9 boats on small lake, that's crazy
 

Assunpink this am, could see 9 boats without turning my head. As I was leaving #9 was getting started. He said there were 7 on the smaller lake and he saw a guy keeping a bunch of bass (he said like 8 or 12?) under 12 inches. I'm done with that lake. Last week there were 5 boats on a 72 acre lake. Two were 30k bass boats. That seems to me like a poor return on your investment when the average NJ bass weighs 1.5 pounds.

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Aren't most public waters in New Jersey crammed with anglers and being looted by poachers? I'm not where else you could go except leave the state.

Assunpink is supposed to be a 'lunkers regulation' lake with a 15-minimum size limit. I guess law enforcement is so scarce there is no reason for that poacher to even bother hiding his loot.



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Re: 9 boats on small lake, that's crazy
 

I hope you called the Game Thief hotline on his azz...

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The guy said they were taken from the smaller lake so that doesnt fall under the trophy regs. And I have gone out of state. Thats why I.m getting more and more disgusted with NJ. On another crowded lake on 10/12 another boater said it best 50'000 people all fishing on tupperware sized lakes. These fish must see 100 lures a week. Am seriously thinking of not buying any licenses (hunting or fishing ) in NJ next year. Its not so much the money (although it would give me a few more bucks to spend out of state) its all the waisted time.

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I have had the exact opposite experience. I have been on popular lakes on a lot of sat and sundays and have been the only boat. Have also been out when its crowded. I feel your pain when its crowded but are ya really going to stop fishing NJ because NY PA are sooo much better??

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Sandy Hook was a mad house this weekend with boats blasting through schools of albies screwing everything up. From now on I will only fish Montaulk.

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The traffic sucks going there!

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At Round Valley on Friday while riding to my campsite I did not see another boat on the reservoir. Granted T-storms were in the immediate forecast, but I saw only one empty trailer in the parking lot. Probably another camper.

Over the holiday weekend I didn't see many fishing boats, maybe 5-6 each day. On the Monday holiday I saw only one other boat out there fishing. The rest appeared to be rec kayakers and canoers.

I've been on Monksville on nice weekend days and rarely see more than half a dozen boats out fishing at a time. Rec kayakers, SUPs and canoes up the wazoo though.

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Wait for the fall run off the Point out East lol... Same sh*t but with bigger boats and kayaks mixed in. Small CCs with fly guys darting all over the place, yakkers without flags in 6 ft rollers, 80+ft party boats, and hundreds of rec guys all jockeying for position to bail stripers, blues and false albies. It's a sh*t show...esp when the rain fish and herring roll it! And don't get too close the beach or point. You'll end up with a 3 oz bottle plug bouncing off your windshield or hull! Hahaha...

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Lol sounds like good times jigman..see what i did there ;) Wilson only 20 more days man!