SJHT UNION LAKE Club Results Sat. 03-26-2022

[BigNasty06]

Place: UNION LAKE, MILLVILLE, NJ
Date: Sat. March 26, 2022
Time: 7:00am-2:00pm
Weather:  Overcast with the hint of rain and strong winds arriving later in the AM.  Air Temps hovering around 52 degrees warming up to a 56 degrees.  Overcast skies with sporadic sunshine poking through.   
Water Temps: 54.7 degrees for most of day with cooler waters around 49 degrees up the creek.
Water Clarity: 1.0-'.0'
Wind Gust: Quite gusty at times.  Started out around 10mph.  Increasing towards 15~20mphs.
Best Lure:  N/A
Depths fished: 5.0'~9.0''
Limit: 3 Bass 
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Welcome to the the SJHT 2022 Bass fishing Club Season.  What seemed like an eternity is now finally here.  Coming somewhat out of Covid-19 Restrictions over the last 2.5 years and adhering as best as possible to the CDC guidelines, we're here today.  Thank Goodness!!!







As we kick off our 2022 season, lets not forget the important things in life.  Your family....your family again...and your family once more.  Life is short and not promised tomorrow.  Take advantage while we're still here.

Alright!  Welcome to our New Rookie 2022 Class Chancellor N., Tom M., Clayton K., Cole S., and Ryan W.  We look forward to interacting more and discussing Tips and Techniques along with getting to know one another even better.

Today, 13 SJHT members and 1 guest came out to open our 2022 Season.  With changing weather conditions and a cold front rolling through, we knew the day was going to be tough.  Well at least for some.  LOL.  Although Air temps seem ideal, the wind may navigating and finding Bass even tougher.  Still not a bad showing for anglers coming out after months of hibernating.


Without further adieu, please give a big congrats to defending Angler of the Year and 2021 AOY along with overall 1st place winner,  Brian *Just Warming Up* McCulley by weighing in 3 Bass weighing 7.37lbs .  2nd Place and Lunker was won by Carlos *New Boat Coming* Jimenz Trailer with 1 Bass going 4.87lbs.  3rd Place was won by David *I'm Back* Snedecker with 1 Bass going 2.34lbs. Misc. was also won by Rookie Newcomer Tom *All New to Me* Mahon with a PICKERAL going 2.89lbs.  

UNION LAKE TALE OF TAPE:



Brian's 1st Place Bag:




Carlos 2nd Place and Lunker winner



Daves 3rd Place Bag:



Tom M. Misc Winner with a 2.89lb Pickeral




Other Anglers Bass:

Guest Member Jim M. bag:



Jiggen Den Solo Bass Keeper Bag:



Scott S. Misc. submission:



Bill Leaches Pickeral Submission:



John Parisi Solo Keeper:



Summary: Union Lake proved once again to be a tough nut to crack!  Only true bite I got was a undersized Pickeral and maybe 1 dink size bass.  That was pretty much it for me.  Others reported losing some decent bass close to the boat or not connecting on the hook sets.  I guess that fishing.  LOL.

In All, all 7 out of 14 SJHT Anglers caught at least 1 Bass.   There were 10  Bass caught overall.  Union Lake gave way to total of 20.45bs caught overall.  The  avg. weight was 2.05lbs.

Me crashing as it was a long day.



Overall.... only 1 Anglers caught there 3 Bass Limit.
The *Just warming up* Angler!          

Congrats to Brian McCulley, Carlos J., and David S. on your performances.

Next up is Lake Lenape next Sunday.

Tightlines,
BN06