Raritan river 5/7/2011

[AndyS]

Back to the scene of the crime !! Met up with Maddhatterr aorund 6 am or so, fished big stuff at the pipe and the falls, nothing. Did see 1 nice shad caught. Water is getting lower and cleaner by the minute. Working on a learning curve for the stripers. An hour or so was just standing around BS'ing about tackle, tactics etc, Maddhatterr has a wealth of knowledge.
Saw alot of turtles in the canal and a big water snake. Found a huge crayfish near the rocks, got him untangled out of some old line and set him free. Nice day to be outside.

[maddhatterr]

Fishin could have been alittle better but it was a beautiful morning. Definitly learned alot about a river that I really never gave credit to. As always a pleasure fishin with you Andy and thanks again for the specials. Was at the same spot last night and caught the biggest bronze back I've ever seen on a hatterr plug, the plug was about 5 inches long and over an inch where it breaks....beautiful smallie with that gorgeous purple belly....smashed it right in front of me...try to get a picture but fouled that up with my phone and the fish decided to release itself...that river is defintely under rated...;)