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No tourney this weekend so I hit a local pond mid Saturday morning after a front passed through. I only fished for 3 hrs because of the strong wind. Had three hits, all on a 5"wacky Senkos. One was a solid near 5lb chain pickerel and 3+lb largie.

My brother has been killing them on Union Lake. Live golden shiner is his go to bait.

Chester County Bassmasters located in SE PA. They usually fish the Susky Flats.

Love the brush hogs. They make a great variety of plastics.

Redeye lipless and the Rapala DT's, mostly 4,6, and 10. I always have a few rods rigged ready to go, no matter what time of year.

Love the DT 4 and 6. I use them frequently. The breaking lip is my only complaint. I probably went through a half dozen in the past few years although I do fish them around wood/ lay downs so the bill does get abused a bit. Overall its one of my favorite crankbait series.

You do get way more bites on a smaller profile jig that's why I don't use them. I'm looking for the better fish.

I love to fish around thick cover!!!

Jigs will work everywhere. Heck it doesn't even matter how you fish them!!! Key is to STICK with it. I use 3/8-1/2 oz usually with a chunk trailer. A 7'6" broomstick with 50lb braid works for those killer hooksets.

Solid fish coming from the Squan. Here are last months Five Alive Open Buddy tourney results (18 teams) Top 5.... 1st Dave Burket/ Warren Wolk 5bass 19.23lbs2nd Joe Dipilato/Mark Hect 5bass 16.95lbs3rd Rich McCrone/ Thomas Fariello 5bass 15.24lbs4th Joe Kraft/Mike McCurdy 5bass 15.19lbs5th Rich Hudanich/ Vinnie Granozio 5bass 12.78lbs

Salem Canal (SJ Hawg Hunters) 7/8 10 teams competed at the Canal. Typical Summer day with many small fish weighed. Adam S. had the only good one at over 4lbs( caught on the second cast). We came in fifth, plastics and cranks caught the keepers. Probably had over a dozen short fish. Sorry for the lack of photos(website issue). South Jersey Hawg Hunters Date: 7/8/2017 Format: Five bass limit, 12 inch minimum. Weather: Warm, sunny, light breeze. Results: 1. S.Summers/Satanoff Team (Sean Summers & Adam Satanoff) Total Bass/Weight = 5 / 9.05 lbs Points = 22 2. Duckardt/L.Summers Team (Bill Duckardt & Larry Summers) Total Bass/Weight = 5 / 5.40 lbs Points = 12 3. Lloyd/Circone Team (Dave Lloyd & Mario Circone) Total Bass/Weight = 3 / 4.24 lbs Points = 8 4. S.Bowen/P.Bowen Team (Scott Bowen & Pat Bowen) Total Bass/Weight = 3 / 4.07 lbs Points = 6 5. F.Lentz/Nemeth Team (Fred Lentz & Joe Nemeth) Total Bass/Weight = 3 / 3.92 lbs Points = 5 6. Miller/Ohono Team (Jim Miller & Jimmy Ohono) Total Bass/Weight = 3 / 3.87 lbs Points = 4 7. Merlock/Woody Team (Ken Merlock & Mark Woody) Total Bass/Weight = 1 / .86 lbs Points = 2 8. Zellman/Schappell Team (Zeke Zellman & Scott Schappell) Total Bass/Weight = 1 / .79 lbs Points = 2 9. Oeser/Martin Team (Chris Oeser & Rob Martin) Total Bass/Weight = 0 Points = 1 9. Snyder/G.Lentz Team (Dennis Snyder & Greg Lentz) Total Bass/Weight = 0 Points = 1 Winning Lunker Weight – 4.18 lbs (Adam Satanoff) Next Club Tournament: Rainbow Lake, Saturday, July 15, 5:30 AM to 11:30 AM, 5-Bass limit, 12” minimum length.

Union Lake (SJ Hawg Hunters) 6/24 11 teams competed on a stormy morning. Only one limit was caught. We came in third. Plastics fished around the grass edge was the winning pattern. Scott S. had the lunker at 5.22lbs South Jersey Hawg Hunters Date: 6/24/2017 Format: Five bass limit, 12 inch minimum. Weather: Started out cloudy, warm & windy with a downpour. Later mostly sunny, warm, and windy. Results: 1. Duckardt/L.Summers Team (Bill Duckardt & Nelson Hares) Total Bass/Weight = 5 / 11.80 lbs Points = 19 2. Lloyd/Circone Team (Mario Circone & Mario Circone III) Total Bass/Weight = 4 / 7.49 lbs Points = 11 3. F.Lentz/Nemeth Team (Fred Lentz & Joe Nemeth) Total Bass/Weight = 3 / 5.65 lbs Points = 8 4. Zellman/Schappell Team (Zeke Zellman & Scott Schappell) Total Bass/Weight = 1 / 5.22 lbs Points = 9 5. S.Summers/Satanoff Team (Sean Summers & Adam Satanoff) Total Bass/Weight = 3 / 4.62 lbs Points = 5 6. Franchetta/McDonald Team (Al Franchetta & Jenn McDonald) Total Bass/Weight = 2 / 2.17 lbs (after 2.16 lb dead fish penalty) Points = 3 7. S.Bowen/P.Bowen Team (Scott Bowen & Pat Bowen) Total Bass/Weight = 2 / 2.07 lbs Points = 3 8. Merlock/Woody Team (Ken Merlock & Mark Woody) Total Bass/Weight = 1 / 1.78 lbs Points = 2 9. Snyder/G.Lentz Team (Dennis Snyder & Greg Lentz) Total Bass/Weight = 1 / 1.45 lbs Points = 2 10. Oeser/Martin Team (Chris Oeser & Rob Martin) Total Bass/Weight = 0 Points = 1 10. Miller/Ohono Team (Jim Miller & Jimmy Ohono) Total Bass/Weight = 0 Points = 1 Winning Lunker Weight – 5.22 lbs (Scott Schappell) Next Club Tournament: Salem Canal, Saturday, July 8, 5:30 AM to 12:00 Noon, 5-Bass limit, 12” minimum length.

You are going to be limited in what you can use. All the bodies of water you mention are shallow and getting really weedy/grassy...Newton is the best for quality bass but it gets pounded regularly by club tournaments. Hammonton use to be good way back. Septic overflow from surrounding houses caused major issues.....the lake was drained and cleaned up. The existing bass population is weak, lots of small fish. Oak has small bass, same thing with Maple which I fished for many years. Buzzbaits and other topwater lures early morning can be very good for catching bigger fish. Throw it when its choppy too. Chatterbaits and lipless cranks are really productive when the bite is on. Soft plastics rule here in South Jersey during Summer months when most bodies of water are grassing up. A wacky or texas rigged Senko is a great choice.The Dropshot is also productive. Make sure you try Bargaintown Lake in Egg Harbor Township(Atlantic County). Its loaded with stumps/wood. Plenty of big bass for you. Wacky rig Senkos!!!!!!

which bodies of water? I have tons of info on many.

South Jersey Hawg Hunters Date: 6/17/2017 Format: Six bass limit, 15 inch minimum. Weather: Warm, cloudy & calm, with periods of drizzle. Results: 1. Duckardt/L.Summers Team (Bill Duckardt) Total Bass/Weight = 3 / 9.86 lbs Points = 16 2. Snyder/G.Lentz Team (Dennis Snyder & Greg Lentz) Total Bass/Weight = 4 / 9.37 lbs Points = 13 3. F.Lentz/Nemeth Team (Fred Lentz & Joe Nemeth) Total Bass/Weight = 4 / 9.07 Points = 11 4. Bowen/Bowen Team (Scott Bowen & Pat Bowen) Total Bass/Weight = 3 / 8.87 lbs Points = 12 5. Zellman/Schappell Team (Zeke Zellman & Scott Schappell) Total Bass/Weight = 3 / 6.85 lbs Points = 5 6. Merlock/Woody Team (Ken Merlock & Mark Woody) Total Bass/Weight = 2 / 7.40 (after short fish penalty) Points = 3 7. S.Summers/Satanoff Team (Sean Summers & Rich Leadbeater) Total Bass/Weight = 2 / 5.38 lbs Points = 3 8. Oeser/Martin Team (Chris Oeser & Rob Martin) Total Bass/Weight = 1 / 2.78 lbs Points = 2 Winning Lunker Weight – 4.44 lbs (Scott Bowen) Next Club Tournament: Union Lake, Saturday, June 24, 5:30 AM to 12:00 NOON, 5-Bass limit, 12” minimum length,

The club had pretty good results at Assunpink. Only 8 teams participated on a foggy, wet morning. This was a 6 fish limit, 15" minimum. Winner had 3 for 9+lbs. Top 3 had 9+. We finished 3rd. I caught all four of my teams fish. Power fishing a wacky Senko with an 1/8 oz weight. All fish hit on the drop. I was focused on getting as many casts as possible. Swim jigs and shakey heads were also used by teams. I will post full results and pics when I get them.

Hit the Pink this morning. Very tough bite. Caught one keeper on a wacky rig Senko. Had a handful of shorts and one pickerel. Hopefully tomorrow's SJ Hawg Hunters club tourney goes a little better.

Hit Rainbow yesterday. Had poor results, mostly small non-keeper bass on a wacky rig. Today I hit Cedarville. Bite was slow but I had four small keeper bass on the wacky rig. Lost a 3lber on a jump. No biggie, it happens. About an hour later I hooked into a slob, about ten feet from shore. This thing took a wild jump about 6 feet from me and of course shot the hook out. Would have been my best at this lake. An easy 6-7lb largie. I battled on. Got another big strike on the wacky rig, This time it was a solid channel cat 5-6lbs. I also caught a handful of yellow perch and pickerel.

Hit Cedarville this morning. Caught some pickerel, yellow perch and 14 largies. Many of the bass went in the 1 1/2 -2lb range. They all fought hard and most jumped out of the water. Lost a solid fish on a jump. A 5" wacky rigged Senko was the producer. I worked the jig hard around pads and wood but could not get a bite. No action on topwater either.

Took the day off and decided to fish Rainbow this morning around 6:30AM. It was tough finding fish at first. Nothing on beds. Finally locked in on an area full of lilly pads. A wacky rigged 5" senko was all I needed. Pulled out 8 largies and probably had another half dozen strikes without a hookup. Best at 3lbs. Most in the 2-2 1/2lb range.

Nice catch!!!!!!!

I would say 60/40 with casting being numero uno. I use spinning gear for soft plastics, mainly Senkos and other brand worms/lizards. Jerkbaits are also used on spinning setup. All other hard and moving baits go on my casting gear.