Upper raritan 9/10

[shucker]

Gonna try to fish every day this week so Next up was the upper Raritan for smallies.Started off throwin storm shads got 1 dink,I noticed allot craws in the water so I collected a dozen or so.Drifted them thru a few choice holes only to come up with channel cats,I've never had any luck with crayfish for smallies.I tried drifting them with no weight then with weight,tried um on a jig head only to find cats on my line.Biggest channel went about 5lbs all were caught in fairly swift deep runs.
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[SkillfulAngler908]

Nice job, the cats are on fire right now in the river. I got around 10 last night from 730-9 with action every cast. Ive never had luck with crawfish either for bass, but ive been killin smallies on 4in grubs lately.

[AndyS]

I wanna get a mess of those cats and have a fish fry !

[buzzbaiter]

Use the smaller ones - 1-1.5", pull off the claws, hook them thru the tail and use bb shot about 6-8" above it. They will work but nothing like hellgrammites or those psycho worms I call crazy snakeworms. Those r the ones found just below the loose dirt, move very fast/jump and break apart when you hook them. They barely last beyond one cast or hit but fish love 'em.

[Dave B.]

..They will work but nothing like hellgrammites...
Hellgramites = crack for smallies! They CAN'T resist 'em! :)