started off at farrington lake and for some reason the usual russian crowd was gone. tried for crappie and trying also to catch a golden shiner for some pike/pickerel/bass but no luck. i did however hook up with at least a 15" pickerel on a trout magnet
only for it to spit the hook right before landing it
. fished the shoreline a bit with a panther martin and managed 2 baby bass and a smaller pickerel (first one of the year) along with several other misses. with no more action i went to manalapan lake for the rest of the day. got 10 crappies, 7 perch, 2 sunnies and a bullhead, all of which were good size. thats 23 total today along with 6 different species, probably the most variety of fish i ever caught in a single outing.
