A fish story,.....but I believed it.
 

An angler called today. Said he was @ Brice Park on the Manasquan River, yesterday, & seeing the outline of a 3' long fish slash through the water, tossed his rubber fish jig on 8 lb. test line to it. The fish slammed it & took off. In a period of time, he hooked a total of 6 (!) similar fish, but only managed to get one of them close to shore, before it, too, got off. He said that it was very silvery, and felt that by what he had glimpsed of it & the way if fought, that it wasn't a striper (been fishing for a while & has caught those).

He didn't seem like a bullshitter to me.

Re: A fish story,.....but I believed it.
 

Very interesting...

Just so you know, I once caught a bluefish (small) in the Manasquan a couple hundred yards downstream from the bridge at Bryce Park. If the salt line was far enough up the river, that may offer an explanation as to what those fish were. I'd be particularly interested in knowing how the angler missed the fish; if they bit through the line, then bluefish are probably the culprit.

If they weren't bluefish... well, then we all know what they most likely were. ;)

Re: A fish story,.....but I believed it.
 

He didn't get bit off,......the fish just got off.

Re: A fish story,.....but I believed it.
 

Soo...

...white perch?


Sturgeon?

Re: A fish story,.....but I believed it.
 

We are hoping sea-run brown trout.

Re: A fish story,.....but I believed it.
 

There are big white suckers in there and with those lips it could easily get off

Re: A fish story,.....but I believed it.
 

On Marks’ behalf I thank him for passing on the information. Remember, he doesn’t have to come on here and give us a heads up.

But, if you oppose to seeing 15,000 brown trout stocked in the Manasquan river annually, take it up by writing letters to NJ FG&W or attend meetings hosted by F&G.

Re: A fish story,.....but I believed it.
 

Hopefully it's not Snakeheads. It's probably only a matter of time before we start seeing them here.

Re: A fish story,.....but I believed it.
 

Maybe..........bull sharks.....yea...that's the story...bull sharks....yea that's the ticket!!!

The lowed river is full of cocktail blues and some shad as well....all in the 1 to 3 pound category....

Re: A fish story,.....but I believed it.
 

From what I have heard there is almost no return of these fish.....the program has been going for years........fishery has never been established. 15,000 is just not enough to establish a viable fishery.