SJHT LAKE LENAPE Club Results Sat. 4-03-2022

[BigNasty06]

Place: LAKE LENAPE, Hamilton TWP, NJ
Date: Sun. April 03, 2022
Time: 8:00am-3:00pm
Weather:  Overcast skies with the hint of rain and strong winds arriving later in the morning.  Air Temps hovering around 48 degrees warming up to a 54 degrees.  Occiasion light rain with strong winds intermittent.     
Water Temps: 54.5 degrees for most of day with cooler waters around 50 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:  Crankbaits, Finesse Jigs, creature baits.
Depths fished: 2.0'~5.0''
Limit: 3 Bass 
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Can you say Tournament#2- Lenape Lake!!!




Today, 10 SJHT members came out to our 2nd Event of the young 2022 season.  With changing weather conditions and a cold front rolling through several times today, we knew the day was going to be tough.  Although it did rain at times and preceded with the strong winds beforehand, the sun did poke its head from beneath the clouds on occasion.


Without further adieu, please give a big congrats to Brian *Who Needs Sleep- I should wake up late all the time* McCulley who took 1st and Lunker by weighing in 3 Bass weighing 10.61lbs .  2nd Place was won by Scott *Finally in the Money* Schappell with 2 Bass going 3.14lbs.  3rd Place was won by BN06 with 1 Bass going 2.53lbs. Misc. was also won by Rookie Newcomer Chance *Not The Rapper* Negri with a PICKERAL going 4.54lbs.  

LAKE LENAPE TALE OF TAPE:



Brian's 1st Place Bag and Lunker:








Scott's  2nd Place winner



BN06 3rd Place Bag:





Chance N. Misc Winner with a 4.54lb Pickeral




Other Anglers Bass:

John P.  bag:



Bill L. Solo Bass Keeper Bag:



Rob M. solo Keeper:




Bonus Video Footage of Hail-Storm:



Summary: Lake Lenape even after all of these years of not fishing this place still left me a bit puzzled.  Anglers including myself reported small pick up of our lures and some other bites lost next to the boat, but for most the bite was almost non-existent.  I didn't get a nibble for the first 2hours.  Then after finding a bit warmer water, the action started picking up.  Caught a decent size Pickeral but no where near that 4.54lb Monster Pickeral from Chance.  The tale of the tape pretty much shows the number of Pickeral caught so....have at it.  LOL.

In All, all 7 out of 10 SJHT Anglers caught at least 1 Bass.   There were 10  Bass caught overall.  Lake Lenape gave way to total of 22.18bs caught overall.  The  avg. weight was 2.22lbs.

Overall.... only 1 Anglers caught there 3 Bass Limit.
The *Late arriving McCully Guy*          

Congrats to Brian McCulley, Scott S., and BN06 on your performances.

Next up is Rainbow Lake next Saturday.

Tightlines,
BN06