I'm from up noth NJ but i have a feeling I know where that is. I went on a long trip to the canal this past summer, and in one of the Locks I kept losing soft plastics (indestructible soft plastics mind you) to a toothy fish. Must have lost about 4 before I finally gave up on trying to hook the fish. I was betting it was a decent pickerel, and you probably caught the thief
Nice start to the 16 year!
