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acabtp
08-25-2011, 07:57 AM
I caught this at one of the town park ponds here in Denville the other day. Lure was a #4 Panther Martin gold spinner dressed with red/orange hair. 10# stealth braid line with 6# fluorocarbon leader... no idea how he didn't slice it off. 25.5" with an 11" girth, beats my old personal best chain by 3.5" of length. Caught, released. Qualification for chains for C&R angler awards is 24" so I sent it in... how much bigger have people caught them around here?

http://www.tombeauchamp.com/misc/fishing/chain1.jpg

http://www.tombeauchamp.com/misc/fishing/chain2.jpg

Sorry, I was by myself, so no "look-at-me-with-this-big-fish" picture
bunker dunker
08-25-2011, 08:00 AM
NICE!!!! that a 2 part lake??
AJFISH13
08-25-2011, 08:01 AM
NICE CHAINSIDE:cool: . I would say around 5 lbs.. Were you targeting toothy critters cause that looks like excellant pickeral water.
Wilson
08-25-2011, 08:17 AM
Nice catch out of the salad.
Here's one from this spring. About 5 lbs
dboyd101
08-25-2011, 08:43 AM
Nice fish!
acabtp
08-25-2011, 01:44 PM
thanks guys, it sure was fun
NICE!!!! that a 2 part lake??
yeah
NICE CHAINSIDE:cool: . I would say around 5 lbs.. Were you targeting toothy critters cause that looks like excellant pickeral water.
yeah, i lost my scale somewhere in the past couple weeks so i didn't get a weight on it. my guesstimate was 4 ~ 5#.

I caught this early on my first trip to this pond, so I was just poking around to see what was in there. Afterwards, I lost two panther martins, both bit cleanly off... found out the hard way that chains have taken the top predator spot. Since then trip, I have gone back a few times (with wire leaders on) and targeted the slime darts. Lots of fun on spinners or tossing medium shiners under a slip bobber.

Nice catch out of the salad.
Here's one from this spring. About 5 lbs
Thanks. That's also a nice one.
ChaosStarter
08-25-2011, 02:06 PM
Nice catch!

Here was my biggest, roughly 26-27" as well, but only about 4ish lbs.

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/61982_153099271377520_100000323453308_328118_24555 91_n.jpg
AndyS
08-25-2011, 04:33 PM
Nice picks !
FASTEDDIE29
08-25-2011, 05:32 PM
Real nice fish!!! 6 lber won the ice fishing tourney on Swartswood Lake this past February! Lots o big Pickles out there!
JoeLongo
08-25-2011, 06:58 PM
I got this guy on Hopatcong during a bad storm. 67lbs
Wilson
08-25-2011, 07:45 PM
I got this guy on Hopatcong during a bad storm. 67lbs
I call BS....
You ain't that tall:D