| Picatinny Rod & Gun Club Fishing Tournament Photo Album |
| July 18, 2009 Lake Picatinny Dock Rehab Volunteer Project |
| 14 August 2009 Lake Picatinny Night Bass Tourney !! |
| Tourney Flashback !! Sept 9, 2005 !! 1SG Dave Stone & SSG Tordillos, Lake Denmark Fall Classic !! Another Outstanding Sunrise !! |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| SGM Paul Wilcock wades knee deep into the Project !! |
| Jim Huff was nice enough to serve a hearty breakfast to the early arrivals. Great job Jim !! |
| Deconstruction of the old dock began early !! |
| Mark Keck, John Rogalo and son and others did a great job tearing out the old timbers. north of the main dock |
| The old planks were pulled up ......... |
| And Hauled away.................. |
| New timbers, decking and supplies were unloaded....... |
| New Floating Dockage is prepared for installation !! |
| tools to get this project completed and improve the safety and beauty of the area ! |
| The dock was repaired and strengthened as needed ! The last time this was done was many years ago !! |
| Tom Hartigan and Don Geiss get pumped should be, a very worthwhile project !! |
| Many thanks to John Rogalo Jr. who's a technical and aesthetic success !! |
| "Click" Schreck trying to lighten Tims catch at the weigh-in ! He didn't get past Tom Hartigan's Tourney Director's eye though ! |
| Another Beautiful Sunrise on Lake Denmark's Northwest corner ! You can't beat it !! |
| Our 2009 PR&GC Angler of the Year ! Tim Cassidy shows why he was at the top of the Leader Board all season !! Congrats to Team Cassidy !! |
| The Completed 2009 Lake Picatinny Dock Rehab Project !! I am sure it will provide a Safe, Comfortable and Attractive Recreation space to the Picatinny Community for many years to come !!! |
| 14 August 2009 Bass Tourney Class Photo !! |
| Hartigan with 13.41 lbs and Lunker Bass as well !! Nice night boys !! |
| Jusin Saleeby (shown here) and Frank Costanzo took second place with 13.30 lbs and were closely followed by Dan Murphy and Jim Huff at 12.57 lbs !! |
| Tom Hartigan, Tourney Director, hard at work on the time was had by all ! All fish were returned unharmed to the Lake Picatinny Waters. |
| All hands help with the Weigh-in. It takes a great deal of work to run the Tourney Trail each year so Thanks to all who participate and help out !! |
| 26 Sept 2009 Lake Denmark Fall Classic Bass Tourney !! |
| Justin Saleeby hard at work trying to keep up with the competition !! |
| Tom "Hurricane" Hartigan doing the weigh-in honors as always, Thanks for running another successful Tourney season For us in spite of the bass damage on Lk Denmark. How many guys does it take to get Click out of the water...all of them ! Tom Announces the winners, and sadly the not so winners ! |
| The Tourney Participants in all their Pickerel related Glory ! What a Crew ! Now that we got Click's new boat out otf the water, we just need to get his leg out of the steering wheel ! Tom is heading home for the final time this season of tourney trail action !! Great job !! |
| The 2011 Final Fall Fishing Fling at Lake Denmark |
| July 18, 2009 Lake Picatinny Dock Rehab Volunteer Project |
| 14 August 2009 Lake Picatinny Night Bass Tourney !! |
| SGM Paul Wilcock wades knee deep into the Project !! |
| Jim Huff was nice enough to serve a Great job Jim !! |
| Deconstruction of the old dock began |
| Mark Keck, John Rogalo and son and others Some were reclaimed to repair the small dock north of the main dock |
| The old planks were pulled up ......... |
| New timbers, decking and supplies were unloaded....... |
| New Floating Dockage is prepared for installation !! |
| Quite a few volunteers gave their time and |
| The dock was repaired and strengthened as needed ! The last time this was done was many years ago !! |
| Tom Hartigan and Don Geiss get pumped up over the new dock ! And proud they should be, a very worthwhile project !! |
| Many thanks to John Rogalo Jr. who's a technical and aesthetic success !! |
| "Click" Schreck trying to lighten Tims catch at the weigh-in ! He didn't get past Tom Hartigan's Tourney Director's eye though ! |
| Another Beautiful Sunrise on Lake Denmark's Northwest corner ! You can't beat it !! |
| Our 2009 PR&GC Angler of the Year ! Tim Cassidy shows why he was at the top of the Leader Board all season !! Congrats to Team Cassidy !! |
| The Completed 2009 Lake Picatinny Dock Rehab Project !! I am sure it will provide a Safe, Comfortable and Attractive Recreation space to the Picatinny Community for many years to come !!! |
| 14 August 2009 Bass Tourney Class Photo !! |
| Hartigan with 13.41 lbs and Lunker Bass as well !! Nice night boys !! |
| Jusin Saleeby (shown here) and Frank Costanzo took second place with 13.30 lbs and were closely followed by Dan Murphy and Jim Huff at 12.57 lbs !! |
| Tom Hartigan, Tourney Director, hard at work on the Weigh-ins ! Eleven boats participated, and a great to the Lake Picatinny Waters. |
| All hands help with the Weigh-in. It takes a great deal of work to run the Tourney Trail each year so Thanks to all who participate and help out !! |
| 26 Sept 2009 Lake Denmark Fall Classic Bass Tourney !! |
| Justin Saleeby hard at work trying to keep up with the competition !! |
| Tom "Hurricane" Hartigan doing the weigh-in honors as always, Thanks for running another successful Tourney season For us in spite of the bass damage on Lk Denmark. How many guys does it take to get Click out of the water...all of them ! Tom Announces the winners, and sadly the not so winners ! |
| The Tourney Participants in all their Pickerel related Glory ! What a Crew ! Now that we got Click's new boat out otf the water, we just need to get his leg out of the steering wheel ! Tom is heading home for the final time this season of tourney trail action !! Great job !! |
| April 7th, 2012, 0800 to 1400 hrs The Spring Cast Off Classic Fishing Tourney at Lake Picatinny |
| July 18, 2009 Lake Picatinny Dock Rehab Volunteer Project |
| 14 August 2009 Lake Picatinny Night Bass Tourney !! |
| SGM Paul Wilcock wades knee deep into the Project !! |
| Jim Huff was nice enough to serve a hearty breakfast to the early arrivals. Great job Jim !! |
| Deconstruction of the old dock began early !! |
| Mark Keck, John Rogalo and son and others did a great job tearing out the old timbers. Some were reclaimed to repair the small dock north of the main dock |
| The old planks were pulled up ......... |
| And Hauled away.................. |
| New timbers, decking and supplies were unloaded....... |
| New Floating Dockage is prepared for installation !! |
| tools to get this project completed and improve the safety and beauty of the area ! |
| The dock was repaired and strengthened as needed ! The last time this was done was many years ago !! |
| Tom Hartigan and Don Geiss get pumped up over the new dock ! And proud they should be, a very worthwhile project !! |
| Many thanks to John Rogalo Jr. who's a technical and aesthetic success !! |
| "Click" Schreck trying to lighten Tims catch at the weigh-in ! He didn't get past Tom Hartigan's Tourney Director's eye though ! |
| Another Beautiful Sunrise on Lake Denmark's Northwest corner ! You can't beat it !! |
| Our 2009 PR&GC Angler of the Year ! Tim Cassidy shows why he was at the top of the Leader Board all season !! Congrats to Team Cassidy !! |
| The Completed 2009 Lake Picatinny Dock Rehab Project !! I am sure it will provide a Safe, Comfortable and Attractive Recreation space to the Picatinny Community for many years to come !!! |
| 14 August 2009 Bass Tourney Class Photo !! |
| 1st Place went to Pete Lombardi & Tom Hartigan with 13.41 lbs and Lunker Bass as well !! Nice night boys !! |
| Jusin Saleeby (shown here) and Frank Costanzo followed by Dan Murphy and Jim Huff at 12.57 lbs !! |
| Tom Hartigan, Tourney Director, hard at work on the Weigh-ins ! Eleven boats participated, and a great time was had by all ! All fish were returned unharmed to the Lake Picatinny Waters. |
| All hands help with the Weigh-in. It takes a great deal to all who participate and help out !! |
| 26 Sept 2009 Lake Denmark Fall Classic Bass Tourney !! |
| up with the competition !! |
| Tom "Hurricane" Hartigan doing the weigh-in honors as always, Thanks for running another successful Tourney season For us in spite of the bass damage on Lk Denmark. How many guys does it take to get Click out of the water...all of them ! Tom Announces the winners, and sadly the not so winners ! |
| The Tourney Participants in all their Pickerel related Glory ! What a Crew ! Now that we got Click's new boat out otf the water, we just need to get his leg out of the steering wheel ! Tom is heading home for the final time this season of tourney trail action !! Great job !! |
| The 2011 Final Fall Fishing Fling at Lake Denmark |
| This Fine Looking Assembly of Audacious Anglers braved Gusty wind conditions & a meager bite to Kick Off the PR&GCA 2012 Bass Tourney Season |
| 1. Jim Chodack & Don Capanear - 4 bass, 10.58 lbs 2. Team Here Fishy Fishy (Vance and Brian Chase) - 5 bass, 6.96 lbs 3. Team Geiss (Don and Don Sr.) - 3 bass 4.96 lbs The next tourney will be on Swartswood Lake on Saturday 5 May from 0600-1200 hrs. We will try to use the state ramp. It will be a paper tourney. Because it's offsite, anyone can be your partner, so long as one of you work here at Picatinny or are military. Let me know if you plan to fish. Tom Hartigan Chief, RAM-T Branch Product Assurance & Test Directorate PM Ground Combat Vehicle 973-724-5268 office 201-694-7839 cell tom.hartigan@us.army.mil |
| Fellow Anglers, A couple things I need to remind people of - Please be sure to read the new PA-Reg 215-1 for all hunting, fishing and trapping rules on post AND the 2012 sportsman's map! You can find links to these documents on Han's PR&GA webpage - http://w4.pica.army.mil/outdoor/RodGun.htm Related to this I have witnessed several boats that were not aware you MUST stay south of the first major point past the island on Picatinny Lake during duty hours (Mon-Fri, 0730-1700 hrs). The reg also describes the guest policy for fishing, how to display your fishing permit and vehicle pass, how to register your boat with Outdoor Rec, creel limits, and safety restrictions that have to be adhered to when traveling afield or on the water on post, etc. PLEASE READ BOTH DOCUMENTS THROROUGHLY! As a permit holder you are responsible for knowing the regs for hunting/fishing on post. As JVDV will tell you - Ignorance is no excuse for the law! ALSO: We will need help for a work party at Lake Denmark before we hold the pickerel contest on 20 May. Here is what needs to be done: 1. Reposition the plastics grey floating dock parallel to the ramp, and drives stakes to secure it 2. Cut some sticker bushes, weeds and brush along the entrance road to the ramp and parking areas. 3. Float the new pieces of dock (3) and maybe the old wooden docks (3 if they all still float); and secure them somehow to the Rip Rap bank, so they don't float away or break loose in the weather or ice. a. The new dock pieces will need to be transported up from the shed at Picatinny Lake b. This will require a piece of heavy machinery (front end loader or crane?); to move the 2 heavy wooden docks which are currently up on land. So this requires coordination with Han's friends from DPW. I can use some advice on how best to secure the dock pieces to each other and the bank and/or lake bottom, so they remain in place More to follow on the work party. But I'm hoping many of you will show up, as you are the primary users of the ramp and dock area on Denmark. Thanks, Tom Hartigan PR&GA Fishing Committee Chair 973-724-5268 office 201-694-7839 cell tom.hartigan@us.army.mil |
| Crowded Lake Spooky Bass Newcomers Jim Chodack and Don Capanear Take Castoff Classic A record field of 14 boats took to Picatinny Lake on a sunny but blustery Easter Saturday morning. After the first couple hours of the 2012 Castoff Classic most of the bass in Picatinny Lake had already seen an offering or two or lures pass by. So it wasn’t a surprise on this early spring day that started in the 30s, that the largemouth population was more than a little finicky. First time Picatinny Anglers Jim Chodack and Don Capanear didn’t take long to figure out the lake. They found 4 of Picatinny’s finer fish to put together a 10 ½ pound bag which was more than enough to hold off the other 13 boats that morning. Jim anchored their creel with a near 4- pounder that took a spinner bait and held up for tourney lunker. Their other fish were caught on creature baits pitched in the middle of the lake. Team Here Fishy Fishy (AKA Vance and Brian Chase) again proved their prowess for springtime fishing by landing 5 bass weighing almost 7 pounds on plastic grubs in the middle of the lake, good for second place. And Team Geiss rounded out the leaderboard in third place with 3 bass weighing nearly 5 pounds that took their offerings of jigs and superflukes. And finally Cody Wabiszewski wanted everyone to know they found a bass willing to hit their soft plastic bait. The next tourney will be offsite at Swartswood Lake just outside of Newton, NJ on Saturday 5 May. This will be a paper tourney during the catch and release season. Each boat will need a golden rule or equivalent. Anyone can fish, as long as one of the team members is a regular on the PR&GA tourney trail. |
| May 5th, 2012, 0800 to 1400 hrs The Cinco de Mayo Classic Fishing Tourney at Swartswood Lake |
| Todd Reilly & Aaron Graybill did a great job with the Smallies! The Results : 1. Todd Rielly & Aaron Graybill, 8 bass, 132.5" 2-tie. Click Schreck & Mark Keck, 7 bass, 106.5" 2-tie. Tom Hartigan & Rich Swanson, 7 bass, 106.5" Lunker - Click Schreck, 21.5" largemouth |
| Click Schreck And his absolutely great looking Lunker award winner ! |
The PR&GA Tourney Trail continued with another strong showing when 10 boats set out on Swartswood Lake with their electric motors, a measuring ruler and tally board for a paper tourney during the catch- and-release season. The anglers were hoping the bass would have love on their minds with the full moon. But cooler weather and water temps leading up to the event left most of them just shy of the spawning flats. Army recruiter Todd Reilly and partner Aaron Graybill had the most success landing, measuring and releasing 9 bass on the calm overcast morning. Their 8 best measured a respectable 132.5 inches earning them their first win on the trail. Most of their bass took an assortment of plastic craws and creature baits fished off points and drop-offs just outside the spawning flats. Swartswood showed good potential as a bass fishery by yielding several smallmouth and largemouth bass over the 3 and 4 pound class to the visiting Picatinny anglers. None were more impressive then Click Schreck’s 21.5” bass that would have weighed well over 5 pounds - good for lunker bass honors. Click’s pre-spawn sow just out-measured a 21 incher landed by Jim Chodack. Click’s bass anchored a nice creel of 7 bass he and partner Mark Keck landed on Senkos and frogs, measuring over 106 inches and putting them in a tie for 2nd place. Also tied for 2nd with 7 bass measuring 106.5” was the team of Rich Swanson and Tom Hartigan. Rich and Tom caught most of their fish on faster moving reaction baits, including topwater poppers, crankbaits and jerkbaits. The next tourney will be a pickerel roundup on Lake Denmark on Sunday 20 May. We are hoping for a record field on Denmark to help put a dent in the pickerel population, before more bass are stocked on the 22nd. After that the PR&GA Bassmasters return to the tour with another offsite Bass tournament on Cranberry Lake on Father’s Day in June. Picatinny Rod & Gun Assoc. Castoff Classic When: Saturday 7 Apr 2012, 0800-1400 hrs Where: Lake Picatinny RESULTS # Bass Total Length Big Bass Points 1. Todd Rielly & 13 Aaron Graybill 8 132.5” 19.5” 13 2t. Click Schreck & 21.5” 13 Mark Keck 7 106.5” 11 2t. Tom Hartigan & 11 Rich Swanson 7 106.5” 18.5” 11 4. Cody Wabiszewski 7 Ryan Ordemann 6 85.75” 15.75” 7 5. Jim Chodack & 6 Don Capanear 5 81.5” 21” 6 6. AJ Agnor & 5 Justin Kell 5 79.25” 5 7. Tom Cassidy & 4 Frank Cassidy 3 46.5” 4 8. Greg Mitchell & 3 Brad Garie 3 45.5” 16.75” 3 9. Sal Longo & 2 Joe Longo 2 26” 2 10. Vance Chase & 1 Brian Chase 1 14.5” 1 Lunker Bass – Click Schreck, 21.5” (~5.75lbs) Largemouth |
| Now, Click Schreck sent me this picture of Team Trailer Park's 1st boat, which looks surpisingly similar to the current TTP Tourney Craft (TTP-TC) ! The intent was Intimidation of the 12 boat field for the Friday Nite Tourney..... You be the Judge ! Git R Done !! |
Team Trailer Park 6
| Team Trailer Park 1 |
| The PR&GC 2012 Fall Classic ! A 5+ pound Lunker isn't bad on a very low water Lake Picatinny ! September 16th, 2012 |
| Congratulations to Greg Mitchell and Brad Garie who brought in an impressive bag of almost 13 pounds, including a 5.27 Kicker to win the Fall Classic yesterday on Picatinny. Congratulations also go out to Click "The Bayou Ogre" Schreck who ran away with this year's PR&GA Angler of the Year Race. He and his partner, and 2nd place finisher Mark Keck, showed great consistency by finishing in the top 2 spots of four of the six events. 1. Greg Mitchell & Brad Garie, 5 bass, 12.93 lbs 2. Cody Wabiszewski & Ryan Ordemann, 5 bass, 11.67 lbs 3. Tim Prendergast & Jack Kinney, 5 bass, 11.65 lbs Lunker bass - 5.27 lbs largemouth - Greg Mitchell |
Our Heros of the 2012 PR&GC Bass Tourney Season ! Click Schreck & Mark Keck took overall Season honors with Click as the Angler Of the Year (AOY) and he and Mark took overall Team Standing. Congrats to you both & I know it was due to all the hard work you put in & the tremendous support of your families !! |
| The 2013 Spring Castoff Classic Bass Tourney On Lake Picatinny was Cold and Windy But the Anglers turned out to score Big ! All Fish were returned unharmed to Picatinny Lake !! |
| The 2nd Bass Tourney of the 2013 Season Was held on Swartswood Lake !! Cody Strikes !! |
| Click Tim's fish for the AOY Leader Board |
| Another beautiful Sunrise on Lake Denmark ! Picatinny Pickerel Fest 2013 !! |
| The 2014 Picatinny Cast Off Classic Spring Clean-up Team Geiss Cleans Up in 2014 Castoff Classic on Picatinny Lake |
