Re: 10/22 - RV and SB Raritan trout
 

Nicee dude.. Fish from the valley taste so much better then farm raised fish.. Fish are in casting range for sure Eddie.. 4 me its a automatic bow's on pb or m&m and brownies on shinners nothing better then when a school of browns come in and ur getting bit soon as it hits the water burnin trew a dozen shinners in an hr.. The Loonz in the valley have balls n jus dnt give a F%##!! I try'd pelting em' with rocks..good size ones would land a few feet from em' and ey' jus stare me down grillin me!! Their serious but no dobut will be on the fish..

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Great report.
I've given up on Round Valley - or as I like to call it, "Skunk Valley".

In all the years I've fished the shore in the fall, I've had a 'few' days where the fishing was insane. The trout were gathered on the shoreline like hungry puppies waiting for me to throw my next piece of power bait to them.

I've had a few days where I caught a couple of under-sized trout and maybe a keeper.

And I've had the vast majority of days where I just got skunked and walked away dejected and feeling like I just wasted a good weekend afternoon.


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Re: 10/22 - RV and SB Raritan trout
 

hit there today with my kid, no love for us, except for a couple tiny bass and a couple slime darts when we gave up and fished the swimming side...was using powerbait and shiners..

Re: 10/22 - RV and SB Raritan trout
 

Fall shoreline fishing at RV definitely has its ups and downs. My friend Zach had insane days there last October with fish every few minutes, on shiners under slip bobbers, and nothing on the powerbait. I however consistently caught trout there last November on powerbait, averaging 2-3 per trip. This October has been nothing like last October. I've gone a good 4-5 times already and have yet to get a trout under the bobber, only powerbait has been working. And aside from anthrax, I haven't heard of anyone having crazy days there this October. People have still been catching some big ones though, someone caught a 25" brown today and a 5lb bow yesterday, and last Sunday a guy got a trophy bow on a worm under the bobber. It's hit or miss right now I guess. I'm hoping November will be a better month in terms of more consistent action.

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Sunday I fished 6am to 10am - had steady action throughout, finished with 5 browns, 1 bow and 2 lmb, missed as many as i caught. Biggest was a 17-18 inch brown, bow was 15", browns were14-14.5". bass were 10" and 13". Pics are the big brown, small lmb, larger lmb and a failed attempt to capture the bow, but I thought the pic was kinda cool anyways. Saw the big brown caught that cmoran mentioned. nice fish taken on a spinner. http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/...ps93a64ea7.jpg

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damn anthrax you're really picking the right times! Went there this morning again and didn't even get a nibble from a trout. I'm jealous man! Sounds like you're having the kinds of days my friend had last October