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Laurie:

Saturday, June 9th is a free fishing day…No license is required to fish in the State of NJ,  a perfect time to grab a friend and head on out to fish . Fishing has been good here on Lake Hopatcong with a wide variety of fish hitting this past week. Sabrina Mackin had her limit of crappie, fishing with small jigs and fatheads, the largest hitting the scales at 1 lb 14 oz. Jim Macoluso had a pickerel weighing 3 lb 2 oz.  Several trout have been caught on live herring also, along with some hybrid stripers in the 5 and 6 pound range. Largemouth and smallmouth bass season will open again on June 15 th, and they have already started to hit pretty good. Knee Deep’s bass contest takes place on Sunday, June 24th with cash prizes for the 3 heaviest fish. Night time action is still going strong, usually lasting into July. Have a great week !!!