Sorry i don't post here as much anymore, it's just such a pita with the photos and nobody wants a fishing report without photos hahaha.
anyway, closed out the end of the year with plenty of action and variety as usual... say what you want about the fishing in NJ but the fw variety is basically unmatched ANYWHERE thanks to the stocking efforts in the past.
nailed a giant fat rainbow along with dozens of smaller wild bows and browns in the streams before they started getting super low (they seem a bit better now) just drifting a jig.
finesse fished smallies and largies of decent size on metal and plastics along with panfish and dropped the hammer on some nice walleye both to end the year and already first trip of the year, Gary with his PB 25"
Also, some of you might already know, but my long time fishing buddy, Arty, passed away a few months ago so i thought i'd share this story... While squatch and I were walleye fishing, towards the end of the day, I see an old bottle of scent spray in my bag. Arty would always use and swear by this stuff, but i would usually not bother to use it. I could almost hear him in my head telling me to spray it on, so i did. a few casts later i catch my biggest one of the last few trips! 24.5" It was almost like he was fishing with us one last time! RIP buddy, lots of memories!
