| Union Lake Club Results Sun. 03-23-2014 | 
| BigNasty06 | Posted on 03/24/2014  | 
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 | Place: Union Lake, Millville, NJ Time: 7:00am-2:00pm
 Date: Sunday, March 23, 2014
 Weather: Initial nice calm 38 Degree start warming up to about 46 Degrees.  Then becoming a bit more blustery with winds 15-18mph.  Little overcast ; with barely any sun peaking through.
 Water Temps: 44-49 degrees
 Water Clarity:  Down to 1.5'; Semi-Stain with good grass throughout
 Wind Gust: Barely 10mph per at start but becoming more brisk as the day went on
 Best Lure: Rattletrap, Finesse Jigs, Crankbaits
 Depths fished: 2'~5.0'
 Bass Limit: 3
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 What happens when you combine 21 of SJHT finest anglers and 1 guest at the beast that lies within Union Lake?  How does that song go?  The Freaks come out at night!  The freaks come out at night!  Come and sing long!!!  LOL
 
 
  
 The Beast's of the week:
 Dan *Crappie Jon" F. 2 hogs going 9.16lbs
 
 Now, I don't typically start off in this manner, but by all accounts Dan was definitely onto to something and deserved Top Billing!!!
 
 Moving onward... As 21 members and 1 guest found out the hard way, Union Lake is No Biatch.  Some anglers blanked, while those who somewhat figured them out caught a couple of Good Ones!!  I really didn't find any particular pattern but I will say the grass is coming in nicely at Union Lake this time of year.  Did I mention Grass, well that my friends is where it seems many of the bass were being caught along with the warm sections of the lake.
 
 Without further adieu, lets give a big shout-out to all who came out and tested there skill levels in our 2nd tournament of the season.  Taking 1st place and Lunker, Dan *Crappie Jon* F. caught 2 Bass going 9.16lbs with Lunker going 4.88lbs
 Second Place was won by that Snoop Doggy Dog look a like and second yr member, Joe *JRBasspro* H. with 3 Bass caught weighing 6.62lbs.  Mr. Snoop Dog credits his success to paying close attention to the water conditions and watching constant hours of the WFN Outdoor Channel Timmy Horton shows! LOL!  Third place was won by last weeks overall winner Kyle *WallHanger* S. with 3 Bass going 5.94lbs
 
 Congrats Men on an outstanding tough fishing day and your determination to fish till the end!
 
 2nd Place winner Joe H. aka. *KVB* or aka *The Black Mamba* or aka *JRBassPro* or aka *I'm gonna get you Sucka*
 
 
  
 3rd Place winner Kyle *WallHanger* S.:
 
  
 Here's the Official Tale of the Tape:
 
 
  
 Other pics of members and there catches:
 
 Bobby's 2.84lb pickeral and Bass
 
  
 
  
 
 Kerry's Lunker Pickeral 3.05lbs:
 
  
 Jackson performing a colonoscopy of the Pickeral devoured sunfish
 
 
  
 What's that old saying?  When it's your day..It's your own Day!!!  The results both with fish being caught and many  anglers being skunked tells it all.  We had a total of 13 Largemouth Bass caught weighing 32.04lbs.  That gave way to a 2.46lb avg weight.  7 out of 22 anglers caught at least 1 Bass.  We only had 2 Limits of 3 Bass.  Our Biggest Pickeral Pot yielded a 3.05lber by Kerry *Big856K* S.   Many others caught respectable size pickerals but I was too lazy to list there names....but I did take pics.  Lol!
 
 Another Nice Turnout the SJHT members!!!  Upon my 1st arrival, I thought there was a buddy T. or another club fishing Union lake.  I quickly found out, it was just us!!    Good stuff!
 
 See you all next week for our 3rd Club tournamnet at Assunpink Lake.
 
 Tightlines,
 BN06
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| white mike | Posted on 03/24/2014  | 
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 | Nice report BN. Congrats to Dan on the win,2 really nice fish congrats to snoop and kyle for cashin checks too! 
 Jackson, it sucks you lost that winning fish, youll get em next time bud
  
 See you all this weekend
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| ram1212 | Posted on 03/24/2014  | 
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 | Great fish Dan, great fish. 
 Congrats to all the other fish catchers also, tough day out there.
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| fishintroop | Posted on 03/24/2014  | 
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 | Dan the Man  Congrats to the fish catchers.  I'm sure it was a bit on the cold side out there.  Anybody hit the roadbed?  Need to hear the story on the pickeral and sunfish colonoscopy | 
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| BASS HOPPER | Posted on 03/24/2014  | 
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 | congrats again Dan on first place. They were some nice fish.And congrats to Joe and Kyle on taking second and third place.also congrats to Kerry for catching his first keeper bass at union | 
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| BASS HOPPER | Posted on 03/24/2014  | 
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 | congrats to everybody who caught fish way to go.  | 
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| jackson | Posted on 03/24/2014  | 
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 | Congrat Dan, Joe, and Kyle.  Pine Bear power! | 
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| Crappie Jon | Posted on 03/25/2014  | 
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 | Thanks everyone. Its been a while! Nice work to all the other fish catchers. I knew Snoop was on em i watched him boat one or 2 right after i caught my lunker. I got 4 bites all day, pickeral, 1st bass, trout  , lunker bass. See yall at the pink. That lunker of the year will be lucky to make it through next weekend   Edited by Crappie Jon on 03/25/2014
 "2nd place is just the first loser"
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| Crappie Jon | Posted on 03/25/2014  | 
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 | Bonus trout pics. 16" brook I think. First trout ever 
 
  
 
   "2nd place is just the first loser"
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| fishintroop | Posted on 03/25/2014  | 
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| BASS HOPPER | Posted on 03/25/2014  | 
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| jiggin den | Posted on 03/26/2014  | 
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 | Congrats Dan! I knew you had something good in that bag, you had a glow about your face!LOL  Awesome bag an d lunker! Congrats to Joe on taking second, and Kyle for 3rd! way to keep the pressure on Kyle! Congrats on the pickeral win Kerry!A big congrats to all the other fish catchers!, it was a tough day for me. not even a sniff! Never fished the trap or jerkbait as long as I did and still nothing! What am I doing wrong?? My temp gauge is broken so I had no idea what the temps were. Guess I should have followed the crowd!LOL On another note, I would like to see those who put there boats in early to stay within the ramp area, but not to hamper those who are still launching there boats. For some reason there are anglers that keep drifting further and further away from our initial starting point, which is not fair to the other anglers! This happens at all our tournaments! Let's make that change at Assunpink!
 
 
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| rvansciver | Posted on 03/26/2014  | 
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 | jiggin den wrote:I would like to see those who put there boats in early to stay within the ramp area, but not to hamper those who are still launching there boats. For some reason there are anglers that keep drifting further and further away from our initial starting point, which is not fair to the other anglers! This happens at all our tournaments! Let's make that change at Assunpink!
 Jiggin Den Tour. Dir.
 
 Den what I can say on that and not to be an ass but there are those of us who get there 1 hour early, ready to go, launch, and then are forced to wait and wait because others show up late.  On top of that we are forced to have a late start also because people are late getting there. Now you have people that have drifted farther and farther away from the ramp.  By then poeple are pisseed becuase they are still waiting.  Sunday was supposed to be a 7:00AM start and we never started until 7:15AM.
 
 If people don't care if they are late then can you expect those who make sure they are there on time and ready to care how far they have floated away while waiting.
 
 I hope I havent offended anyone but I am just telling it like it is and we all know I always speak my mind good or bad  LOL
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| Crappie Jon | Posted on 03/26/2014  | 
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 | jiggin den wrote:Congrats Dan! I knew you had something good in that bag, you had a glow about your face!LOL  Awesome bag an d lunker! Congrats to Joe on taking second, and Kyle for 3rd! way to keep the pressure on Kyle! Congrats on the pickeral win Kerry!A big congrats to all the other fish catchers!, it was a tough day for me. not even a sniff! Never fished the trap or jerkbait as long as I did and still nothing! What am I doing wrong?? My temp gauge is broken so I had no idea what the temps were. Guess I should have followed the crowd!LOL
 On another note, I would like to see those who put there boats in early to stay within the ramp area, but not to hamper those who are still launching there boats. For some reason there are anglers that keep drifting further and further away from our initial starting point, which is not fair to the other anglers! This happens at all our tournaments! Let's make that change at Assunpink!
 
 
 Jiggin Den Tour. Dir.
 
 Duly noted Den,
 Like bob said its difficult to stay close to the ramp with eveyone still launching at 7:00am. I was always taught that when fishing a tournament one should be at the ramp prepping boat for launch at least one hour before the start time. I like my boat to be in the water ready to go 30 minutes before the start time, because I dont expect anyone to wait for me when that start time comes around. I know others are this way, and when youve been waiting on ur boat all amped up ready to slay donkeys, every minute feels like an hour. Obviously chit happens sometimes but just my observation as a contibuting member of a great club
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| rvansciver | Posted on 03/26/2014  | 
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 | To add to it the tournament start on time if you're late it should be your responsibility to find one of the club officers and have your live well checked  pay your money etc. And then start fishing it's really not fair to hold off all the other members because some people are late 
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| BASS HOPPER | Posted on 03/26/2014  | 
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| jackson | Posted on 03/26/2014  | 
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 | Now now, Dens doing his job as director addressing the concerns of other members.  I agree with Den and you guys.  Lets all try to be better at getting there earlier and staying closer to the ramp. 
 Though at Union does it really matter when someone in a so called "9.9" flys by you at 25mph?
  
 Id like to also add that on electric lakes, I personally drift away so I dont run other people over when BN calls go.
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| jackson | Posted on 03/26/2014  | 
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 | Oh and I will also defend myself in advance of why I am drifting away from the ramp at the Flats, Its so I dont swamp everyone accidently or Dan intentionally.  | 
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| BASS HOPPER | Posted on 03/26/2014  | 
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 | I understand Dennis point and agree with him too that boat should stay closer.But it is aggravating when you have been out on the water for 45 min waiting and if we all wait to put the boats in till the last min it would be a big mess. Some guys dont seem to want to put in early but somebody has to to avoid a cluster f*** | 
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| jackson | Posted on 03/26/2014  | 
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 | But Brian, we need that 45 mins every T to decide if Im tying off to you that day or if your tying off to me.   Edited by jackson on 03/26/2014
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