Passaic River 4/3 some trout and lots of dead carp

[tjc76]

Hit the Passaic in an effort to get on the board for the smallie contest. No bass but managed 6 browns and 2 bows. Also counted 16 dead carp at the boat launch. Most appeared to be pierced by arrow. Nothing against those who bow fish, but please clean up after yourselves everyone.

[GetANet]

Sooooooo NOT COOL!!!!! Ain't eating WHY kill it!!!!

[acaravaglia]

I second that getanet!

[Jigman13]

That's sh*tty. No respect.

[njfisherman1975]

That's ridiculous...I don't care what kind of fish it is...no one should be killing fish just for the sake of killing fish. People that do stuff give "fisherman" a bad name...

[FASTEDDIE29]

Hmmmmmm, that's not good! Glad you caught some Trout. Gotta find out who wasted the fish. What a bunch of jerks!

[Skunk City]

Nice work on the Trout. Were these upstream native Trout or the recently stocked downstream Trout?

[saxmatt]

Report that to fish and game. Wasting fish is illegal. People who kill animals for fun and don't harvest what they have killed have some serous mental issues.

[15FOOTER]

What a shame about those carp! Glad to hear your trying for the smallie contest though. Hey what were water conditions like yesterday on that river. Color, Flow, temp anything like that?

[Polelock]

2nd on letting F&W know about the waste... If your going to bowfish thats fine but don't do this with you kill...

[Mark B.]

A number of years ago, in response to bow anglers on the Del. R. who would

stick A. shad & leave them stacked up on the shoreline, F&W passed

the "wanton waste" law: you can stick them, but you have to take them with

you.

Were those trout the ones recently stocked below the Grat Falls to Dundee Dam?

[saxmatt]

Unfortunately a lot of bowfisherman shoot the carp and throw them back, in the garbage, woods, gardens etc. It sucks for people who like to fish for carp because the biggest fish are the easiest targets. A 40" fish with a 30" girth isn't hard to hit from 5' away, try catching it on a rod. Some bowfisherman even give the carp to people who illegaly sell them. Carp from polluted rivers like the Passaic are sold in NY and NJ and they are eaten by people who have no idea how polluted the water is.

[saxmatt]

This is why I don't post information about spots or carp get togethers on this site. A small group of bad people can ruin it for everyone.

[Mikeps326]

The boat ramp in elmwood park?

[tjc76]

All fish were stockies. The river was high off colored and moving fast. All fish were caught in completely slack water which is normally not part of the river. Dry land in normal flows. Not elmwood park