Cherry poppin' Lakers

[Skunk City]

Got the call from MikeyTopaz that Lakers were in the agenda for the weekend and to meet him and fellow SHARPIE Redi at The Sporting Life on Rt. 22 at 630am Saturday morning. Though I would have loved to jump in the boat with these two dudes fresh off their Hybrid Tournament beat down, I had afternoon obligations and opted to bring my boat as well. Being that the only time I've targeted Lakers was through the ice a few years ago, the boys gave me the 411 on what, where and how before heading to a beautiful body of water in the middle of nowhere :p.

Got to trolling and managed a pair of nice Lakers, 19.5" and 22" from the deep waters. Pretty strong fights from these good looking fish. Due to a stiff breeze, I got separated from the boys but heard a couple real monsters were caught and released on their vessel. I called it around noon, happy to scratch a new species off the list.

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[FASTEDDIE29]

Ohhhhhhh, so you can teach an old dog new tricks! They can be a fun fish at times! I used to do well fishing for them December - March during shitty ice seasons or waiting for ice. My favorite way is jigging them off a boat or through the ice of course! Glad you took a liking to these deep water predators bud! Great looking fish!!! Great fishery and awesome body of water!:D

[KenBeam]

Wow! Nice lookin` Lakers Rob........ Congrats!

[AndyS]

Glad to see you finally check them off your list !! Nice fish !!

[Jigman13]

Nice Rob. Good looking lakers. Grats on scratching them off the ol list.

[ScowardNJ]

Nice fish buddy! Iv'e heard you mention scratching these guys off your list for a while now. Good work getting them solo on the Hornet!

[Mikey topaz]

The green hornet strikes again 🐝 We ended up with 15-20 rob. Two real nice ones one at 28" and a 26" and I lost the new state record smallie😭

[JDTuna]

Awesome, Rob! Great to scratch another species off the list.

[NJSquatch]

Congrats on the cherry popping. I have them on my to do list this late fall/early winter.

[icebadger]

well done rob glad you were able to get some action on the lakers, very nice:cool:whats next ?

[Skunk City]

well done rob glad you were able to get some action on the lakers, very nice:cool:whats next ?

Brook Trout, Bowfin, Landlocked Salmon and Snakeheads :p.

[Fred E. Goose]

Congrats on pulling these bad boys out of the murky depths and crossing them off your list! As for the bowfin and LL's, both are SUPPOSEDLY in Wawayanda :rolleyes: but if anyone stands a chance at proving it, it would be you and the crew.

Real nice pattern/color on those fish though! I like the lateral line on them.

[bigboy5522]

They look fun to catch, hope to get my first one soon

[23cardinal]

Brook Trout, Bowfin, Landlocked Salmon and Snakeheads :p.

Good to see ya getting out. Once it gets colder pm me, I found a few good spots up by us.