[Rich196]

Yes, I cannot not believe the support on this forum, it has been great, lot's of GREAT advice, and I would like to thank everyone for their post's. As far as manasquan, I have been fishing there all year, and just want to fish something new. Also, I do not know if it has anything to do with it, but it also got hit HARD with the water level being way down, and have been talking to a lot of other guy's on the ramp when I come in, and it seems like nobody has been doing anything in the last month to speak about, and honestly, nobody has been catching any smallies at all. I was def. looking into going to lake Audrey, but as i mentioned in one of my last post's, that from what I understand, the fishing doesnt look good at all, here is the article.


"Unfortunately, numerous reports are continually being received regarding people illegally transporting fish from Lake Audrey to nearby ponds such as South Vineland Park and Giampetro Park Pond. These people have helped to devastate the adult smallmouth bass population in the lake. Another contributing factor to the decline in the bass population here is a gradual decline in the pH level of the water. The placement of a huge quantity of lime in the lake in 2006 brought the pH up to an ideal level for bass survival and reproduction. But the level has slowly declined since that time, making the water acidic again. Electro-shocking and seining performed by Fish & Wildlife biologists has shown that the presence of adult & juvenile smallmouth bass has been steadily declining. Largemouth bass, apparently introduced by local fishermen, now dominate the overall bass population"


Making a little trip doesnt bother me at all. Looks like I have narrowed it down to three places, Now I just have to decide, either, Pompton Lake, Merrill Creek, or Union lake. I'm 45 years old, and I feel like a kid that just just got his first bicycle for Christmas every time I plan to go somewhere fishing on the weekend..LOL .Fishing deep water for the smallies is all new to me, for half the season I got all my smallies, either on the rocks in 8-10 feet of water, or hanging around trees and stumps, so now with all this prep, I probably wont catch a thing..LOL. I'm gonna try like hell though, you can bet on that. With going deep, I gather I should learn how to drop shot? What else would I use to get down deep once I find the schools of bait fish?