2023 SJHT 20th Annual Union Lake Open Buddy Results Sat. 07-01-23

[BigNasty06]

Place:  Union Lake, Millville, NJ
Time: 6:00am-2:00pm
Date: Saturday, July 01, 2023
Weather: Warm and mild Air temps starting out around 74 degrees.  Warming up to a sunny and blue bird 88 degrees.   
Water Temps: N/A
Water Clarity: N/A
Wind Gusts: Calm with slight breeze as the afternoon approached.
Best Lure: N/A
Depths fished: N/A
Bass Limit: 5
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Welcome to this years SJHT's 20th Annual Union Lake Open Buddy Tournament Happy 4th of July weekend. 

24 Boats, with a total of 44 Anglers came out to win the ORIGINAL SJHT Bass Fishing Belts!!!

This leads me to the extraordinary turnout and participation in Saturdays, July 1, 2023 event.


























Great turnout for a 4th of July weekend.  I hope the refreshments and nourishment provided made your day on the water that more enjoyable. 
for our 20th straight Union Lake Open Buddy T. THANK YOU.

To the SJHT members that helped with this event.  Scott *On Time and on Schedule* Schappell in the AM for boat check-ins along with Wayne *Moe* Neville Sr. Joe Reed on the Grill and on the weigh in books recording each team's bag.  Shout outs to Bill *Trooper* Carione for helping with the weigh-in process, and keeping the lines moving.  Can't forget New SJHT Rookie member Kirk *Always willing to lend a Hand and support* Brockenbrough during the PM shift.  Fellas, I can't say THANK YOU ENOUGH!   You have my utmost gratitude.

I personally Thank you for easing the load and making things run as smoothly as they were.

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South Jersey Hook This! would also like to Thank all of the dedicated 24 boaters\44 Anglers that came out to this event.   

Okay... Let's get right to it.  Without further adieu, Here is the official 2023 SJHT Union Lake Open Buddy Tale of the Tape



Let's give a big congrats to this years 2023  New SJHT 20th Annual Union Lake Open Buddy Tournament finishers.

1st Place winners of Greg DiPalma & Mike Sims with an amazing 5 Bass weighing 14.62lbs  $672.00 





2nd Place Team Eric Peck & Luis Botello 5 Bass weighing 9.62lbs (after .50lb Dead Fish Penalty) $403.20.



3rd Place Team and Lunker Winner of Howard Brown with 4 Bass weighing 9.07lbs $268.80 and 5.00lb Lunker $240.00



Anglers and their catches:

















(L to R)  2nd, 1st, and 3rd Place and Lunker Champs:



In Summary: 18 out of 24 Boaters caught at least 1 Bass and weighed in.  There were #6 of DNW a Fish and may have released them before coming to the scales. 

There were a total of 62 overall Bass weighed-in totaling 105.96lbs.  That gave way to an avg. of 1.71lbs.  There were 59 Largemouth Bass weighed in and 3 Smallmouth Bass weighed in.  As one can surmise by the Tale of the Tape, there was a total of 7 Limits brought to the scales.   We had 2 bass diie, although we did have High Capacity/Efficency Oxgenators setup 100 Gallon Holdng Tanks with Rejuvenade.  On a Warm, slight breeze, Sunny 88 Degrees day, this was deemed as very successful.

Anglers reported losing some nice Bass close to the boat as they tried to haul in.  Some anglers caught them in their normal Summer hang outs however catching that kicker Bass seemed very elusive.   The total caught this year compared to last year was slightly down by 5 Bass overall and roughly 13lbs total weight overall.  We had the same 24 anglers like we had in 2022.

Congrats to the prize winners and all that came out and supported the 20th annual SJHT Bass Fishing Club Union Lake Open Buddy Tournament.


Thanks again to all who came out on this 4th of July Holiday event.  I know you could have been in a million and one other places but we're just appreciative to all who showed the love.

BN06