~*~ Hopatcong 04-16-2015 Bright and Early ~*~

[Andrushkin33]

Early bird catches the worm ....

Ha ha but in our case just more fish for our enjoyment.

Went to Hopatcong today early ....very early since had to do some fishing before work.

Got to the lake at 4am and stayed until 7am

Weather was perfect but a bit on a chilly side in morning.

Couldn't get any fatheads the night before so fished only shinners.

Total: 8 crappies, 2 pickerel, 3 largemouth and 2 catfish.

All were released except for crappies.

Bite was as follows: Crappie - very good from 4:30 am till 5:30 am and then a bit slow.
Pickerel - picked up after 6:30am nothing before that.
Bass - right after sunrise picked up right away. All 3 were caught in 20 minutes with the largest pushing 5-6 lbs and about 20-22 inches.
Catfish - Slow throughout the whole time but was not really targeting the species.

Grill time



Tight Lines.

Andre

[Chris_JC]

Nice work before work!! I am getting antsy sitting here in an office knowing it is getting on prime time to get into some fish!

[Andrushkin33]

Bite before sunset was good as well.

But with weather being the way it is, just had to get out.

Now hopefully after work it will be time to hit up the Spruce Run for some more action.

Andre

[FASTEDDIE29]

Sounds like your off to a great start buddy! All the fish are turning on and the reports are rolling in. Ahhhhhhhh, YES, I love it!!! The feed bags are on. You gotta pic of that monster BASS? No? That's a good sized fish!!!

[Andrushkin33]

Eddie,

Bass was a brusier but no pictures. None of the bass came out from the water, were not hooked really tight and released right away.

But I will be honest I wanted to mount that big one. Man oh man I was itching but cooler head prevailed and it was let go.

Andre.

[bunker dunker]

congrats on the lmb!!!!!last night the lake was alive.last hour of lifgt til 10pm.
now is the time!!

[Andrushkin33]

Bunker,

I know man. Morning it looked like soup heating up with splashes and fins popping everywhere.

Lake is definitely alive.

Andre

[bunker dunker]

yea man!!!!! those crappies were nailing the bobber too.can;t wait for the 1st over cast day.its gonna be game on!!!