2015 3rd Annual Hybrid Meet&Greet.......

[GetANet]

Well it's getting to be that time of year fall is on its way and what a better way to spend a fall day then getting together with a bunch of NJF'ers and catch some Hybrids on the Big Pond called Lake Hopatcong!!!!
We always seem to have a pretty good turn out and hope this year we can get a few more people out to enjoy the day!
Come ON Let's Do this!!!! Saturday October 31st is the day so put it on the calendar NOW!!!

Was thinking maybe we can fish in the morning and Grill some MEAT back at the ramp for lunch talk some smack and have a few laughs !!!!
Or we can Just FISH!
What do you think?????

WHO'S IN FOR A GOOD TIME?????????


Can I have a Sticky Please!!!!! Thanks.......

[FASTEDDIE29]

Well alright then. I sure do love this M-N-G! Count me in as always. One problem, I'm going to need to jump on somebody's vessel. Not sure if mine is ever going to be on the water again!

HYBRIDS!!! YEA BUDDY!!!

[kcritch]

I've missed this one for the last 2 years so this time I'm in! Just blocked the calendar...Looking forward to it boys.

FE if you want on I got a spot on my boat my friend...just let me know.

[Mikey topaz]

Ill be there this year...works slowing up should be able to make it,

[jimmythegreek]

gonna be a great day as long as its not blowing 25mph+ and whitecaps lol

as we get closer to the date we'll figure out whos gonna jump on w other ppl Im sure there will be plenty of room, most of the guys can handle 3 anglers if we rly need to, cant wait to start jigging up some stripes and eyes

[bunker dunker]

jigging in the fall,music to my ears.let me talk with my son and see if we can sneak out there.blue and silver #5 please

[Skunk City]

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!

[Wilson]

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

[yumasdad]

Originally Posted by Wilson

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

[NJSquatch]

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

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!!! 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!