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Old 12-06-2016, 07:46 PM
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Default Re: 12/4/2016 Ramapo River Report

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Originally Posted by MudCat08 View Post
I think I tried sucker once. Tasted like carp but a little sweeter, which is better in my opinion. Lots of bones as already said. Any carp relative is going to have lots of sharp bones.
I have also heard of people making pickled suckers..I think I'll stick to eating other fish haha!

I really like catching perch like that from the Ramapo but there's less and less of them. People harvest them quite a bit. I release all of mine because those perch tend to have a bit of worms on them (blue dots on fins and skin). The perch in the picture was surprisingly clean though. The cleanest i've seen in a long time from this river.


Yea it's a somewhat popular spot. This year in the fall it didn't hold much trout though. In the spring there was way more action.


The bones will kill ya! Better tasting than carp for sure. But nothing beats catfish haha.
Water quality wasn't bad there this year. I pulled a crappie out in October.
I'm still always surprised when waters around here hold native fish- even my "secret" spot doesn't seem to get as much traffic as I expect- considering we live in the densest populated state in the us.
Fall stocking was kinda light this year- but much better fish.
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