Amazing Posts! Say what you will about Dirty Jerzy but we do have a great diversity of fishing opportunities. Kudos to NJFGW!
2016 was all about being dedicated and getting out there. My first open water trip was on February 27th and I just wrapped the boat on December 10th. I started a fishing log this year and have 85 entries. That is about 1 fishing trip every 3 days. I know it isn’t in the same league as some of you maniacs but I feel it was a good effort.
The spring was amazing with solid and consistent action on LH. Caught some decent large mouth, small mouth, my first
Tiger Muskie, PB Crappie, PB Walleye, and PB Pickerel.
Did my annual 2 week vacation to Lake George in July. The weather was beautiful and was able to get out every day. Caught tons of small mouth on the deep water structure and large mouth along the shoreline structure but nothing trophy size. At the end of the last day I was blessed to catch my
PB Lake George Large Mouth at 5lbs on the nose. This is a real trophy for this lake with such a short growing season.
Back in NJ, summer was about checking out new bodies of water since the big lake gets out of hand with pleasure boaters. Caught some nice large mouth including my
PB Hopatcong LMB at 4.25lbs.
Fall is my favorite time of the year to fish. Less boat traffic and generally pleasant weather. Had a fantastic hybrid trip with Chrisper and JDTuna with the boat catching
33 fish to 24”. Got out on the infamous tin can and trolled up some well feed large mouth. I even got out on the salt water for my first striper trip. We had an
EPIC day in the Raritan Bay with non-stop action. I lost count but caught around
40 fish to 36” and had 5 in row (#6 came unpinned). The 3-man boat had to have close to
100 fish. Finished the season hiding from the relentless November wind and managed a few small mouth and walleyes.
Looking forward to some serious ice fishing to start 2017 and scratch a few more species off my list. See you guys out there!
