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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!!!!!!