anchor up. It was complete mayhem out there. Myself, Ken and Wilson dared to be different as well. We marked a bunch of fish from here to there but they just weren't chewing. Chummed a bunch of spots and only came up with panfish and a short Eye. Livers were King of the Lake on this day. Those Herring just couldn't measure up to the stank of 65 gallons of nice fresh LIVERS!!! I'm starting to think every BRID in the lake was at that spot Saturday. It was unreal! The NJF community welcomes you with open arms. Hooks in anchor lines, boats bumping eachother, livers flying from one boat to the next, turkey sammiches and beers at your request! It was a day that I'll never forget! Good catching was had by most! Hope to see all you MANIACS again soon! :D

TIGHT LINEZ!!!!:D

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@ NJSquatch....You know they had to be thick in there if I caught some:D
And as far as 7 boats being in casting distance well I just dropped straight down to the bottom and reeled up 2 feet like my grandfather taught me 50 years ago... and waited. Low tech fishing at it's best. The fish TV on KKritch's boat had the same show on the whole time... fish, fish and more fish.
The difference was these fish were biting:eek:

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I still can't get over the insanity!!! Although it is a little harder when we to do it in the boats but we always try to get together and fish as the "CREW" for a while during our meet and greets as everybody is usually searching or catching fish.
This time we were playing bumper boats and all bailing fish.
The beautiful weather was a bonus!
It's always a good time when we get together and it makes me wonder why more of our members especially the newer ones don't come to these events!
You will usually learn more at one of these then you would in months of trying to figure it out on your own.
They are almost like on the water seminars LMAO!

We are a "family" and that's what makes this site so great!
No more excuses so Get your Azzes OUT THERE!
There is plenty of great fishing to be had before the year is up!

I just wanted to thank Jimmy as well he does a lot of the leg work as well behind the scenes to help get the Hybrid M&G going! Thanks Buddy!

If there was one thing I wish I would have done it was to move a little deeper as we were fishing in about 20ft and they seemed to be a little bit deeper.

NJF ALL DAY!!! EVERY DAY!!!!