SJHT STONE TAVERN Club Results Sat. 08-12-17

[BigNasty06]

Place: Stone Tavern Lake, Upper Freehold, NJ
Date: Sat. August 12, 2017
Time: 6:00am-1:00pm
Weather: Overcast skies with the threat of scattered thunderstorms.   Rain held off with No Sunshine with light sporatic wind.  70 Degree Start warming up to 85 Degrees. Water Temps: 77.0~78.8 Degrees
Water: Clarity: Down to 3.5'
Wind Gust: 5-10mph.
Best Lure: Finesse worms & Deep Diving Crankbaits,
Depths fished: 2.0'~ 11.5'
Limit: 3
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Wow... Can you believe we've just completed our 15th Event of the 2017 season.

As SJHT wrapped up there 15th Tournament of the 2017 Season back up at the typically plentiful Stone Tavern Lake 12 of our finest members came out to battle and end the season on a high note. 



Without further adieu, please give a big shout out to Jackson *All Aboard* F.  for taking 1st place with 3 Bass weighing 4.71lbs.  2nd Place was won by Rob *Reigning AOY* M. with 3 Bass going 4.04lbs. 3rd Place and Lunker was Dennis *Jiggen Den* T. with 2 Bass going 2.51lbs.  His Lunker went a Whopping 1.67lbs.  Well Done Men!

Today's Miscellaneous was won by Bill *The Hammer* L.  with a Monster .14lb Crappie

Congrats to all!

STONE TAVERN TALE OF THE TAPE:



Jackson's 1st Place  3 Bass Limit:



Rob's 2nd Place Bag:



Jiggen Den's 3rd Place Bag & Lunker:



Bill's Solo Bass & Misc. Winner:



Other Anglers Bass & on the Water Shots:


Moe's


Trappers Solo Bass:



Matt, Joe R. and Carlos on a cruise:



Al *The Joker* C. Meditating:



The SJHT Gang coming in after a Long Day  & Tough Day on the water:





Wrapping up the Day:





Summary: What a difference a different body of water makes here in NJ.  Today was a tough day just getting any types of bites.  Unlike Carnegie lake a week earlier, anglers found just getting a simple nibble hard to come by.   The quality of Bass was much less and the numbers caught was way down.  When a .14lb Crappie wins Miscellaneous and there are No Pickeral or Cat fish brought to the scales, then you know it was a tough day.

All in all 8 out of 12 anglers caught at least 1 Bass.  There were a total of 12 Bass caught giving way to a total of 17.30lbs.  This was tremendously less than a week ago where 21 more bass were caught and about 40lbs less in total overall weight.  This decrease in weights gave way to a 1.44lbs per bass avg..   There was only amazing 2 Limits caught..


Overall, STONE TAVERN LAKE proved that all fisheries in NJ have there own uniqueness.  Some for Trophy Lake size Bass, some for mere Quantiities being caught, some for the cookie cutter size, and this one known for being a toss up of all of the qualities described above.  LOL!!!

Judging from the Bass that were weighed in, they all had the uniqueness of being somewhat made of the same mold.  Slender and long.  Nothing gigantic even though we all know Stone Tavern use to hold some GIANTS!  Anglers battle till the very end as the numbers and weights don't lie.  It was a close finish especially with the Lunker Bass Weight.


Next up is MERRILL CREEK RESV..  Hope to see everyone next Saturday. 

Note: The Change in Start and End times!!!!  6:30am-2:30pm

Tightlines,
BN06

[Lipripper]

Thanks for the report BN06 and it sure looks and sounds like the fishing was tuff out there.

[BigNasty06]

Yeah LipRipper.  It was mighty tough out there.  Albeit....it still beats a day in the office.  Lol

I caught sub par 12"inchers but no real pattern developed.

Next week should bring better bass and weights as we're heading for the mother load.  Lol.  Deep water over 100' deep in certain spots....

BN06

[Lipripper]

May you find riches in the Mother load.