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Originally Posted by Gatto1227
I agree. They should just take the measly 1500 they put in the millstone every year and just add them to the insane number the they put in the passaic .. I think last year was like 35,000 to 1,500 or so
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I suggested same but biologists think the PR is pretty much at its max level for pike. River can only support so many based upon forage, cover and most importantly oxygen levels especially a river that warms up quite a bit with little air/water mixing. You also don't want to affect the bass U& other fish species pops by introducing more competition. Too many pike is serious fishing probelm
Millstone lack of success is puzzling as it has plenty of snags/trees and slower areas for pike to hold. I've caught some nice 20-25" pickerel in there which proves fish can do well. Same fishing issues as PR: lots of bugs(more ticks/deer flies than mosquitoes), poison ivy, carp muddying up the water and steep/calf deep muck banks all of which make bank beating/ wading difficult at best. Most casts are in between trees and under/through branches. Once you hook a fish, the real fun begins. You slide down the bank, get the fish and release it. You then realize you have to get back up through a wall of poison ivy or up a red clay bank that you'll slide back down many ties muttering the f word. Good workout for those in shape
But as I always say: the harder the place is to fish, the better the fishing usually is.
