2019 SJHT 16th Annual Union Lake Open Buddy T. Results Sat. 06-29-19

[BigNasty06]

Place:  Union Lake, Millville, NJ
Time: 6:00am-2:00pm
Date: Saturday, June 29, 2019
Weather: Very Humid, Warm 78 early morning Temps...with a blazing sun rise. Calm and a slight breeze.  Warming up to a scorching 97 Degrees later at the peak of the day.   
Water Temps: 84 Degrees at start.... and 87 Degrees in main body of water
Water Clarity: N/A
Wind Gusts: Calm with Barely a breeze
Best Lure: N/A
Depths fished: N/A
Bass Limit: 5
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Welcome to SJHT's 16th Annual Union Lake Open Buddy Tournament.  On a day where the weather was forcasted to be steaming Hot, High Humidty, and Clear Blue Bird skys like last year 31 Boats, a total of 58 Anglers came out to win the some of the Limited Edition and the ORIGINAL SJHT Belts!!!

This leads me to the extraordinary turnout and participation in Saturdays, June 29, 2019 event.









What can I say men and women?  Because of you and your desire to compete and come out on a Pre 4th of July Holiday weekend and partake in our 16th straight Union Lake Open Buddy T., we  THANK YOU.

To the SJHT members that fished this event... Dave Snedeker and Tom Greene....and Wayne "Moe" Sr.  on the live-well checks and on the water oversight, Joe Reed on the Grill and at the weigh-in Table   recording each teams bag.  I personally Thank you for easing the load and making things run as smoothly as they were.


Next, I would like to Thank this Years 2019 SJHT Union Lake Open Buddy Lunker Place Sponsor Blackwater Sportsmen Center .  Located physically down in the Vineland, NJ.

Jeff Jr. and Sr. Shaw and his Pro-staff provide some of the finest tackle and equipment for your tournament needs.  Thanks for donating the 30oz. YETI Cold\Hold Mug and BlackWater Gift Certificate.  Your support is always appreciated.  Blackwater is located in Vineland, NJ on Delsea Drive.  With so many other activities and initiatives going on, Blackwater continues to support those that give back to there communities.  Thank you once again.

This year we also had a 4th Place Sponsor by the name of Donnie Tomlin and his "Limitaker Custom Baits".  Donnie is a former SJHT Union Lake Solo Tag Team Champion who won our initial proto-type Belt when I started offering the belts to the Public in competition.  Thank you for your donation Sir!  Always great to see you my friend.

and last but not least...our very own John *Bama* Barrett.... Title Sponsor of this years Union Lake Championship Belts Alarms by SAFE-TECH and Gloucester County Awards and Trophy out of Sewell, NJ.  John Nestore does fabulous out of the box custom type trophies, plaques, and of course the Open Buddy Tag Team Belts.

Without there continued support and generosity, SJHT would find it very difficult to keep the level of expectations as High as we put it.  Thank you Gentlemen once again.
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South Jersey Hook This! would also like to Thank all of the dedicated 31 boaters that came out to this event.   

Okay... Let's get right to it.  Without further adieu, Here is the official 2019 SJHT Union Lake Open Buddy Tale of the Tape





Let's give a big congrats to this years 2019  New SJHT 16th Annual Union Lake Open Buddy Tournament finishers.

1st Place and Lunker winner Team of Jay Burger & Josh Burger - 5 Bass weighing 18.19lbs  $868.00 



2nd Place Team Grady Massie & James Hawk 5 Bass weighing 12.57lbs $520.80 Lunker went 4.82lbs $310.00



3rd Place Team of Howard Brown & Lori Thomas with 5 Bass weighing 10.32lbs minus 1lb penalty (2 dead fish) $347.20

Not Pictured

4th Place Team of Mike Copley & Joe Hawk with 5 Bass weighing 9.60lbs minus .50lb penalty (1 dead fish).

Donated lures by Donnie Tomlin "Limitaker Custom Baits"

Anglers Launching in the AM:




BN06 with anglers bringing Bags to weigh in




Anglers and there catches:





Johnathan Gomez & Michael Ford Bag:























Donnie Tomlin 4th Place Donations:







Overall 2019 SJHT 16th Annual Union Lake Open Buddy Champs:

Team Jay Burger & Josh Burger:





1st, 2nd, 3rd Place and Lunker Champs:



In Summary: 21 out of 31 Boaters caught at least 1 Bass and weighed in.  There were a total of 68 overall Bass weighed-in totaling 151.72lbs.  That gave way to an avg. of 2.23lbs.  There were 61 Largemouth Bass weighed in and 7 Smallmouth Bass weighed in.  As one can surmise by the Tale of the Tape, there was a total of 5 Limits brought to the scales.  There were a number of anglers that had caught Bass but through back after hearing the earlier weights already weighed in.  We had 5 bass die however a good number were saved and rehabilitated in our SJHT High Efficency Output 100 Gallon Oxgenated Holding Tanks with Rejuvenade.  On a very hot day, this was deemed as very successful.

Anglers reported losing some nice Bass close to the boat as they tried to haul in.  Some anglers caught them in there normal Summer hang outs and reported limits by 10am.  The total caught this year compared to last year was an increase by 31 bass overall.   This was due to 12 more Teams/Anglers entered into the tournament.   Last year, there were 4 Limits brought to the scales.  Last year, the bass avg. weights were 2.33lbs.  This year the weights and sizes were slightly down due to more bass being caught and increase anglers in the field.

Congrats to the prize winners and all that came out and supported the 16th annual SJHT Bass Fishing Club Union Lake Open Buddy Tournament.


Thanks again to all who came out on this Pre 4th of July weekend event.  I know you could have been in a million and one other places but we're just appreciative to all who showed the love.

BN06

[Capt. BassinLou]

Excellent report and event!! Thank you for sharing BN. Lots of nice bass were caught, and the event looked like it was great success. Well done!!

[BigNasty06]

Excellent report and event!! Thank you for sharing BN. Lots of nice bass were caught, and the event looked like it was great success. Well done!!

Thanks BassinLou.  Yes.  Very much a success.  Lots of decent bass weigh in....even though the Air Temps were scorching us.  LOL.

BN06