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SJHT MERRILL CREEK Club Results Sat. 06-24-18
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| BigNasty06 |
Posted on 06/24/2018
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Place: MERRILL CREEK, Harmony, NJ
Date: Sat. June 23, 2018
Time: 5:45am-1:45pm
Weather: Overcast, Cool 66 degrees with a light Mist in the air. Forecast was for sporatic Thunderstorms but that never materialized. High Temps only at 73 Degrees with sunshine coming out here and there.
Water Temps: 73.2.3~74.9 Degrees
Water Clarity: Down to 5.5' clear
Wind Gust: 5-10mph
Best Lure: Plastic wacky rigged worms, Traps, crankbaits, and Finesse jigs
Depths fished: 2.0'~ 15.5''
Limit: 3
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Boy...did we luck out with decent weather once again. No Thunderstorms or even downpour on us.
Today, 8 SJHT members and 1 guest traveled the over 2hr trip from Central and South Jersey to visit a body of water that always produces decent bags and Lunker size Bass. Met at the gate by Merrill Creek Gate Keeper Jimmy, he informed of us the New Township policy\ordinance of not staging outside the gates before sunrise due to complaints from the residents of anglers\boaters making too much noise in the past. So for future events\Tournaments, anglers really should stage down below the residents houses and not enter till Sunrise or the Gates officially open which is not really till 5:50AM.
So Jimmy was nice enough to arrive and open the gates early for us, so we were able to launch relatively only 15mins later than expected..hence the 5:45am start.
Still with the threat of rain showers and thunderstorms, anglers headed off in various directions and the bites began to start.
Without further adieu.....and returning from his Five Alive Mega Bonus 2 Day Tour....Please give a big shout out to Jackson "I hate and Love this Place" Fu. for taking 1st place with 3 Bass weighing 7.68lbs. 2nd Place was won by Matt *I don't mind the Distance" R. . with 3 Bass going 7.32lbs. [b]3rd Place and Lunker was won by Andy "All I do lately is catch Bass" Trapper with 2 Bass weighing 4.69lbs. Trapper's Lunker went a nice 3.92lbs Our Guest angler and son of member John P. son Chris P. won the Miscellaneous with a 3.21lb Pickeral.. This edged out Dad's Pickeral by .19 ounces. Guess who has bragging rights in the Parisi Home. LOL
MERRILL CREEK TALE OF THE TAPE:
Jackson's 1st Place and 3 Bass Limit:
Matt's 2nd Place Bag.
Trappers 3rd Place and Lunker Bag:
Miscelleneous Champion Chris P. 3.21lb Pickeral:
Other views from the weigh in and Bass Caught:
Rob's overall Bag:
John P. 2 Bass caught:
Carlos 2 Bass caught:
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BN06 Solo Bass weighed in
Distant images from anglers on the water
Still chasing the Fu Man....even on the Highway. Lol!
Summary: Shout out to all 8 SJHT anglers and 1 guest that traveled the long distance to conquer Merrill Creek Res. Once again anglers had some Big Bass on the line and most came unbuttoned as they neared the boat or completely broke anglers off.
Water levels compared to last year in August 2017 were 10' above the drought levels. This made things interesting as anglers (including myself) were looking for Tale tell signs of previous identified structures and landmarks. By looking at the Boat ramp water line and even towards the shorelines, land that had no water last year was all filled in. Pretty unique as we don't fish Reserv. too often and 2nd this is only my 2nd time to Merrill Creek.
For the 1st time in a long time, All 9 out of 9 Anglers caught at least 1 Bass. There were a total of 17 Bass caught overall giving way to a total of 35.24 lbs. The avg. weight of each Bass went 2.07lbs. Slightly down from our last tournament out of Assunpink Lake where 2.66lbs was the avg. on a 15" minimum Bass. There were 2 Limits caught and 4 anglers caught at least 2 Bass.
Next up is [b] MERCER LAKE, in 2 Weeks which our ORIGINAL 2018 SJHT Tag- Team Belts will be up for grabs for members only.
Tightlines,
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| BigNasty06 |
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SJHT 2018 Offical Standings after MERRILL CREEK EVENT
T's fished Name Points Lunker YTD Fish YTD Wgt
8 Rob Masterson 84.79 6.2 16 42.79
6 Jackson Fu 71.87 4.98 15 36.87
6 Brian M. 46.58 5.65 9 25.58
7 Matt R. 45.88 5.67 8 21.88
6 Bill *Trooper* C. 40.42 3.76 8 17.42
3 Dan Fitzpatrick 36.8 5.09 7 18.8
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6 Bill Leach 31.65 4.83 6 13.65
8 Andy Trapper 29.03 3.92 7 13.03
6 Carlos J. 26.55 2.66 7 13.55
3 David Snedeker 22.88 3.81 4 9.88
9 Big Nasty 17.67 2.98 3 5.67
6 Bryson S. (R) 17.51 3.65 3 8.51
5 Joe Henderson 17.45 2.66 4 7.45
8 Dennis Tolentino 16.03 4.32 2 6.03
4 Al Coppolino 13.25 2.26 3 6.25
7 John P. 11.91 2.11 2 2.91
6 Wayne *Moe* Sr. 10.69 1.68 2 2.69
3 Joe Reed 7.06 1.22 2 2.06
2 Gordon H. (R) 2 - - -
1 Layne Ell 1 - - -
1 Kyle Serduk 1 - - -
1 Gary K. 1 - - -
- John Barrett - - - -
- Sam F. - - - -
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| BigNasty06 |
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Merril Creek Res. Water Level comparison 2017 vs. June 23, 2018
Pics from Aug. 2017
Boat Dock:
Compared to Now and 10' Higher water level:
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| jiggin den |
Posted on 06/24/2018
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Congrats to Fu Man don't count me out yet on first place. Matt they were some nice looking bronze backs! congrats to you. Trapper, or should I say lunker trapper Lol. nice 3rd place win. congrats to all the fish catchers.
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| ram1212 |
Posted on 06/25/2018
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Congrats Jackson and Matt on some nice bags! Same to Trap on the nice lunker! See you guys in a couple weeks.
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| jackson |
Posted on 06/26/2018
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Thanks, it was a slow bite for me. I only had two until the last hour or so. Caught my biggest one in last 15 mins or so and culled. Def not like it was a year ago. |
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| topgunmatt1 |
Posted on 06/26/2018
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Thanks for crushing my dreams Jackson |
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| fishintroop |
Posted on 06/27/2018
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congrats Jackson on the win. Way to make him sweat Matt. Congrats on lunker Trap. Sorry I couldn't be there but had graduation party for my son at 4:00 and don't think it would have went over very big if I was late. See everyone at Union |
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