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Originally Posted by Bassload
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We used to "gig" these by the hundreds in the Raritan during the early 60's - they would come up river to spawn in the spring - the river bed used to by covered by their nests. As they swam upstream they would hang (suck onto) the spillway in Raritan - sometimes the entire width of the river - hundreds at a time.
We would walk along the spillway and get them with large gigs, or large treble hooks attached to the end of broom sticks. And - saw many on large carp. We killed as many as possible to protect our fish.
They still show up in small numbers - think poisoning efforts reduced their numbers.
