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Originally Posted by briansnat
Do you really think that reservoir gets heavy fishing pressure? I always thought quite the opposite for a lake that size. Considering that shore fishing isn't allowed (though it does happen) and people have to cart their boat 200 feet down the hill to launch it, I believed it really cut down on the fishing pressure.
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Spruce Run is very heavily fished. Shore fishing is allowed everywhere except the water company's property and the dam. Because of its convenient location near Route 78 in suburban NJ, it's a quick trip for millions of potential anglers. It's an absolute circus in the summer time.
On a typical summer day, you'll see dozens of boat trailers parked in the parking lot, in addition to rental boats, car toppers, and throngs of shore anglers.
I don't think that pier is ever unoccupied from May until they draw the water down past the pier in the fall or late summer. In the evenings in the summer time that pier looks like the opening morning of trout season with anglers lined shoulder-to-shoulder. From the water it looks like a carnival is being held.
I may be stereotyping, but from I have seen launching from the pier, it appears the majority of shore anglers are of that mindset that they don't release anything. So pretty much anything bigger than a baby sunfish caught from the shore is removed from the system.
That's a lot of fishing for a lake that's 1200 acres at its highest level and maybe 700(?) at its lowest.
The Division of Fish and Wildlife is an absolute blessing. If it wasn't for their tireless re-stocking, that lake would be reduced to sunnies and bullheads within a few years.
[EDIT] Briansnat - It just occurred to me that you thought these pics were taken at the other reservoir that shall go nameless. No, these pics were taken at Spruce Run.
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